God, Change Me And Please Hurry (Video) — Shane Idleman

The Holy Spirit Changes Believers for the Sake of Others

The title of the message is God, Change Me, and Please Hurry. Anybody else say that or is it just me? God, God, change me, change me, and please hurry. Get right to it. And we're in a series entitled Theology on Fire, the role of the Holy Spirit.

What is the Holy Spirit's role in our lives? And the Holy Spirit's not a mystical force, it's not like Star Wars, it's a third person of the Trinity is how theologians would describe the role of the Holy Spirit.

And let me just say this, I wrote this down this week and wanted to mention it last week, but the Holy Spirit changes us so we can be a blessing to others. It's not I want to get full of the Spirit and keep it to myself.

We want to be filled with the Spirit to be difference makers in the lives of others. And it's been said that the Holy Spirit is in us, for us, but he comes upon us for others. And we talked about that last week, that the Holy Spirit coming upon believers.

And people are kind of frightened by that word, but Jesus himself said that the Spirit is upon me. He has anointed me to do what? To be a difference maker, to open the eyes of the blind, to preach the gospel to those who are receptive.

So the Holy Spirit coming upon us is so we can be difference makers in our own lives. However, in order to do that often, he has to do a work in us as well. He has to change us. So two weeks ago I talked about just one point on who the Holy Spirit is as a person.

Two weeks ago, or last week, we talked about a few other points. This week we're talking about the Holy Spirit changing the believer. The Holy Spirit is conforming us into the image of Christ. And it's not an easy process, is it?

Imagine taking a hammer and a chisel, and see they've got to knock that pride off. Oh, we've got to get rid of this, we've got to get rid of that. So the Holy Spirit, one of the roles of the Holy Spirit is to change us.

Human Effort, Spiritual Dependence, and Cooperation With the Spirit

However, in that type of, it's called systematic theology, and you work through it, and you get to the part about the Holy Spirit, and you get to the part about the Holy Spirit changing us. There is a couple different views.

One view is, you guys can be this side, where the Holy Spirit just kind of just waits, and we change ourselves. You know, if I could just apply more self-discipline. Have you ever thought that? You know, I really need to change.

Okay, coming tomorrow, tomorrow morning, I'm going to stop doing that. I'm going to change myself. I'm going to withdraw from that. I'm going to just say no, and I'm going to really change myself. Now we all know where that gets us, right?

Usually back into not changing, because it's too much emphasis, because actually willpower, self-control, these are all fruits of the Spirit. So we can't ignore them, can we? Because the Bible calls us to be disciplined in certain areas, to exercise self-control.

But if we're counting on that, we often will fall again, because that is an area of pride. And I'll change myself. Now the other side, though, you can be the, I won't call it the lazy side, but that's kind of what it is.

It's the side of where the Holy Spirit's going to change me. And I'm just going to sit here and wait for Him to change me. And I know I've joked about this before, but there's a lot of truth in it. The person who wants to, you know, get healthy or get in shape, Holy Spirit, God, change me in these areas.

Anybody pray that? I do. Lord, I have to work on this area. I have to do this. Lord, please help these appetites as we're heading to Krispy Kreme. So wait a minute, I just prayed for God to change me in these areas, but I'm heading towards, you know, a place that I shouldn't.

Or God, help me, pray for, I pray for Lord, remove this lust, lust. Anyone pray that? What's going on, Lord? Lord, remove this lust from my heart. What's going on? But we're fueling that desire by what we watch, what we listen to, what we put in our mind.

We're fueling the very thing we're asking God to change in us. So we can't just sit at home and wait for God to change us. Actually, the Bible talks about a partnership. It's the Holy Spirit's role to change us, but He comes upon a broken, humble vessel obeying the principles of God.

So as we work as, okay, Lord, I will obey your word, I'm relying on the Holy Spirit to change me. That's where real change takes place. And if you really want to change, I'm talking to those who really want to change, okay?

Humility as the Soil of Spiritual Transformation

Here's the first step. You have to humble yourself. Oh, it's quiet in that point. But to really change, don't we? Because humbling ourself, we say things like this, God, I can't change. I'm wrong. Oh, that hurt.

Just saying that. How often do we go around saying, you know, I was wrong. I apologize. I need to work on that area. It's usually the opposite. So if you really want the Holy Spirit to change something in your heart, in your life, you have to admit it and say, Lord, I need help in this area.

I'm not all that and a bag of chips, whatever that meant. I've seen shirts like that. What does that mean? What does that mean? Explain to me afterwards. But, you know, you're not the captain of your own destiny, right?

It's all about me and making excuses. So in order to see change, you have to come with a humble, broken heart because God says that type of sacrifice I will not turn away. The Bible also talks about God leading those who are humble in heart.

So that's really the scriptural course that I see is we obey the word of God even when we don't feel like it. And as that obedience takes place, we become a willing, humble vessel. God begins to change us through the work of His Spirit.

So you won't have one without the other. You can't just do it on your own and you can't just say, well, Lord, take these things away as we head to the thing or to the place or do the things that we're praying for help in.

And I know it's, I've mentioned this one before, but I've seen it so many times. A person will pray, Lord, help me. God, help me. I need it. Would you take away alcohol and gambling? God, please, as they're on the 15 freeway heading to Vegas.

I mean, it just makes no, but that's how we think sometimes, don't we? We don't want that to humble ourselves and, is it the 15? Think so? It's been a while, okay. So you have to humble yourself. Negative, critical, pride-filled people rarely grow because they are not providing an environment for growth.

See, you have to provide the environment for growth. You make the difference in that area. You, Lord, what's that song we sang before? You provide the fire. If I provide the sacrifice, isn't that so perfect?

God, bring your fire. We often pray that. I want the fire of God, but I don't want to lay on that altar. I want to be filled with God's spirit, but I don't want to empty myself. So there are things that we do have to do.

Negative, critical, pride-filled people rarely grow, again, because they're not providing the environment for growth. Here's the key with humility. Humility is the rich soil where spiritual health flourishes.

You have to, to get something to grow, you have to plant it somewhere, right? Have you ever seen a watermelon grow on top of concrete? The watermelon seeds do a great job of getting in between the concrete and coming outside and different things, but you have to plant.

Humility provides the soil for God to work, the rich soil for God to work, just like plants. They have to grow in soil, right? A good soil is a combination of sand and clay and moisture, and they provide the perfect soil for God to work.

That's what humility does. Does that make sense? You're actually providing this environment for God's spirit to flourish in your life. Romans 8, 5, for those who live according to the flesh, think about this, for those who live according to the flesh, and if you want to change, don't live according to the flesh.

The problem is we're living often according to the flesh, and that's why we want to change, because a spirit-filled believer wants to get the flesh out of them. You'll never have it on this side of heaven.

There will not be—the nature of man changes because of salvation, but the nature of sin doesn't. One of the Puritans said that, I think it was John Owen, that grace changes, God's grace changes the nature of man, but it does not change the nature of sin.

So that's why you go, what is going on? What is going on is there's a little gremlin in here, right? The sinful nature that wants to rule, the sinful nature that wants to reign, the carnal mind, the part of me that is the fallen man, is at enmity with God, is at war with God.

So you have this great struggle. Paul would go on to say that there is a struggle inside. I want to do certain things, but I don't want to do, and we're never free from this conflict. That's why he would say, oh, it's a cry, I believe, oh, wretched man that I am.

Do you ever say that? Oh, wretched man that I am, who will deliver me? Who's going to deliver me from this body of sin and death? The apostle Paul said it. Who? And he said, thank God, for with the mind I served the law of sin, or with the mind I served the law of the flesh, but with the—something like that, I haven't quoted it in a while.

But somehow he gets the mind focused back on Jesus Christ, setting him free. That's the only way a person is going to truly change from the inside out. But be encouraged, it is a process. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh.

Have you ever heard the phrase, set a bone? You know, we need to go and set that bone, set that broken bone, or somebody breaks their— have you ever seen a nose that was broken? It's like, and you know what has to be done.

You know what has to be done, and you don't want to do it, what do they have to do? You know, they have to bring that nose back. Give me the Vicodin beforehand, right? I would not encourage that, but if you have—.

But so they have to set that back. They have to set the bone back in place. It's the same type of language here. Where do you set your mind on the things of the flesh? But those who live according to the Spirit, if you want to live according to the Spirit, you set your mind on the things of the Spirit.

For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. You know, as a little side note here, I'm talking to Spirit-filled believers for a minute here. I know there's a combination.

What I mean by that is somebody who's abandoned all and given everything to Christ, they're full of God's Spirit, they still struggle with things, they still, you know, but they're full of God's Spirit.

They love His Word. They love worship. They love righteousness. They love holiness. They love the things of God. Okay, you people. Do carnal Christians drive you crazy? Or is it just me? Right? They just, oh.

No, you don't have to make beer at your Bible study. You don't have to experiment with marijuana. You don't have to look at pornography. You don't have to love the things of the world. Carnal, they just love the things of the world.

It drives me crazy. You got the little sign of the fish on your car, but you're smoking dope driving. And they say, oh, brother, it's a liberty. It's a liberty. God created it. God created it. And we're just going to go watch the movies we shouldn't.

We're going to act the way we should. We're going to say things we shouldn't. And it's carnal. They're living by their carnal nature. So here's a tip. You're either full of God's Spirit or you're full of the world.

Now, usually, nobody does this perfectly. Right? It's usually a struggle. It's a match there. Who's prevailing? Because even Spirit-filled believers, they struggle with the carnal nature. And we want to be filled with the Spirit.

So when you set your mind on the things of the world, on the carnal things that do not edify, they do not glorify, they do not build you up, they do not strengthen you, when you set your mind on that, you begin to quench and grieve the Holy Spirit of God.

It's like, imagine a big, roaring fire in your living room. Maybe not a good example in the summer. Let me think of something else. Well, let's go there for a minute. Think about the snow. There's snow everywhere and this big, roaring fire.

And you actually have to stand back from it, don't you? Like, oh, this is too hot. But then in a few hours, you can't even feel it. You see the little coal there? But it's like, I can't even warm a glass of water.

I can't feel anything. What happened? You quenched. That fire's been quenched and grieved. That's why so many people, they have the Spirit of God. They're saved. But the fire is out. It's gone. It's just a spark because they are quenching and grieving the Spirit of God by what they set their mind on.

That's just biblical truth. I was reading this week. One sentence just stuck out. I put the book out and I just began to pray and worship God. I was reading a book on, and I would encourage you to read old books on revivals and men and women of God who came before us.

It just sets your heart right. Instead of what's popular on Netflix. Actually, whatever's popular on Netflix is probably not popular on God's list. Just a heads up there. I know it's a give me today. Meaning you probably know that, but sometimes it doesn't register.

It's funny, when I talk about these things, people inevitably come up sometimes and say, well, yeah, but what about this? What about that? I'm not making absolute statements. I'm just saying be careful.

Be careful what you set your mind on. Because things will either build you up, build me up in my relationship with the Lord, or it will draw me away and draw you away. So back to the story I was telling.

Where was I? The book. Okay, I was reading a book. You remember this book. I don't know if I told you. But it was on, I hope I pronounced this right. The New Hebrides Revivals off the island of Scotland, I believe.

The islands of Scotland down this area in the 1950s. And this huge revival broke out. Duncan Campbell was a man that was heavily involved. Bars were closed down. People were on their face in their homes worshiping God.

People on the side of the street just stopping. When God's presence truly manifests and reveals itself, people are changed. And I have these books. I hear about these accounts often in different things.

But anyway, decades later, this young man decided to interview one of the prayer warriors in that revival. And he asked the man a question. Tell me about that revival. What happened? Where did it go? And he could tell the old man, his eyes lit up with the fire of God.

He could see the fire of God. He lit up. And he said, I will tell you this. When you find God, when you find God, never, never, never, never let go. And I was so, I was, oh, I just felt it. I felt like the book was pulsating.

The old man, his eyes lit up. What lit up? The fire of God. That passion, that anointing, that unction. When you have it, you scream out, never, never, never let it go. I want the fire of God. I need the passion of God to reignite a hunger that has died many years ago.

Revival, Spiritual Hunger, and the Fire of God

Come back, Lord. Would you visit your people? Will thou not revive us again so we can rejoice in you? God, visit your people. We are broken people. We are hungry people. We are dehydrated. We are dying spiritually.

God, ignite us and renew us. Renew this fire in us. God, please. That has to be the cry of your heart. You think if I'm serious, God's going to say, I'm not right now. He's going to say, that's what I'm looking for.

My eyes go everywhere to find a pastor that would cry out, that would find a people that would cry out for more of me and not more of the world. That's the difference maker. To be filled with the flow.

I could stand there for a while. To be filled with that fire. Where is it? Where is that fire? You go to church and people are bored to death. How can you be bored when you're worshiping the true and living God?

You're looking at his word that has eternal benefits. You're looking at his word that says, come to my word. It is living. It is powerful. It's sharper than a double-edged sword. It will pierce your joint and your marrow.

It is a discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart. The word of God. Why should that, there should be a kindle, just a blazing fire. Shouldn't you feel it when you walk in? I mean, it should be like, I'm on holy ground.

We're walking into holy ground. There's a passion for it. The reason is, who you are all week is who you'll be on Sunday. What are you setting your mind on? Is it the carnal nature? Or is it being filled with the spirit of God?

And I don't say that with anger. If you could see my heart, it's weeping. It's hard sometimes to not hold back tears in this place. Knowing that that living water just steps away. Come and drink Jesus.

I mean, it's so amazing. We put all these rules on things, and Jesus has just come. Can you imagine? I would love to see that sermon. I don't think he was in low volume there. Like, what did he say? He said, come.

Come. All that are weak and heavy laden, come to me and I will give you rest. If you drink of the water that I give you, you will never thirst again. I see the pleading, the fire of God, the passion of God.

And when you have it, you do say never, never, never let it go. Oh, my Lord. I'm about ready to sit down and just go into worship. You all want a sermon, right? That's a sermon. That's a sermon, to be filled with the spirit of God.

To set your mind on the things of God. You think you do that over the course of time, that God's not going to fill you with his spirit? Setting your mind on the things of God. Page one still. Set is to put in place.

I think we forget this sometimes as Christians. When he says to be carnally minded is death. To be carnally minded is death, we instantly think, oh, well, to die in hell. And I know I'm good there. I'm good and that must not really apply to me.

Actually, scripturally in the Hebrew, actually in the Greek, the New Testament is written in the Greek language. This word, if you look it up, is death. It's interesting. We think immediately of the grave, don't we?

But the word actually means separation. Now, it can mean the sensation of life. But it also is there's a death there that takes place, a separation from God. So to be carnally minded is to die spiritually.

You're no longer living with the fire and the presence and the power of God. You are dying to those things and you're living in the carnality of your mind and being led by that. So a death takes place.

If you've been there, you know it. Do you know how many people say, Shane, I want that again? There's crocodile tears. I want that again. I need that again. What do they say? I feel dead. I feel dead to the things of God.

That separation took place. We need to set our minds again on the things of God. Let me just show you about what this word means later on. I forgot to write down the reference. But Paul said, crucify, put to death the things of the flesh.

Put to death the self, the carnal nature. What do you mean? You separate. You get rid of that. Romans 8 -12. If you live according to the flesh, you will die. But if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

There's an exchange that takes place. And let me just encourage you like I did last week. It can be a process. It is a process often. Give yourself a little grace. It's one thing I learned over the years.

Give people grace. Give yourself grace. Right? A lot of the time we want to run right to the judgment hammer. I knew they would fall. Yeah, you want that same hammer being swung at you? By the measure you judge someone else, it will be put back on you.

So in this area of change, show grace to others. People cannot often live a perfect life like you do. I had to. I wanted to since the first service. I held it in. But isn't that true? We raise the standard on others.

What I've noticed, usually we raise the standard on others, but we lower it in regard to ourselves. We want God's mercy and grace on us, but we're not willing to allow it in the lives of others. Change is often painful as well, isn't it?

Sanctification, Mortifying Sin, and Spiritual Growth

Change is often painful. Because what happens, here's how a lot of times how we change. That hurt. I better change. How do kids eventually learn not to touch the hot stove or play on the whatever they shouldn't be playing on?

They get hurt. So change often hurts. So you will be humbled in the process. So instead of when you're humbled, just a side note, don't get defensive. Allow the change to take place. Because when somebody, say, confronted on something, and you're confronted about, who knows, gossip, slander, whatever it is, instead of being excuse-driven, humble yourself.

And say, you know, that's right, I need to work on that. Fertile soil. Fertile soil. I see you growing. I see you developing. Versus, you don't know. You don't know what they did. You don't know what they caused in my life.

And we make excuses instead of changing. So part of the process of change is it will hurt. So when he said here, put to death the deeds of the body, the deeds of the body are sinful actions. So Paul says, throughout the New Testament, put to death the sins of the body.

You put them to death. You crucify them. You get rid of them. And I mentioned before, I don't remember who said, I think it was J .C. Ryle in his book on holiness. He said, but today we love to coddle our sins.

Not crucify them. You know what coddle is, right, like a baby. Shh, shh, shh, back to sleep. You can wake up later, right, but not right now. We coddle our sin. We don't want to get rid of it. Why? Because it's dear to us.

Our sins are as dear to us as our children. But the Bible mandate is to crucify and to get rid of and to remove. So my point was, this purifying work that we've been talking about for 15 minutes is called sanctification.

In theology it's called sanctification. Do you ever hear that term? Believers being sanctified. The teaching of sanctification. That's what this is. How you start as a Christian should not be how you end up.

There should be growth and change and spiritual insight and more growth. Can you look back and are you embarrassed on who you were 10 years ago? Or 15 years ago? Or is that just me? Don't leave me hanging up here.

Come on. Right, you look back. Oh, Lord. Thank God for sanctification. Oh, my goodness gracious. Now here's what's sadder. A person in the same spiritual condition they were 20 years ago. There are people.

Have you ran into them? You know them? Five years go by. It's like I ran into people at my high school reunion. Nothing has changed. Still want to get drunk. Still want to do a beer bong. Still want to talk.

I'm like I'm leaving early. I got to preach in the morning. This is ridiculous. 35 years? Am I dating myself? No, 30 years. 30 years. Nothing. The same lingo. The same language. I'm like I was just I couldn't get out of there quick enough.

Come on, guys. 30 years now. How many more divorces you want? How many more rehab centers you want to go into? How many more Xanax prescriptions you want filled? It's the same thing though with Christians.

Can you imagine going five years? Ten years? And there's no change, no difference. But that's what happens when you stay stuck on carnal. And there are Christians. I know that we went to church with them in 2003, 2004.

Same exact behaviors and attitudes and character. What, 15 years later? They're not growing because they're stuck on that mindset. See, setting your mind on the things of the world. And their excuse is it's freedom.

I have this freedom to do this. You guys are too old-fashioned. Your kids are going to grow up. I love this one. Your kids are going to grow up sheltered. Yeah, let them watch our movies at their 12 and serve them some wine.

That's a great idea. I mean, but see, they stay stuck in that carnal. See, one or the other is governing you. We get so proud of ourselves. I'm my own man. No, I'm either lead of the spirit or I'm lead of the flesh.

Or there's a battle going on in most of us. There's a battle there. And it's whatever we set our mind on. But people do say, but Shane, I'm not growing. I'm not growing. Okay, are you obeying? Well, what do you mean?

Well, you know what I mean. Are you obeying? Are you submitting? Are you humbling yourself? And see, I'm not minimizing a struggle. Has anyone ever struggled with something? You don't just wake up and it's gone.

Hello? I mean, that's why it's called a struggle. That word really is an interesting word. It's a contending, it's a fighting match, a struggle, where you're winning one round, you're losing the next.

It's a struggle that goes on. So don't be discouraged. I'm not making a blanket statement here that covers every situation. I know that there are legitimate struggles. Mental illness, for example. You're right, you can't just tell us, oh, come on, think positive.

What's wrong with you? Just go take a jog right now and your serotonin level will go through the roof. That doesn't work sometimes. There's a struggle. There's a process. But many times we have to ask the question, am I obeying what I know to be right?

Am I submitting to the work of the Holy Spirit? Am I humbling myself? Because I do talk to people, Shane, I'm stuck on this, whatever it is. I can't keep doing this. But you ask the question, are you obeying the word of God?

Are you submitting? Are you humbling yourself? Because God's word says this. It says, if you flee, I will make sure they don't catch you. If you remove gossip, I will fill you with my spirit. If you say no, I will strengthen you.

If you abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, I will reward you. I will fill you with my spirit. Here's how temptation works. It usually hits a high point. And that's usually when most people blow it.

Right? It's just, oh, I said I wasn't having chocolate today. But forget it and I eat a whole pound. Right? It just gets to this crescendo and this high point. And that's the time that temptation is looking for that opportune time.

And just another word of encouragement. There is no temptation that has overtaken you that is not common to all men. But God who is faithful will not give you more than you can handle. But with the temptation becomes a way of escape.

See, so I don't think Christians can say, I couldn't stop. I just had to. The devil made me do it, my favorite. Right? I just couldn't stop. Well, the Bible, I mean, either that's true or this verse is true.

That whatever God, he will not give you more than you can bear. But see, he uses the word bear there. It means there's a load to carry. There's a choice to make. So every Christian with the door of temptation, when it swings open, you can also go out the exit.

God gives us the strength and that power. What it looks like is if you're going through a struggle and you want to cave in, you don't look to the media. You don't look to carnal methods. You pray to God.

You say, God, take this away. This isn't right. I'm humbling myself before you. Would you remove this temptation? And if you resist the devil long enough, he will flee. That's when most people get it, right?

It's at the height of that temptation. When that temptation hits the highest point, that's when we tend to cave in. And there is, God makes provision in his word. So let me just give you a few practical steps.

Examining the Heart and Removing Sources of Temptation

Examine yourself this morning. Search me, oh God. Psalm 139. Search me, oh God, and know my heart. Try me and know my thoughts and see if there is any grievous way in me and lead me in the way of everlasting.

God, search me. Now, be careful when you do this because you better have a piece of paper and a pen. I've never done this and came away an hour later and go, well, that's awesome. I have nothing to work on.

That was pretty cool. I haven't experienced that before. Right, Lord, search me. Is there anything I need to work on? Woe be the person who says, no, I've arrived. Go ahead and add pride to the top of your list.

And so there's a searching that takes place. Lord, search me. Show me. And be careful. You better be sincere. Because things will start hitting your mind. You never thought of relationships you need to fix.

That tongue you need to. You know, I thought of an example I gave at the first service. Let's say gossip or slander. You know, people, I don't know if you. See, it's hard to relate. If you've never struggled with something, you can't relate to the person who struggles with that.

Like an alcoholic. Somebody will say, why can't you have one beer? You have no clue why I can't have one beer. Why can't you stop at this? Why do you have to do this? Why do you have to always gossip and slander?

Why do you have a same-sex attraction? What's wrong with you? See, we can't relate if we don't experience that same struggle. So, but in this area, say, of gossip and slander and God providing a way.

He says, you don't have to do that. You don't have to do that. But the person keeps doing it. Well, one imagery that came to my mind recently was getting some super glue. Bring it right here. And on the upper lip.

Close it. Right, for about two weeks. See, you can stop that. Now, don't really do that. But that, that, see, there are ways. When Jesus said, if something's causing you to sin, if your hand is causing you to sin, cut it off.

Not physically. Because you can cut off your hand and still be sinning. What he's saying is take whatever drastic measures there is. See, that's one problem in the church. We haven't raised our standard and missed it.

We've lowered it and we've hit it. We haven't, there's not a standard of holiness to shoot for. I remember the old, the old church saints and the old books I read. It's like, and there's some good ones today.

Don't get me wrong. Please, I'm not saying that. But they, they would, they would crucify sin. They would say, not on our watch. They said, you're dying, sin. We're, we're removing you. We are cutting off whatever it takes.

I am removing you. You are hindering my prayer life. You're out of my life. You, I keep stumbling back into this. I'm removing you. There's friendships that need to be removed. Ah, but they're a friend.

I don't want to do that. Well, how long are they going to continue to take you down? That's not really a friend. That's called an ungodly influence. A friend sticks closer to you than a brother. A friend comes and supports and builds you up and encourages you to walk in the Lord.

Personally, if somebody's discouraging you from the Lord and bringing you down, I know we call it a friendship, but you have to be careful with that. You know them. There's an acquaintance. But if they're pulling you away from God, be careful on that terminology.

Because a true friend is somebody who encourages you in the faith. Now, I know we all have unbelievers that we are friends with. And we want to continue that relationship and build them up and strengthen them.

But you do have to ask yourself this question. Am I building them up or are they pulling me down? Well, it's a quiet room in here. Right? Is this person building me up or pulling me down? So you also have to reignite your passion for God.

Prioritizing God, Prayer, and Spiritual Passion

You have to reignite it. You. You. God, give me a fire for you. I like what Pastor Shane said 20 minutes ago. Could you rewind that? That's what I want. Well, you have to pursue it. You have to fight for it.

You have to ignite that passion. You schedule God's word when you're fresh and you're not distracted. Why does God get the molded cheese in the back of the refrigerator? Right? Ah, I guess I got to use it.

It's all I have left. Let me pull the mold off and, you know, make sure it's grass-fed, organic. Those, you know, things. I'm kidding there, of course. But my point is we always give God the end. Right?

After we've watched our favorite movie, after about rate of falls, oh, where's that five-minute devotional? I promised myself. Ah. And we wonder why we have no passion for God. We have to ignite that.