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MY NOTES
LOVE ME AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER LIKE YOU ONCE DID
- Revelation 2:2-5 NLT
[2] “I know all the things you do. I have seen your hard work and your patient endurance. I know you don’t tolerate evil people. You have examined the claims of those who say they are apostles but are not. You have discovered they are liars. [3] You have patiently suffered for me without quitting. [4] “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! [5] Look how far you have fallen! Turn back to me and do the works you did at first. If you don’t repent, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.
RELATIONSHIP OVER RELIGION
- Matthew 7:21-23 NIV
[21] “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. [22] Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ [23] Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT: LOVE GOD, LOVE PEOPLE
- Matthew 22:34-40 NIV
[34] Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. [35] One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: [36] “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” [37] Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ [38] This is the first and greatest commandment. [39] And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ [40] All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
GOOD NEWS THAT LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD
1 Samuel 16:7 ESV
[7] But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.”2 Chronicles 16:9 NLT
[9] The eyes of the Lord search the whole earth in order to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. What a fool you have been! From now on you will be at war.”
ABOVE ALL, GUARD YOUR HEART
MY NOTES
Proverbs 4:20-22 NLT
[20] My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. [21] Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, [22] for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.Proverbs 4:23 NIV
[23] Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.Proverbs 4:23 NLT
[23] Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
HOT OR COLD
- Revelation 3:14-16 NIV
[14] “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. [15] I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! [16] So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
FIRE FALLS DOWN
Acts 1:8 NKJV
[8] But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”Acts 2:1-3 NIV
[1] When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. [2] Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. [3] They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.Hebrews 12:29 NIV
[29] for our “God is a consuming fire.”
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Fire – burns rubbish and also powers cities.
FIRE PURIFIES:
Malachi 3:2 NIV
[2] But who can endure the day of his coming? Who can stand when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire or a launderer’s soap.Malachi 3:2 NLT
[2] “But who will be able to endure it when he comes? Who will be able to stand and face him when he appears? For he will be like a blazing fire that refines metal, or like a strong soap that bleaches clothes.Isaiah 4:4 NIV
[4] The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
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FIRE EMPOWERS:
- Jeremiah 20:9 NLT
[9] But if I say I’ll never mention the Lord or speak in his name, his word burns in my heart like a fire. It’s like a fire in my bones! I am worn out trying to hold it in! I can’t do it!
FIRE IS INTENDED TO SPREAD TO A NEW GENERATION
James 3:5 NIV
[5] Likewise, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.James 3:5 NLT
[5] In the same way, the tongue is a small thing that makes grand speeches. But a tiny spark can set a great forest on fire.
God is the giver of the flame but we are the keeper of the flame.
MY NOTES
Leviticus 9:24 NIV
[24] Fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.2 Chronicles 7:1 ESV
[1] As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.Romans 12:10-11 NIRV
Love each other deeply. Honor others more than yourselves. Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord.2 Timothy 1:6 NLT
[6] This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.Leviticus 6:10-12 NLT
[10] In the morning, after the priest on duty has put on his official linen clothing and linen undergarments, he must clean out the ashes of the burnt offering and put them beside the altar. [11] Then he must take off these garments, change back into his regular clothes, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a place that is ceremonially clean. [12] Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.
“It must never go out.”
“Each morning the priest should add wood to the fire.”
MY NOTES
Daily decision.
- Joshua 24:15 NIV
[15] But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”
Daily devotion.
Deuteronomy 6:4-7 ESV
[4] “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. [5] You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. [6] And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. [7] You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.Matthew 6:11 ESV
[11] Give us this day our daily bread,Psalms 119:50 AMP
[50] This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me and given me life.
Daily discipline.
[8] “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.”
Daniel 6:10 NKJV
[10] Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
MY NOTES
Daily repentance.
Isaiah 57:15 NIV
[15] For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.Isaiah 57:15 NLT
[15] The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
Imperfect people presenting the mercies of God.
Exodus 20:25 ESV
[25] If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones, for if you wield your tool on it you profane it.Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV
[22] The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; [23] they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
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