Pastor Jeff says that God is longing to stir our hearts, to fill us with the passion and the spark. What is this stirring that he meant? Is it a warm, fuzzy feeling we get when we hear something which touches a soft spot in us? Or is it a burning passion within us when we experience something which resonate deeply with our personal beliefs and values? To me, it might be a combination of both and more. Something not being able to be fully explained by the intellectualisation of the mind but needs to be felt with the heart. Indeed, many times the heart can do what the mind can't do. There needs to be a connection between the two to create the SPARK. I guess there is a difference between someone responding, "Hey, I think you are right but it's for you, not for me" as compared to, "What you said makes sense and I want to be part of that." There were 3 such moments I experienced during the sermon:
We lose our child-likeness in God if we forget the promise of God.
Just like the child who does not forget the promise an adult makes to him, God wants us not to forget His promise for us.Am I able to fully trust in God even when I faced disappointments? It takes childlike faith to keep believing.
We must not only ask God for answers to our prayers. We must also ask ourselves the answers to our prayers.
God has destined for us a part to play in our life - our decision making, our thought life, our willingness to surrender to Him. Instead of asking God how He can help us, we need to ask God what His will for us is...God's agenda and not ours
Our concerns must go together with our actions.
It's easy to identify problems but tough to get our hands dirty. There will always be times when the action speaks louder than words. Whether a person will be heard depends on how much he shows that he means what he says...It goes hand in hand
What happens when you are stirred by God?
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