“Directing Our Passion for Jesus”
Philippians 4:10-13, Acts 9:1-6
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way, whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. 3 As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. 4 He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”5 “Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. 6 “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
PASSION: An Intense Conviction based on Strong Emotions.
1. Paul’s Passion for Christ is Rooted on (Acts 9:1-6)
A. A Radical Conversion (vs. 1-4)
B. A Real Conviction (vs. 5)
C. A Redirected Commitment (vs. 6)
2. Developing and Directing our Passion Involves (Phil. 4:13)
A. A Positive Attitude in our Active Position in Christ
I can do all things
B. A Perfect Assurance in the Abiding Presence of Christ
Through Christ
C. A Perpetual Access to the Absolute Power of Christ
, who gives me strength
