Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.
Stephen A. Brennan (American basketball coach)
Romans 12:11- 12
Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer. (HCSB)
Continuing on in Romans 12 we find God’s direction to us to be fervent in Spirit as we mentioned at the end of yesterday’s devotion. Now what does it mean to be fervent? We see it interpreted also as intense in James 5:16, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.
I wish that I also was a more intense Christian. I let a lot of things interfere with the intensity that I should have every day for my Lord. He has done many intense things for me, and one of them was done on a cross; that is the very definition of intensity. I think that Him coming to this earth and leaving all the Glory of Heaven to come to earth to be with us, filled all of heaven with intensity.
Praying intensely, living intensely, loving intensely, all these things are to be done with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit stirring us within. Fervency describes the way the Lord loves us, diligently fervently and faithfully. This should call from us a intense desire to serve Him, the One to whom we owe everything…God Bless
Pastor William
Stephen A. Brennan (American basketball coach)
Romans 12:11- 12
Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer. (HCSB)
Continuing on in Romans 12 we find God’s direction to us to be fervent in Spirit as we mentioned at the end of yesterday’s devotion. Now what does it mean to be fervent? We see it interpreted also as intense in James 5:16, “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.
I wish that I also was a more intense Christian. I let a lot of things interfere with the intensity that I should have every day for my Lord. He has done many intense things for me, and one of them was done on a cross; that is the very definition of intensity. I think that Him coming to this earth and leaving all the Glory of Heaven to come to earth to be with us, filled all of heaven with intensity.
Praying intensely, living intensely, loving intensely, all these things are to be done with the inspiration of the Holy Spirit stirring us within. Fervency describes the way the Lord loves us, diligently fervently and faithfully. This should call from us a intense desire to serve Him, the One to whom we owe everything…God Bless
Pastor William
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