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FIRE STARTERS- Reigniting Passion

Jeremiah 20:9 ESV

If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.

JEREMIAH 20:9

HOW MANY MEN WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT AGAIN! THAT IS A MAN OF PASSION. A MAN THAT HAD SOMETHING BURNING SOMETHING BLAZING INSIDE HIS SOUL. SOMETHINGS THAT COULD NOT BE SHUT UP, SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE COOLED DOWN, SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT BE QUENCHED.

HOW MANY MEN WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF PASSION BACK IN THEIR LIVES? LADIES HOOW MANY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MEN WITH PASSION LIKE THAT?

WARNING THIS PASSION WAS COMING FROM A MAN THAT WAS ON FIRE FOR JESUS CHRIST.... YOU SEE OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING

Happy fathers Day gentlemen. I am super stoked about today because it gives me the opportunity to speak to the men! And just the men.

You know what men don’t need gifts, and special decorations, men don’t need silly little gifts, or flowers. Ladies I am about to let you in on what men really want, they want to be spoken to directly., like lets quiite beating around the bush, lets quite playing Jedi Mind tricks and just say what you goota to say!!

Was watching the movie the Shootist with John Wayne,

In the movie the lady who is renting out a room comes down to talk with him.... And He ask her what she came down for… And she says mr. Hobbs I just came down to see what you could eat.... He says, No you didn’t.... She says Mr. Hobbs I wish you would quite contradicting me, and He says and I wish you would just say what you mean.

Fellas today, there is no reading in between the lines, no metaphorical codes to break, no safes to crack, just the ones guarding your hearts. And our focus this mornign was not really to even give you some little silly gift that isn’t going to impact your life. I want to give you something this morning that silver or gold cannot buy and that is life, I want to reignite your passion men!

Acts 3:6 ESV

But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”

1 Corinthians 16:13–14 ESV

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.

Whether you want to admit it or not, confess it or not there are some lame men in here this morning. Now not in the same way that this man was lame, but lame spiritually, lame passionately. What would you do to get your passion back again? Where does true passion lie?

It lies spiritually.

Men are into a lot of things, but it is usually the wrong things. Dudes are into porn, men are into sports, men are into outdoor recreation, men are into cars, but typically men are not into the Lord and fellas the fires of passion, energy and strength lie.

For some of us the problem is not with our feet , the problem is with our heart. what happens

1 Corinthians

Men today God has a clear word for you, one that He want syou to oak in to the most inner parts of your being. I just donm’t know what that word is yet! My wife is trying to get a peek of my sermon I think. Or maybe shes just praying. But ether way it feel good her rubbing my shoulders and head that way.

1 Corinthians 16:13–14 ESV

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.

1 Cor 16

Today fellas this is God’s Word to you. He has created you not for timnidity, He has not created you for passivity. He has not created you to be a weekenbed warrior or a couch potato. But he has created you to be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men and to be strong, And oh yeah let everything is to be donme in love.....

Now I am about to give you seven passion killers that will absolutely suck the Life out of you… I know this because

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When speaking to men

Men need other men, we need other men.

Strong in the faith, tender and tough....

Tender with women and children. Tough with bully’s and blockheads

Dudes are into porn, into alcohol, into recreational activities, but they are not into Christ. And they desperately want to be like Jesus. Sometimes we make Jesus so untouchable, so unrelatable

Not macho and domineering, you cannot

Speak to men the way that men want to be spoken to… don’t need any flowers or special decorations, men want to be spoken to straight forward, men want to be free. Men are longing

Raise the standard and

Seven things that will kill your passion

passion Killers

An Unclear Purpose

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

One of the greatest passion killers lknown to man is an unclear purpose. I think an appt description of most men today would be the picture of someone out in the middle of a frozen pond. when they try to move their feet want to give out. They have already tried to move forward before but their feet got swept out from under them . and the pain of the fall was too much so they resorted back to drinking a beer and watching tv.

Men when Paul is commanding you to be watchful, he is not speaking of your favorite show of forged in the fire! He is saying be awake, be alert, for your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour.

AND HE IS DEVOURING.... He is devouring through porn, He is devouring through laziness, He is devouring through foolishiness, He is devouring through your complacency. He is devouring through your sin. He is devouring through your mood swings and constant temper tantrums. He is devouring through passivity.

We need men of courage with their swords drawn out and men that are awake. And when you don’t have a clear purpose, we will have a devoured life. When a river doesn’t have a clear pupose it turns into a swamp. When we don’t have a clear purpose we will take the path of least resistance and that will lead to spiritual flab!!!

What is your purpose men? Have you ever written a purpose statement.... But I don’t want to call it a purpose statement, I want it to be a being statement. Iam, who I am, not what I do.

MY BEING STATEMENT

I AM A GLUTTEN FOR HIS PRESENCE. HIS JOY IS MY STRENGTH. I WILL USE MY STRENGTH TO UPHOLD THE WEAK, I WILL UTILIZE HIS LOVE TH TRANSFORM THE UNLOVELY, AND APPROPRIATE HIS WISDOM TO EQUIP THE SIMPLE. I WILL RULE MY DOMAIN WITH INTEGRITY AND WILL LOVE DEEPLY, WAR FEROCIOUSLY, ACT WISELY AND UPHOLD THE WEARY.

I WILL INCITE A REBELLION FROM INSIDE OF HELL’S GATES. THE OUTCOME WILL BE A MASSIVE ARMY OF LIGHT BEARERS WILL WILL CONQUER HELL’S TERRITOY. I WILL LOVE MY WIFE WITH A PASSION ORDINARY MEN CANNOT UNDERSTAND.

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AN UNCOMPROMISING POSTURE

1 Corinthians 16:13 ESV

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.

STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH....

yOU NEED AN UNCOMPROMISING POSTURE. i WAS WATCHING SOME kRAV mAGA VIDEOS THE OTHER DAY, AND THEY HOOKED UP THE EYE SENSORS TO CATCH THE LINE OF SIGHT OF ORDINARY PEOPLE, AS COMPARED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED TO LOOK FOR THREATS AROUND THEM. Did you know that many attacks can be averted by simply being alert, and being ready. That is having an uncompromising posture.

Criminals, and punks want a soft target and the devil is no different. He goes after the easy targets!!!

We need men of integrity, men of courage

An uncompromising posture will keep you from unconfessed sin? Why because that battle stance will keep you from sin. jand where there is no sin there is no need to confess.

And when you stand form in the faith and you say devil no more, and you have no unconfessed sin your life, then that sword of the Spirit is going to glimmer and shine with brilliant light. That Shield of faith is going to be manuvered around like a trained warrior.

Di you know this… We spoke about the weapons of our warfare last week… Do you know that when you or I allow compromise and sin into our life we have no shield to guard from the fiery darts of the evil one. We can’t ahve a shield of faith, because faith involves confidence, and you can have no confidence where there is compromise, no confidence equals no faith, no faith no shield, no shield no protection from all the hellish things the enemy has planned for you!! No compromise leads to great confidence, and thugs hate someone that has an uncompromising posture.

Men stand firm in the faith!!!

This will lead to

Unbelievable Passion

1 Corinthians 16:13–14 ESV

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.

Act like men, Can you believe that? The word of God actually tells you to act like men!! Ladies we have permission to act like men! You would think by the current climate in most churches and even in culture that acting like a man is something almost barbarric and threatening. Let me let you in on a little secret. When manhood is done right it will seem barbaric.... to our enemies!! And it will absolutely involve danger, but listen lady not to you, but to the devils kingdom!! Manhood is a dangerous thing, thats how it is designed to be, but listen fella, don’t get the wrong idea… He says and let everything you do to be done in love.

I know some guys who their family hates it wihen theya re around, becayuse any little stupid thing sets him off. Because any little thing strikes at his pride, and his failure, and he hates who he has become and the monster he believes himself to be is played out every time he gets drunk. Every time things don’t go his way. Not is the the way it is designed. That is strength out of control.

Listen when Paul; is commanding the men of the church to act like men, He is speaking of what man is supposed to be under the Spirit of God’s control!!!!

An Unbalanced Schedule

Now this is the one that probably causes me the most problems in life. An unbalanced schedule. Everybody is busy, men there are things to be done., bills to be paid, kids that need to be taken care of, wife's that need affection, and deadlines that need to be met! And what we tend to do is we put the most importnant things like our family on the back burners while everybody else that in the end won’t matter a great deal in the end right on the list of importance. In my profession being in ministry that can happen very easily.

Don’t major on the minors, don’t make the little things the great things and the minor things the major things.

Most of the things that have caused us problems are the things that are not important. Stress levels go up tempers flair

You need to go home and humble

What I have learned about the devil is he is an excel;lent military strategist, and there is more than one way to bring you down. For some men he has kept them from taking off, I mean he beats them up with the past, beats them up with their decissions, beats them up with the words that others have spoken over them, Beats them up with accusation. And He has attacked them with a spirit of complavcency and despondency.

For others He failed at the take off, but that is not the only way to sabotage a a fighter jet! For others he has made it to where you cannot slow down. He has pushed the throttle up full blast to where the only way that you are going to land is iff you crash and burn. He will

This is what almost took me out at the end of last year!

Having an unbalanced schedule will lead to an unbalance life. A life full of constant stress. We will feel overworked and underappreciated

1 Corinthians

#2 An Unused Talent

An Unused Talent

2 An Unused Talent

An Unconfessed Sin

An Unresolved Guilt

An Unclear Purpose

An Undernourished Spirit

Jesus is the Risen Lord.

There is a ressurection Power available to you

Paul spoke of this ressurection power

Philippians

Philippians 3:10 ESV

that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

Act Like men… What does it mena to act like

When speaking to men

Men need other men, we need other men.

Strong in the faith, tender and tough....

Tender with women and children. Tough with bully’s and blockheads

Dudes are into porn, into alcohol, into recreational activities, but they are not into Christ. And they desperately want to be like Jesus. Sometimes we make Jesus so untouchable, so unrelatable

Not macho and domineering, you cannot

Speak to men the way that men want to be spoken to… don’t need any flowers or special decorations, men want to be spoken to straight forward, men want to be free. Men are longing

Raise the standard and

Seven things that will kill your pa