Apathy is a spiritual numbness that creeps in and corrupts the good that God intends for our life and the good that He wants us to accomplish for Him and His kingdom.
Begin each day with God. It will change your priorities.
Have you girls every done something without realizing you have done it, because your on auto-pilot?
Girls, I want you to think of an example of this happening in your life. I could list a gazillion things that I have done in auto-pilot. We need to realize God cannot re-ignite our passion for Him until we are willing to call on him and surrender. We need to ask for forgiveness for putting Him on the back burner, and not making Him the priority in our lives. Girls, if you really truly want your heart, soul, and mind to be ignited or set on fire for God we need to be willing to surrender everything in our life to Him. We need to ask God to give us a discerning heart, just like King Solomon asked of God.
- 1 Kings 3:5-14 (NLT)5 That night the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”
6 Solomon replied, “You showed great and faithful love to your servant my father, David, because he was honest and true and faithful to you. And you have continued to show this great and faithful love to him today by giving him a son to sit on his throne.
7 “Now, O Lord my God, you have made me king instead of my father, David, but I am like a little child who doesn’t know his way around. 8 And here I am in the midst of your own chosen people, a nation so great and numerous they cannot be counted! 9 Give me an understanding heart so that I can govern your people well and know the difference between right and wrong. For who by himself is able to govern this great people of yours?”
10 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. 11 So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies— 12 I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! 13 And I will also give you what you did not ask for—riches and fame! No other king in all the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life! 14 And if you follow me and obey my decrees and my commands as your father, David, did, I will give you a long life.”
If we want to fully re-ignite are passion for God we need to remove anything from our lives that steals our hearts away from God. I want you girls to write a list of things in your life that is holding you back or distracting you from fully being on fire for Christ. This can be anything from electronics to heart issues, such as pride, and laziness, etc. ( you get the picture) Now, once you have written this all down and don't worry you can always add more later. Post it... somewhere you can see it, remind yourself everyday, to place Christ first in you life. Next give it to God in prayer. Here is a definition of prayer from a book I am reading right now.
- " Fervent prayer is fueled by Passion, by Faith, by Fire."
~ Fervent: A Woman's Battle Plan for Serious, Specific, and Strategic Prayer
by Priscilla Shirer
Here is your challenge, I want you to keep going back to during this series. With the list you have written, I want you to start taking it to God in prayer for 2 to 5 minutes a day, surrendering whatever idols are preventing you time with Him, this will build a habit to always be aware of what is holding you back from spending time with our Heavenly Father. This will only work if you are willing to truly surrender your life to serve our mighty God, only then will God be able to use you in mysterious and mighty ways! This means willing to put aside all distractions and idols that are stealing your time and attention from God. To be willing to be stretched in a way that may take you outside your comfort zone and grow your faith immensely. To discover your true potential as a child of God. During that short period of time that you are putting aside each day to spend with God, either in prayer, reading his word, or journaling, will become a time of renewal, and re-igniting of your heart, soul, and mind. Girls, I know this can be hard, in our crazy, hectic lives, believe me I have been there, but it will be the most rewarding time of your day. To help, PRAY.... ask God to calm your thoughts, distractions, and anxieties so you can solely focused on Him. and give Him the attention, worship, and focus that is due Him. After all, He is the Creator of the universe, but He loved and cared for us so much that He was willing to send His only son to die for us... He so longs to be in an intimate relationship with us, to rebuild and mend our broken relationship with Him, that was severed because of our sin. He wants to transform and use us for His glory. Shouldn't that alone re-ignite our passion for Him and His precious word? Shouldn't that alone re-ignite the passion for our Savior in our, hearts, soul, mind, actions, and attitude? When we are willing to solely surrender to God in everything we do, we allow God to work through us. We are taking the time to engaging our Heart, Soul and Mind to be transformed, renewed, and re-ignited to live as followers of Christ. When we physically challenge ourselves to slow down and take time to be with our Heavenly Father. Satan is defeated, because he loves it when we are to busy in our daily lives to put God first, he wants us to dwell and focus on ME FIRST, because he knows we will fail on our own. But putting GOD FIRST in our lives changes our perspective of the world and how we deal with everyday stresses, temptation, and trials. and only through that, can God use us in mighty ways to shine brightly for Him in a dark and broken world. Wouldn't it be amazing for the world to see a generation of young women rising up, who shine with confidence, inner beauty, true joy, and passion to serve others... that can only come from a heart that is sold out for Jesus! Girls, this is what it means to be a fiercely-real girl, someone who is so in love with their Savior, that those around them, sit up and take notice of something genuinely and uniquely different about you, that they are so drawn to you infectious spirit, they want to have the same passion for life, that is radiating from you because of who you love and truly follow and who is that.... He is the only one who can fully satisfy and fulfill your life..... Jesus Christ. So over the next couple of weeks ( I don't know how long this series will be, but it will be an adventure.) I will try and breakdown this down even more, to teach you practical ways to apply this to your daily life. Through personal experience of mine, help of many amazing Christian authors, and most importantly through God's Word. Are you ready to start this adventure and journey with me? It won't be easy, but I promise you it will be extremely rewarding in so many ways!!!! Let the transformation begin!!!!!!!!!!
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