A True Disciple

God, to understand His love for us, to understand His amazing grace and abiding presence. And it guides us to know Him in an intimate and personal way. Moreover, the Bible says that the “ Word of God is living and effective and sharper than any two - edged sword, penetrating as far as to divide soul, spirit, joints, and marrow; it is a judge of the ideas and thoughts of the heart ” (Heb. 4:12). As we continue to explore the importance of being passionate about God, let ’ s use the word PASSION as an acronym letting each new word expand on its meaning. Perhaps you may be moved with the same passion as the psalmist when he declared, “ Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you ” (Psa 73:25). Paul gives us insight concerning his passion for Christ from his letter to the Philippians. In chapter three he states that there is one thing that he does (it is his passion): “ forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, he presses on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ” He goes on to say that he “ counts everything as loss in order to gain Christ ” (Phil 3:8, 13) P represents PURSUE

Pursuing Christ, then, should be our top priority; it

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