3. If God has given you the gift of eternal life, you are to take the good news of its availability to others through your relationships.

4. No great thing has ever been achieved for God without passion for the right thing with the right people.

5. 1. Passion is an emotion that compels us to action

6. 1. Passion is an emotion that compels us to action 2. Passion is a desire that drives us to reproduction

7. 1. Passion is an emotion that compels us to action 2. Passion is a desire that drives us to reproduction 3. Passion is an enthusiasm for a cause

8. 1. Passion is an emotion that compels us to action 2. Passion is a desire that drives us to reproduction 3. Passion is an enthusiasm for a cause 4. Passion is a willignessto suffer in order to serve the Savior

9. Give God Glory

10. A. Why you say what you do, Matt 12:24 B. Why you feel the way you do, Heb 4:12

11. A. Why you say what you do, Matt 12:24 B. Why you feel the way you do, Heb 4:12 C. Why you act the way you do, Prov 4:23 D. Why you give to what you do, Luke 12:34

12. God has crafted your passions not just for your temporal existence, but also to achieve eternal significance.

13. 1. Seek God in the scriptures because that is where he has placed his presence, Ps 37:4-5

14. 1. Seek God in the scriptures because that is where he has placed his presence, Ps 37:4-5 2. Study your growth in ministry because that is where God has placed his resource, Gal 6:4; Rom 12:3

15. 3. Structure your options because discipline is where God has placed his strength, Prov 23:23; 27:17

16. Structure is what surrounds you and you clingto so you can climb, so the solution to lack of passion is a simple matter of changing your structure.

17. 3. Structure your options because discipline is where God has placed his strength, Prov 23:23; 27:17 4. Step out in faith because that is where God builds up your hope, Josh 1:9

19. If the shoe fits then wear it

20. A. Fear of ridicule B. Fear of failure

21. A. Fear of ridicule B. Fear of failure C. Fear of the unknown

22. If you are in the place God wants you to be, then experiencing the feeling of fear is all part of providence, Phil 2:12-13.

23. 1. Have Enthusiasm

24. Have enthusiasm by making your heart fit your duty.

25. 1. Have Enthusiasm 2. Have Effectiveness

26. Spiritual passion = the motivation to give yourself to ministry.

27. 1. Have Enthusiasm 2. Have Effectiveness 3. Have Excellence If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. —Colin Powell