SteemChuch - May Christ be the center, the passion that floods your life and your hear

Days ago I come feeling a fire in my heart. It is not a "strange fire", like the one I preached a few months ago (I do not know if they will remember that) ... it is not the physical, material fire that we all know very well and that we use for different things ... it is a fire that it comes from the presence of God !!, IT IS A HEAVENLY FIRE! ... that fire we are feeling here, in the services, the Bible studies, but especially in the Houses of Prayer for Thursday (which in case I did not know it is very good!), We felt it yesterday in the Special Youth Service " One Voice, One City, One God "in the church of Shingle Creek in Kissimmee ... fire of God fell there yesterday between us! ... and that fire we hope today to feel also here.

• It is a fire that burns inside, that burns the heart, that heals you, that cleanses you, that purifies you, that transforms you ... a holy fire of God! I did not know what I was going to preach about here today, but that fire that has been falling on me made me want, made me want to speak more and more of Christ, my Lord! Wherever I went, whatever I did, every time I prayed and thought about today's preaching, I did not know what I had to talk about or what biblical text to use ... the only thing I felt inside was a voice that He told me: ... CHRIST ... CHRIST, CHRIST ... CHRIST!
• So, what do you think I am going to preach today? Of Christ, of course! because here the boss is the Lord. And believe me, talk about Christ to me ... I'm passionate !, makes my eyes shine, that has a smile from ear to ear in my face and a joy, an immense joy in my heart, because CHRIST IS ALL FOR ME.
• He is the one who has given and gives meaning every day to my life, to everything that I am, to my family, to my marriage, to my children, to my ministry, to everything! ... I am a fan of Christ !, and if I have to scream, scream ALLELUYA! ... and if I have to give a shout of joy to the Lord, I give it! ... and if I have to jump, jump! ... and if I have to dance, dance! ... what I have to do for Christ, for my Lord, without any problem, without any pain, without any fear or shame ... I do! GLORY TO GOD!

CHRIST BE THE PASSION THAT ALSO UNDERSTAND YOUR LIFE AND YOUR HEART

• I know that human beings, and especially Hispanics / Latinos, are VERY passionate. When we are passionate about something ... oh, that's tremendous! There are people who are so fanatical of a singer that when they see it they scream and even faint ... there are people who are fans of a team, for example, the Los Angeles Dodgers, which, according to ESPN, is the team that gathers the most people in the stadiums ... there are people who are fans of movies, cooking, games, etc.

• In my case I am a fan of dominoes, SO a fanatic that I discuss, I get angry, I bang on the table ... they can not imagine! The vein in my neck swells and it turns red and seems to give me something. They do not laugh because some of you are just like me.

• Why, just as we are so fanatical of one thing, we can not also be CHRONIC FAN ?. If the fans fall behind their idol, why can not I fall behind Christ, my hero instead of Him or the people that have to fall behind me to even come to church or do something?.

• Why, if fans do not mind being waiting for their team or their favorite sportsman, it does not matter if there is sun if there is rain, if there is cold, if there is heat ... why can not I be in a time of prayer or in a Vigil as long as it is necessary, even if I have to drag my flesh?

• Why if the fans do not mind spending a good amount of money on clothes, shoes, hats, accessories of all kinds or anything else that you like about what you are passionate about ... why can not I be a good administrator of the resources that God has given me to use them more in the things of the kingdom of God, WITHOUT having to GIVE to help the needy or be faithful to give my tithe to the Lord permanently, and do it with JOY, without regretting me, because God loves the cheerful giver

• I always look at that "joyful giver" of whom the Bible speaks as a person with a tremendous passion for Christ in his heart; passion to help, to serve, to contribute even a granite (or a "granote") of sand to the cause of Christ, to make the gospel spread and grow.

I always look at that "joyful giver" of whom the Bible speaks as a person with a tremendous passion for Christ in his heart; passion to help, to serve, to contribute even a granite (or a "granote") of sand to the cause of Christ, to make the gospel spread and grow.

• Paul was one of those "passionate" Christians for Christ. The same zeal, the same passion, that decision, that dynamic, everything that I had before knowing Christ, was then channeled and used by Him in the same way to carry forward his plans and purposes. That's why the Lord chose him and he appeared directly on the road to Damascus, because the Lord knew that passion could be used for good!

• Listen to what he says in Romans 15.17-19 ... "17Therefore I have what to glory in in Jesus Christ as far as God is concerned. 18For I dare not speak but what Christ has done through me for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, 19with the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and around Illyricus, I have filled everything with the gospel of Christ "... I HAVE FILLED ALL OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, do you know what these words mean ?, that Paul did NOT tire of preaching the gospel, to win souls for Christ and to found churches wherever he went ... that is passion for Christ and good!

• When there is passion for Christ in the heart, NOTHING is difficult, NOTHING is impossible. There is NOTHING small or insignificant. NOTHING is for another to do; We ourselves are always willing to do whatever it takes. When there is passion we become bold, daring, especially to talk about Christ with another person ... we are the first to raise our hand, to go forward to minister to us and pray for us ... no one has to fall behind to come to church or to pray.

• When there is fire in the heart we sing and praise her name in a different way no matter who sees us, like David who danced in front of the ark when she was taken to the temple. When there is passion it does not cost us to serve, to look for God if necessary all night ... it is beautiful to have fire, that passion for Christ in the heart!

• That's why today I have an invitation to be part of God:

ENTER NOW IN A CLOSER RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST, YOUR LORD!

• Because it is through her that you are going to receive that fire, that passion. Listen: Every person on this earth, both those of us who are here now, as well as those who are out of here, we all have the same opportunity to establish an intimate relationship with Christ, our Lord.

• Look at what He said in the text that serves as the basis for this preaching today, John 14.21 ... "21 He who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. " And look at what v.23 also says later on ... "He who loves me will keep my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him. "

• Do you understand what this passage is telling you? Jesus has promised that he will come to live in you, that he will place his dwelling in your life, in your heart, that will make you his room ... and that in itself is something glorious !; that you and me, that we are nothing, are we the place where Christ lives?! Wow, that's great because neither you nor I deserve that!

• But not only that, He also says that MANIFEST will be our lives. The word that is behind in the Greek is "emphanes", which means to reveal itself, to make itself known. Christ is going to come into your life and you will be able to know how, through a manifestation or powerful manifestations of his Spirit. And all that is, why? Because he loves us, he loves us with passion, with madness, he loves us HAPELY !.

• Did you know this?. If you really want to get involved in a love relationship with Christ that brings fire, passion to your life and to your heart I want to warn you so that you have it clear that ... HE IS JEALOUS! ... oh yes, VERY jealous!

• It is like when you are going to have a girlfriend or a boyfriend and they come and they say to you: "Look, be careful because she is jealous, or he is jealous". You know then what you're going to get into and you have to walk straight because you're going to get into a big problem with that woman or that jealous man.