Be Fervent in Spirit
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 12 June 2021
⏱️ 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 Refresh Me by Leeland.
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“Now what?” “How do I find and keep a daily connection with my Creator on my own?”
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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 at what it means to be fervent in spirit. |
| 0:12.0 | You were made to live with a fervent faith, zealous in response to God's passionate love for you. |
| 0:26.2 | May God fill all our hearts with His love in a meaningful, authentic way. |
| 0:31.2 | And may we find the courage in him to live our faith passionately. |
| 0:49.9 | Welcome to the First of Teen Podcast. podcast. Our verse for today comes from Romans 12, verse 11. |
| 0:55.0 | Paul writes, |
| 0:57.0 | Do not be slothful in zeal. |
| 1:00.0 | Be fervent in the spirit. |
| 1:02.0 | Serve the Lord. |
| 1:05.0 | God shares with us his disciples |
| 1:09.0 | an important command in Romans 1211. |
| 1:12.7 | Our verse are today. |
| 1:14.7 | Again, scripture says, do not be slothful and zeal. |
| 1:19.0 | Be fervent in spirit and serve the Lord. |
| 1:23.4 | Do you ever feel slothful and zeal? |
| 1:27.4 | Here, Paul is talking about feeling sluggish in your relationship with God. |
| 1:32.3 | He's describing a feeling of laziness, a lack of desire. |
| 1:38.3 | Do you ever feel like your spirit is anything but fervent? And the word fervent here is better |
| 1:46.7 | translated as boiling over. Do you ever feel like your spirit is more like stagnant water? |
| 1:55.6 | Let's look today at how we as followers of God can stir up our affections for the Lord. And let's make space for God |
| 2:04.1 | to put fire under any area of our spiritual life that feels stagnant, that it might boil over in Him. |
| 2:14.3 | Foundational to understanding Romans 1211 is the knowledge that God will never ask you to do something or be something without his help. |
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