Everything in life conspires to keep you from being passionate. And it dissipates your energy. If you had a birthday party with some helium balloons and they got loose and they went up to a high ceiling and you wondered how to get them down...they’ll be down by morning. And the truth is, it might not even be that long. In just a few hours they will began to dissipate, lose their steam and come back down.

A lot of times we’re like that. When you first become a believer and you really understand what a good deal you’ve got you get excited about it, "This is quite a deal! All my sins are forgiven. I now have a purpose for living, and I now have a future home in heaven. What a deal!” And you get excited about that when you give your life to Christ and you’re pretty passionate. But as time goes by you begin to lose your steam. You begin to lose your zip, your zest, your enthusiasm. What happens? Why does that happen?

I love the paraphrase of Mark 11:30, from The Message "Jesus said, ‘Love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.’"

Jesus is saying, "If you’re going to follow Me, you’ve got to go it with passion. You’ve got to give it some oomph, some spark, some zip, some enthusiasm, some zest. I want you to live passionately."

Lord Jesus, this is Dennis, My desire is to love you with everything I have. Holy Spirit I need your fire within me.

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