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.
You have lost the depth of love that you had at first… WHY DO PEOPLE FALL OUT OF LOVE? COULD WE FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING ELSE THAT FADES OUR LOVE? HAVE WE FORGOTTEN OUR VOWS?
BE GENTLE: YOU CAN GIVE AND NOT LOVE… BUT YOU CAN NEVER LOVE WITHOUT GIVING…
You can give and not love? Much of giving is just simply making a donation without ever thinking about love? Did you know you cannot love without giving? If you really love you will love to give. Love is not selfish. Love loves to give. Love is kind. If there is love giving is not a sacrifice. For god so loved the world he gave his only begotten son. GOD PROVES HIS LOVE BY GIVING… HE GAVE… WHERE THERE IS LOVE THERE IS PASSION.
Matthew 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
HARD HEART: APATHY CAN BECOME THE NORM! CALLUSED---area of hardness.
**APATHY: lack of interest, no enthusiasm, indifferent, little to know feelings or emotions, no sympathy,
**COMPLACENCY: FEELING OF CRITICALNESS, unaware of dangers ahead, to quit trying, no improvement, to stay the same.
WE NEED A NEW DREAM! A NEW HOPE! A NEW PEACE. We walk in a season of testing. There is a Divine opportunity in every season of testing. Bury the past or it will bury you. By the fruit you bear will tell… LUKEWARM IS A TERRIBLE PICTURE OF “I DON’T CARE?” Apathy-- Complacency Loose of focus? Unfaithful? Little to no personal devotions…
A person without passion is near death. WHAT KIND OF SEED AM I SOWING? Straddle the fence? No self-evaluation or no accountability. To loose passion is justify self, to say I see nothing wrong with this.
CONCLUSION: So many people only hear criticism and bitter angriness. The insecurity of daily life is crippling us. Bitterness and conflict can make fear and communication almost impossible. Just because you are the loudest does not mean others are listening to you. We live in a day of GREAT FRUSTRATION… FIGURE THE TRIGGER… WHAT IS SETTING OFF THIS BATTLE? IS OUR TONGUES UNDER CONTROL? IS THE BIBLE TRUE?
Proverbs 21:23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.
Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
FIGURE THE TRIGGER? IF WE CAN NOT SEE THE NEED TO CHANGE… WE WILL CHANGE WHEN THE PAIN OF OUR OWN GALLOWS SLIPS AROUND OUR NECK…
Esther 7:9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com Check us out on YouTube.
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