Thursday’s Thought A Mid-Week Inspirational Message © 2003-2008 Ron Adams |
Passion Defined: A powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger; An abandoned display of emotion, especially of anger. – American Heritage Dictionary Passion in and of itself is neutral: it can be helpful or it can be harmful. Love and joy certainly are beneficial. Hatred and anger cause much harm. The powerful emotion of passion among Christians can be constructive or destructive. CONSTRUCTIVE Passionate about spreading the Good News to a lost and dying world. Passionate about protecting the church against false teachers. Passionate about living as a Christian in a hostile world. DESTRUCTIVE Passionate about traditions to the point of tearing up congregations. Passionate about personal feelings and desires to the point of intimidation and threat of retaliation. Passionate about change to keep up with the times to the point of running rough shod over plain Bible teachings. Be passionate! but make sure it is constructive, not destructive. |
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