Wherefore we labor, that, whether present or absent,
we may be accepted of him.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:9
PASSION
Mark Twain said, "Twenty years from now, you will bbe more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream, Discover."
This quote appears on a Website intended to help people discover what they are passionate about so they can live with greater significance.
DIVINE DECREE
The apostle Paul's passion in life was primarily driven by concern for the eternal destiny of others. In 2 CORINTHIANS 5, he names three things that fueled his passion.
First, he recognized that he was accountable to Christ for his service and wanted to give a good accounting at the judgment seat of Christ (See: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:9-10).
Second, Paul was driven by Christ's love and a desire that others would know the love that he had experienced. In verse 14, he wrote, "For the love of Christ compels us."
Finally, he understood that a lost and dying world needs a Savior (See: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:20).
A PASSIONATE LIFE
What are you passionate about? The love of Christ fueled Paul's passion for people--and ours should be as well.
Let's apply Twain's words of challenge to our efforts in outreach: "Sail away from the safe harbor. Share the love of Christ Jesus with someone today."
PREPARED BY PRAYER
Set us afire, Lord; stir us as we pray!
While the world perishes, we go our way
Purposeless, passionless, day after day;
Set us afire, Lord; stir us as we pray!
--Cushman
And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died
for them and rose again.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:15
TODAY: Talk to Christ about others helps us to talk to others about Christ.
BELOW:
Song: JESUS PAID IT ALL
Sung By: Reawaken Hymns
we may be accepted of him.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:9
PASSION
Mark Twain said, "Twenty years from now, you will bbe more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream, Discover."
This quote appears on a Website intended to help people discover what they are passionate about so they can live with greater significance.
DIVINE DECREE
The apostle Paul's passion in life was primarily driven by concern for the eternal destiny of others. In 2 CORINTHIANS 5, he names three things that fueled his passion.
First, he recognized that he was accountable to Christ for his service and wanted to give a good accounting at the judgment seat of Christ (See: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:9-10).
Second, Paul was driven by Christ's love and a desire that others would know the love that he had experienced. In verse 14, he wrote, "For the love of Christ compels us."
Finally, he understood that a lost and dying world needs a Savior (See: 2 CORINTHIANS 5:20).
A PASSIONATE LIFE
What are you passionate about? The love of Christ fueled Paul's passion for people--and ours should be as well.
Let's apply Twain's words of challenge to our efforts in outreach: "Sail away from the safe harbor. Share the love of Christ Jesus with someone today."
PREPARED BY PRAYER
Set us afire, Lord; stir us as we pray!
While the world perishes, we go our way
Purposeless, passionless, day after day;
Set us afire, Lord; stir us as we pray!
--Cushman
And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died
for them and rose again.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:15
TODAY: Talk to Christ about others helps us to talk to others about Christ.
BELOW:
Song: JESUS PAID IT ALL
Sung By: Reawaken Hymns
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