Homerun ND – 09-06-2024
Homerun ND – 09-06-2024
Week – 2 Passion
2 Peter 1:1-11 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
Grace and peace be yours in abundance
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
Through these
he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
PERFORMANCE is not required PARTICIPATION is
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins. Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Passion is what makes the difference between GOOD and GREAT.
But if I say, “I will not mention him or speak anymore in his name,” his word is in my heart like a fire, a fire shut up in my bones. I am weary of holding it in; indeed, I cannot. Jeremiah 20:9
24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like
someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. 1 Corinthians 9:24-26
C.S. Lewis “The only thing Christianity cannot be is moderately important.”