Passion
About this book
What are you passionate about? Football? Your family? Your job? Your car? Your hobby? And how does that passion show itself? What about your spirituality; are you passionate about your faith? What does that mean? What are the passion killers in your walk with God? In a thoughtful and measured set of notes, Jeff Lucas explores the topic of spiritual passion. He shows how it does not necessarily have anything to do with emotion but everything to do with commitment, reliability, and obedience. Along the way, he describes what passion meant to Jesus and to Paul, and how that might affect what it means to us today. He shares the upsides and the downsides, the joys and the dangers, and how passion can transform us.
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Table of contents
- Introduction
- 1. Looking Back, Looking Forward
- 2. Thinking Broadly
- 3. Passion: Founded in Knowing Christ
- 4. Loving God Wholeheartedly
- 5. A Helper
- 6. People Aglow
- 7. Passion, Not Fanaticism
- 8. Wooden Orthodoxy
- 9. First Love and First Faith
- 10. Jesus Consumed by Zeal
- 11. Passion, Jesus, and Us
- 12. Passion, Submission, and Availability
- 13. Passion and Sleepiness
- 14. Running To
- 15. Running Isn’t Necessarily Sprinting
- 16. Running Light
- 17. Temptation, Negotiation, and Passion
- 18. Passion and Effort
- 19. Passion and Doing a Good Job
- 20. Passion and Community
- 21. Community Defined
- 22. Passion and Romanticism
- 23. Passion and Excitement
- 24. Passion and Relationships
- 25. Passion, Hope, and Standing Firm
- 26. Passion, Generosity, and Welcome
- 27. Investing Effort in Our Relationships
- 28. Passion and Pride
- 29. Vengeance and Passion
- 30. Misguided Zeal
- 31. It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
- 32. The Passionate Sons of Thunder
- 33. Mixed Motives
- 34. Talking before Reflecting
- 35. Counting the Cost
- 36. Single-Issue Passion
- 37. Passion and Rest
- 38. Passion and Solitude
- 39. Feast and Festival
- 40. Spiritual Passion and Physical Exercise
- 41. Passion and Scripture
- 42. Transformed Minds
- 43. Don’t Worry
- 44. Being There
- 45. Do the Passionate Get Doubts?
- 46. Disappointment and Endurance
- 47. Cynicism
- 48. Digital Overload
- 49. Negative People
- 50. Passion and Longevity
- 51. Ending Well
- Notes