Be Fervent in Spirit

First15 Devotional

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Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

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.

Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 12:11, and today's worship is Too Good Not To Believe by Elevation Worship.

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Today’s episode contains a guided prayer that aims to help remind us to slow down with Jesus when our bodies and our minds are racing. When it feels like things are going so fast that you’re having a hard time keeping up, our prayer is that this Guided Prayer helps center your heart and mind on the one who holds it all together.

Laura Woodworth is a writer-producer-director, a script consultant for Stage 32 and a development executive for Cooke Media Group in Los Angeles. More than anything, she is a wife, mom and friend who loves to inspire God’s people to arise as a light for a hurting world. Connect with her further at LauraWoodworth.com.

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0:00.0	As we continue this week on the marks of a true Christian, today we're going to look
0:10.2	at what it means to be fervent in the Spirit.
0:13.4	You are made to live with a fervent faith, zealous in response to God's passionate love
0:19.4	for you.
0:20.4	May God fill all our hearts with His love in a meaningful, authentic way, and may we
0:25.9	find the courage in Him to live our faith passionately.
0:30.7	Welcome to the 1st 15 podcast.
0:38.4	God shares with us His disciples an important command in Romans 12-11.
0:44.8	Scripture says, Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
0:52.4	Do you ever feel slothful in zeal?
0:55.4	Here Paul is talking about feeling sluggish in your relationship with God.
0:59.9	He's describing a feeling of laziness, a lack of desire.
1:04.2	Do you ever feel like your spirit is anything but fervent?
1:08.4	The word fervent here is better translated as boiling over.
1:13.3	Do you ever feel like your spirit is more like stagnant water?
1:17.1	This looked today at how we as followers of God can stir up our affections for the Lord.
1:23.1	Let's make space for God to put fire under any area of our spiritual life that feels stagnant,
1:30.1	that it might boil over in Him.
1:33.6	Foundational to understanding Romans 12-11 is the knowledge that God will never ask you
1:38.7	to do something or be something without His help.
1:42.5	You are never alone in your spiritual growth.
1:45.8	Your job is simply to create space in your heart for God to mold and shape you.
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