Don Duncan

Role at Tree of Life:

Senior Pastor

Date Spoken:

January 20, 2008

Notes:

Matthew 28:19-20 NIV “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Romans 10:13-14 LB “Anyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. But who can ask them to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells him?”

2 Peter 3:9 NIV “The Lord is patient, not wanting anyone to perish, but wants everyone to come to repentance.”

Luke 14:23 LB “Go out into the country...and urge anyone you find to come in, so that My house will be full.”

Restoring Your Passion

Mark 12:30-31 NIV “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. [And] Love your neighbor as yourself. There’s no greater commandment than these.”

Romans 12:11 NIV “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor serving the Lord!”

Passion Killers

1. An unclear______________.
Isaiah 49:4 NIV “I have labored to no purpose; I have spent my strength in vain and for nothing.”

2. An unemployed____________.
1 Corinthians 7:17 NASB “Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk...”

3. An unbalanced_______________.
1 Timothy 4:7 NCV “Do not follow foolish stories that disagree with God’s truth, but train yourself to serve God.”

4. An unconfessed_______.
Psalm 38:4, 6 NIV “My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear… I am bowed down and brought low.”

5. An unresolved________.
Job 5:2 NLT “Resentment destroys the fool, and jealousy kills the simple.”
Job 18:4 GN “You are only hurting yourself with your anger.”

6. An unsupported__________.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 NIV “Two are better than one, because… if one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!”

7. An undernourished __________.
Colossians 2:6-7 LB “Just as you trusted Christ to save you, trust Him, too, for each day’s problems; live in vital union with Him. Let your roots grow down into Him and draw up nourishment from Him. See that you go on growing in the Lord, and become strong and vigorous…”
Exodus 34:14 NLT “You must worship only the Lord, for He is a God who is passionate about His relationship with you.”
Revelation 2:4-5 NIV “You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you’ve fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first.”



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