Lukewarm Passion: Figure The Trigger

LUKE WARM PASSION… FIGURE THE TRIGGER

By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com

WE RECENTLY DID A STUDY ON ASSURANCE AND RE-ASSURANCE. You can find the study in my material. We live in stressful, fearful times… Our children, spouses and friends THOUGHT –BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS are driven by the need of ASSURANCE AND REASSURANCE. The question is simple do you give assurance to others? You say: I NEED ASSURANCE, well of course you do… DO WE UNDERSTAND THE DIVINE LAW, YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW?

TRIGGERS CAN BE TWO TYPES… INTERNAL --- EXTERNAL… MAYBE PHYSICAL --- SPIRITUAL… YOUR WANT TO…

My family has been bother by headaches for many years. I had a family member that went to a specialist that gave him papers to fill out and keep records. Over a period of time my family member discovered chocolate was his headache trigger. So he eliminated chocolate and he never had another headache.

The doctor told me there was a food trigger that caused doubt. He made several suggestions… red meat, shrimp, etc. Well after watching what I was eating we found one of my triggers was peanuts, peanut butter and things fried in peanut oil. By limiting my intake of certain foods gout is very rare now.

IS IT OBVIOUS… I HAVE BEEN STUDYING ADDICTIONS, NOT JUST DRUGS BUT VIDEO GAMES, TV, PORNOGRAHFY, ETC…

I HAVE FOUND A TRIGGER … WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? WHAT YOU LOVE YOU WILL FIND TIME TO DO…

Matthew 6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Luke 12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

MANY WALK AROUND WITH THEIR FINGERS IN THEIR EARS… WE DO NOT SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE… WE SEE THINGS AS WE ARE… The old India parable of 5 blind men gather around the elephant one at a time)

Matthew 13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

Matthew 13:14 (MSG) I don't want Isaiah's forecast repeated all over again: Your ears are open but you don't hear a thing. Your eyes are awake but you don't see a thing. 15 The people are blockheads! They stick their fingers in their ears so they won't have to listen; They screw their eyes shut so they won't have to look, so they won't have to deal with me face-to-face and let me heal them. 16 "But you have God-blessed eyes—eyes that see! And God-blessed ears—ears that hear!

WHAT TRIGGERS OUR ANGER, THE GOT-YOU-SPOT… COULD FEAR TRIGGER OUR TRIGGER? COULD THE DESIRE TO CONTROL EVERYTHING SET OFF OUR TRIGGER?

Psalm 37:8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

Psalm 37:8 (MSG) Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes—it only makes things worse.

Proverbs 14:29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

Proverbs 14:29 (MSG) Slowness to anger makes for deep understanding; a quick-tempered person stockpiles stupidity.

COULD THE LACK OF PASSION BE A REAL TRIGGER OF STRESS, HOPELESSNESS AND DESPAIR?

Revelation 2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

PASSION GIVES PURPOSE… PASSION CAN BRING JOY AND HAPPINESS… PASSION IS A HIGHER REASON FOR LIVING…

Dating? Honeymoon? Fondness? A state of intense longing for union with another.

**PASSION: the suffering and death of Jesus. A COMPELLING DESIRE. A strong feeling of love, a strong and barely controllable emotion, an object of love, enthusiasm, excitement, feeling or conviction. Passion gives you a reason to keep trying, to keep learning, to try to do better.

Revelation 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.