Chasing Time: Our Passions

Ok, so I am way behind. This should have been posted last week but last week was … well, I don’t remem­ber. I haven’t been feel­ing well so my pas­sions have been set to a very low level. But our pas­sions is what the ser­mon was all about. It reminded me once again that our pas­sion must be first and fore­most for build­ing a rela­tion­ship with God. From that rela­tion­ship, all our other pas­sions will flow.

And now, my ser­mon notes as taken using the WordPress app on my iPhone:

Body, soul, spirit–each have their own pas­sions. Which pas­sions are we chas­ing? Passions of the body and soul are often con­trary to the spirit. Galatians 5:16–17 [show]Galatians 5:16–17 [16]But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not grat­ify the desires of the flesh. [17]For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. (ESV)
. They cause con­flict within ourselves.

Where are you spend­ing most of your time? This nor­mally indi­cates where our pas­sions are. Spirit must rule over the soul, soul must rule over the flesh. God must rule over them all.

Number one pas­sion: love God

Number two pas­sion: love others

We need to pro­tect our pas­sion for God. When we allow even a lit­tle sin in, it is like a dead fly in a bot­tle of per­fume (Ecclesiastes 10:1 [show]Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies make the perfumer’s oint­ment give off a stench; so a lit­tle folly out­weighs wis­dom and honor.
). We must be a godly exam­ple so that oth­ers will also be drawn to Christ.

Galatians 5:24 [show]Galatians 5:24 [24]And those who belong to Christ Jesus have cru­ci­fied the flesh with its pas­sions and desires. (ESV)
(and following).

Attune our ears to hear God’s voice over all other screams of our passions.

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