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Thursday's Theology Thing: Passion

To me, passion is all about loving something; having such strong feelings that you can't contain them. Passion, unlike what some people think love is (liking something a lot), involves a physical outworking of those feelings. The emotions you feel are so intense that they overflow from your heart and soul, into your actions and words.

Jesus has such passion for us, that He endured the cross! All that torture and pain - and the emotional heartache of being separated from God for sins He didn't even commit ('My God, My God, why have you forsaken Me?') - He endured for us, His own creation, people who turned our backs on Him, and continue to do so even today. That is true passion.

I want that kind of passion in my life! I want to be so in love with God that it just oozes out of me! I want it to overflow, so much that I just can't contain it within myself, and I have to let it out!

Ways to cultivate passion:

1. Read the Bible more. Read more about what God has done, how much He loves us, and how He has shown such tremendous passion for us. This will spark the flame!

2. Pray more often, and more meaningfully. Start really getting into prayer, and spending more time with God. Let the Holy Spirit enter in and move through you.

3. Spend time with good, Godly people, who possess these qualities in their lives.

God, this is the cry of my heart, to be passionate for You. Please help me to fall more and more in love with you every day. Please help me to use these points, and any other ways You show me, to cultivate the passion in my heart for You. Thank You, God! In Jesus' mighty Name, Amen.

posted by Alyssa @ 10:38 AM