As we continue this week on the marks of a true Christian, today we're going to look at what it means to be fervent in spirit.

You were made to live with a fervent faith, zealous in response to God's passionate love for you.

May God fill all our hearts with his love in a meaningful, authentic way. And may we find the courage in him to live our faith passionately.

Welcome to the First 15 podcast.

Thank you. Welcome to the first 15 podcast. Our scripture for today comes from Romans chapter 12 verse 11.

Scripture says,

Do not be slothful in zeal.

Be fervent in spirit.

Serve the Lord.

God shares with us his disciples an important command in Romans 1211 scripture says do not be slothful in zeal be fervent in spirit serve the Lord

do you ever feel slothful in zeal? Here Paul is talking about feeling

sluggish in your relationship with God. He's describing a feeling of laziness, a lack of desire.

Do you ever feel like your spirit is anything but fervent?

The word fervent here is better translated as boiling over.

Do you ever feel like your spirit is more like stagnant water?

Let's look today at how we as followers of God can stir up our affections for the Lord.

Let's make space for God to put fire under any area of our spiritual life that feels stagnant,

that it might boil over in Him.

Foundational to understanding Romans 1211 is the knowledge that God will never ask you to do

something or be something without his help.

You are never alone in your spiritual growth.

Your job is simply to create space in your heart

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