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Tuesday,
June 22,
2021
"A
Consideration Of Being Hot"
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"Never
be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,
serving the Lord" (Romans 12:11). "Do not put out
the Spirit's fire" (1 Thessalonians 5:19). "For this
reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of
God, which is in you through the laying on of my
hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of
power and love and self-control" (2 Timothy 1:6,7).
![]() But the
hottest temps here in the US have been out west with
record breaking high temps in the Death Valley. We
visited there several years ago in late September
before it is recommended that tourists visit (which is
mid October at the earliest). It was very, very hot
although I have also been to Phoenix in the middle of
summer with similar temps 110°
and above. There's a point when it's just unbearably
hot!
In
yesterday's text we noted following the great flood
that God promised, "As
long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold
and heat, summer and winter, day and night will
never cease" (Genesis 8:22).
So, both the cold and the heat are a part of God's
design
and essentially a fulfillment of His promise. That, we
feel, is a good way to look at it!
![]() Even
after my personal, rather unpleasant experience, I
want us to consider being hot as a positive and
desirable spiritual condition.
"Being
on fire" is an expression used to describe a real sold
out, committed believer. The daily Scripture texts
teach that this is how Christians ought to be, to "keep your spiritual
fervor". The underlying Greek word for
"fervor" in our first daily text is "zeo", which
means, "to be hot." It's used to describe the
preaching of Apollos in Acts 18:25 who "spoke with
great fervor".
The challenge in the spiritual life is to "keep your spiritual fervor", that is to stay on fire. I sure find a tendency for my fire to wane so I need to regularly heed Paul's words to Timothy "to fan into flame the gift of God" (2 Timothy 1:6). We also need to heed that short word of exhortation expressed in the second verse and "not put out the Spirit's fire". Many of us are familiar with the way the King James Version words this phrase, "Quench not the Spirit". The word for "quench" literally means "extinguish" and although I am thankful for fire extinguishers, as well as the extinguishing effect lots of water can bring after eating too much Wasabi sauce, we need to be very careful that we do not extinguish the Spirit's fire! Be
encouraged today, (Hebrews 3:13)
Stephen
& Brooksyne Weber
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Suggested Music and Supplemental
Resources
Faces of Daily Encouragement: ![]() We
want to encourage Sunday and his family
and all the believers in Nigeria, many who are suffering
persecution in an oddly way
under-reported story. Dennis Shelley, a
long-term missionary to Nigeria, is part
of our Adult Bible Fellowship (Sunday
School Class). He often expresses his love
for the Nigerian people and calls them
regularly to encourage them in the faith.
Dennis explained the likely origin of
Sunday's name is a common custom among
Nigerians to name a child after the day
they were born.
Today we share a song that has attained world-wide popularity and has blessed millions during this last year that originated in Nigeria. "Way Maker" Video Sinach ![]() "After
this I looked, and behold, a great
multitude that no one could number, from
every nation, from all tribes and
peoples and languages, standing before
the throne and before the Lamb, clothed
in white robes, with palm branches in
their hands, 10 and crying out with a
loud voice, 'Salvation belongs to our
God who sits on the throne, and to the
Lamb!'” (Revelation 7:9,10).
Farewell
Curtis:
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