Bring back the PASSION!

G12 Mentoring with Ptr. Oriel

PASSION

What is passion?

--it is the strongest God-given emotion

Example: John F. Kennedy

When JFK said “We will send men to moon!” no one believed him. In those days, even fluorescent lamp is still a dream. And so no one had the slightest faith that what JFK will happen. But by 1964, man landed on the moon. The impossible suddenly became a fact. All because JFK had the passion for his dream—he did everything in his power to make his dream come true. Because he had PASSION.

· If you do not have the passion, you don’t have the fire!

· PASSION WILL RULE AND OVERCOME!

--this is because passion belongs to great men! To people who dream [and believe] the impossible.

· Passion will make the difficult easy!

· Passion will make the impossible possible!

AND GOD”S POWER RESIDES IN OUR PASSION!

If we increase our passion, we increase our power!

** WE HAVE TO RESTORE PASSION IN THE CHURCH!

- Thus, we should know and believe that every Filipino is a gift of God to the world.

- The Filipino people have a destiny to fulfill!

è To restore the passion in the church

Ø A church that exists to change the nation!

§ This is a new season, new seed! And as Christians, we have the responsibility to plant the new seed.

Joel 2 : 28 –in the last days, I will pour out the Spirit to all men

In this generation, we have to “REFIRE” NOT “RETIRE!”

+ The season with NEW PASSION!

§ New season, NEW ATMOSPHERE= NEW SEED

- Time to change and sow!

§ NEW SEED PLANTED= NEW HARVEST

- This is our turn! WE WILL POSSESS THE LAND!

FOUR (4) REASONS WHY THE CHURCH LOST ITS PASSION

1. WE MAKE THE EXTRAORDINARY, ORDINARY.

Ex. Loving souls

- Soul winning is so important to God, but we make it ordinary.

Ø Start showing you passion in the family.

- If you can’t, you cannot show the passion in the church.

Ø RESTORE YOUR PASSION IN THE FAMILY.

2. WE DEMOTE GOD

- We keep on challenging God.

- We become the master; and Him the servant.

· We may not deny God but we demote Him. This is the most subtle deception of the devil regarding our faith!

- When you are commanded something and you struggle, something is wrong in the throne!

- If we demote God, we lose the passion.

· God is the owner! We are only His stewards (manager).

Example: John the Baptist

n We should decrease, and God, increase!

Our Work: we humble ourselves before God

God’s work: He lifts us up (IF we are humble)

** WAG KANG MAGMAMALAKI!

If you forget this, God will do your work! He will demote you!

3. WE PROMOTE OURSELVES

** DON’T EVER PROMOTE YOURSELF!

n Promotions belong to the Lord

n “Jealousy” is our wrong address.

4. WE ENTERTAIN THE “ICE-MAN”

- We are surrounded by people who lack passion!

- If you always entertain passionless people in your lives, then you will lose the fire!

n This can only be helped by ATTACKING THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM.

- When you are being attacked, THANK GOD! Because it’s a sign that you are really an enemy to the devil.

HOW TO HAVE PASSION?

1. Find your “fireplace.”

- It takes another fire to produce another fire.

- Fire comes from GOD!

( GOD is the God of consuming fire!)

FIREPLACES—“May lugar ng apuyan”

1. Devotion Life

2. Cellgroup

3. Sunday Service (Word of God)

4. PEPSOL Training

Extra:G12 Mentoring Centers, G12 Conferences

· RECOVER THE ADDRESS OF YOUR FIREPLACES!

3 Kinds of Fire

1. Apoy ni Lola—“no fire, only smoke”

2. Apoy ng Kandila—“small; attracking insects kind of fire”

3. Large Fire—“Wild Fire”

--attracts people

n FIRE ATTRACTS!

n YOU ATTRACT WHO YOU ARE!

2. FIND YOUR “FIRE-MAN”

- Man of fire

- Claim double portion of your fire-man’s fire!

Example: Apostle Paul

Acts 19:11 “God did extraordinary things through Paul!”

WHY?

Because of Paul’s PASSION!

- The more you release the passion, the more your power is released!

- Kaya walang narerelease the power, kasi walang narerelease the passion!

-- GOD IS LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO CAN MATCH THE PASSION INSIDE HIS OWN HEART!

> Sabayan mo si Lord!

-- The more you increase in passion, the more GOD WILL INCREASE THE POWER!

NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN THERE IS A BURNING PASSION!

PASSION DESTROYS THE IMPOSSIBLE.

§ PASSION and POWER cannot be separated from one another.

3 Components of Fire (Galatians 2:20)

1. Every fire needs FUEL. --Us

2. IGNITER – GOD

3. OXYGEN – Holy Spirit

· Only God can start the fire.

· The fuel is a must!

--must be like a fossil fuel—the longer they have died; the better they burn!

· A DEAD MAN IS THE BEST FUEL!

DIE IN YOURSELF AND HAVE PASSION!