PASSION

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE DEFINITION OF PASSION IS ” AN INTENSE DESIRE OR ENTHUSIASM FOR SOMETHING”? THE WORD ENTHUSIASM COMES FROM THE GREEK WORDS: EN MEANING IN OR WITHIN, AND HEOS MEANING GOD.

YES! PASSION MEANS “IN GOD”. SOUND FAMILIAR? CHRIST IN US! THIS MEANS THAT YOU ALONE DO NOT KEEP YOU GOD-PASSION ALIVE. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO MANUFACTURE PASSION WHERE IT DOESN’T EXIST? IT’S SIMILAR TO A CHEERLEADER TRYING TO WHIP AN APATHETIC CROWD INTO ENTHUSIASM. BUT PASSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF GOD IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN MANUFACTURE WITHIN US UNDER OUR OWN POWER. IT IS SUPERNATURAL!

PASSION IS THE INNER SPARK PROVIDED BY GOD’S HOLY SPIRIT THAT IGNITES YOU TO YOUR GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE.

 

 

 

 

CRISTO

EL SENOR VINO AL MUNDO A MORAR’ ENTRE PIOS Y MALOS A ESTAR. MAS LOS SUYOS NO LE ACEPTARON Y POR ESO MATARON A SU REDENTOR. DIJO CRISTO: OH VENID A MI QUE YO SOY TU SALVADOR. SI VENID A MI QUE YO SOY EL QUE SOY. MIRA LO QUE HICE YO POR TI VINE A MORIR, EN AQUELLA CRUZ MI VIDA DI. YO SOY VIDA, CAMINO, Y VERDAD. DIJO CRISTO A ELLOS MIRAD; SI EL QUE A MI VIENE NO LO HECHO FUERA, MAS PARA ELLOS EL ERA UN BLASFEMADOR.

JOY

XAPIA, ( GREEK): CHEERFULNESS, CALM DELIGHT

THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS JOY……

JOYFUL PEOPLE CAN BE FOUND ANY PLACE AND IN SOME OF THE STRANGEST OF PLACES! BEING JOYFUL IS NOT DEPENDENT UPON CIRCUMSTANCES. NOW IT MUST BE POINTED OUT AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT THERE IS A NATURAL JOY POSSESSED BY LOTS OF PEOPLE, A NATURAL JOY IN THE BEAUTY OF MUSIC OR NATURE. THERE IS HUMAN JOY IN DELIGHTFUL RELATIONSHIPS OR A JOB WELL DONE.BUT WE MOST ALSO NOTE THAT THIS KIND OF NATURAL JOY, AT BEST, IS FLEETING, IT’S NOT PERMANENT.

THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I FEEL I DON’T HAVE JOY, AND I ASK ” LORD, WHERE IS THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT OF JOY IN MY LIFE?” I FIND THAT THE JOY IS THERE DOWN DEEP…IT IS A DEEP RIVER. WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCE, THERE IS A RIVER OF JOY!

MY PEACE

PEACE BE WITH YOU! EVER SINCE THE RESURRECTION, THIS HAS BEEN MY  WATCHTOWER TO THOSE WHO YEARN FOR ME. AS YOU SIT QUIETLY, LET MY PEACE SETTLE OVER YOU AND ENFOLD YOU IN MY LOVING PRESENCE. TO PROVIDE THIS RADIANT PEACE FOR YOU, I DIED A CRIMINAL’S DEATH. RECEIVE MY PEACE ABUNDANTLY AND THANKFULLY. IT IS A RARE TREASURE, DAZZLING IN DELICATE BEAUTY YET STRONG ENOUGH TO WITHSTAND ALL ONSLAUGHTS. WEAR MY PEACE WITH REGAL DIGNITY. IT WILL KEEP YOUR HEART AND MIND CLOSE TO MINE.