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Wild, Abandoned Passion for God | Matt Meyer Grace Christian Center Podcast
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Wild, Abandoned Passion for God | Matt Meyer
When you fear God. You don’t fear other people.
What if:
we humbled ourselves like David did by dancing?
we pursued God with a reckless abandon?
we pressed the envelope?
we were willing to lose our lives in pursuit of Him?
we had the guts to go for it?
To support our ministry and help us continue to reach people all over the world click here:
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Our call and our passion is to cause God's people to rise up and take their rightful place in the Body of Christ.
Stay Connected:
Website: https://www.newwordpress.themiraclechurch.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gcccharlotte
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grace_christian_center/
2 Samuel 6:12-22
The Old Testament saints worshiped God with might. We are to worship God in the Spirit.
Lester Sumrall once asked Smith Wigglesworth, 'How do you get up in the morning?'
Wigglesworth replied, "I jump out of bed! I dance before the Lord for at least 10 to 12 minutes -- high-speed dancing. I jump up and down and run around my room telling God how great He is, how wonderful He is, how glad I am to be associated with Him and to be His child."
What David and Smith both did was throw themselves fully, passionately into Worship of God. They didn’t care what they looked like.
The whole point is Passion.
Passion has a look. In the OT it was David dancing. In the NT it’s worshiping God in Spirit and Truth. Which at times involves dancing or shouting or running or falling as you yield to the power. This is not something that can be worked up in the flesh. It can be imitated by fleshly actions, but God sees through it and people will too. Every time. It can, however, be stirred up.
Sometimes Passion is silent. We have to learn to quiet our minds.
Kenneth E. Hagin (How You Can Be Led By the Spirit of God):
“As we learn to quiet our minds, the Holy Spirit will communicate with our spirit through the Word of God and unveil truths to us. For many people, it's much easier to get quiet physically than it is to get quiet mentally. We lie down at night and our body is quiet, but our mind is racing.
The more we quiet our minds and think on the Word of God, the more the Holy Spirit will speak to our human spirit. This is how He becomes the dominant force in our lives. Then we will almost never make mistakes when we give heed to our spirits.”
Sometimes Passion is waiting.
"Some of the old-time Pentecostals knew something about that deeper move of the Spirit. During those times when the Presence of God came into our services, no one moved; an awesome Presence filled the room. I wish I could describe that awesome Presence to you. Some things are just too reverent to talk about and it's hard to find words to describe them. But I've seen the awesome Presence of God come in and fill the temple. I long to see the Body of Christ experience that Presence on a continual basis!”
Worshiping Him, without reserve, without restraint, full out, full bore, unashamed. It starts in the secret place where it’s just you and God.
And what happens with hidden things? When your hidden thing is wild, abandoned passion for God, it will show up. All the time.
Wild, Abandoned Passion for God | Matt Meyer
When you fear God. You don’t fear other people.
What if:
we humbled ourselves like David did by dancing?
we pursued God with a reckless abandon?
we pressed the envelope?
we were willing to lose our lives in pursuit of Him?
we had the guts to go for it?
To support our ministry and help us continue to reach people all over the world click here:
https://gracechristiancenter.churchcenter.com/giving
Our call and our passion is to cause God's people to rise up and take their rightful place in the Body of Christ.
Stay Connected:
Website: https://www.newwordpress.themiraclechurch.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gcccharlotte
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grace_christian_center/
2 Samuel 6:12-22
The Old Testament saints worshiped God with might. We are to worship God in the Spirit.
Lester Sumrall once asked Smith Wigglesworth, 'How do you get up in the morning?'
Wigglesworth replied, "I jump out of bed! I dance before the Lord for at least 10 to 12 minutes -- high-speed dancing. I jump up and down and run around my room telling God how great He is, how wonderful He is, how glad I am to be associated with Him and to be His child."
What David and Smith both did was throw themselves fully, passionately into Worship of God. They didn’t care what they looked like.
The whole point is Passion.
Passion has a look. In the OT it was David dancing. In the NT it’s worshiping God in Spirit and Truth. Which at times involves dancing or shouting or running or falling as you yield to the power. This is not something that can be worked up in the flesh. It can be imitated by fleshly actions, but God sees through it and people will too. Every time. It can, however, be stirred up.
Sometimes Passion is silent. We have to learn to quiet our minds.
Kenneth E. Hagin (How You Can Be Led By the Spirit of God):
“As we learn to quiet our minds, the Holy Spirit will communicate with our spirit through the Word of God and unveil truths to us. For many people, it's much easier to get quiet physically than it is to get quiet mentally. We lie down at night and our body is quiet, but our mind is racing.
The more we quiet our minds and think on the Word of God, the more the Holy Spirit will speak to our human spirit. This is how He becomes the dominant force in our lives. Then we will almost never make mistakes when we give heed to our spirits.”
Sometimes Passion is waiting.
"Some of the old-time Pentecostals knew something about that deeper move of the Spirit. During those times when the Presence of God came into our services, no one moved; an awesome Presence filled the room. I wish I could describe that awesome Presence to you. Some things are just too reverent to talk about and it's hard to find words to describe them. But I've seen the awesome Presence of God come in and fill the temple. I long to see the Body of Christ experience that Presence on a continual basis!”
Worshiping Him, without reserve, without restraint, full out, full bore, unashamed. It starts in the secret place where it’s just you and God.
And what happens with hidden things? When your hidden thing is wild, abandoned passion for God, it will show up. All the time.
44 min