| | this is from an old sermon. Rich is typing it up for me. In the future we will try to make them available in CD or written form. Maybe even digital. Let me know what you think.
I want to talk about why we ought to be fired up and how to stay fired up, on fire for Jesus. I mean, we sing songs about it, and, you know, if it doesn't make any sense to you, then you're out of luck. Because we sing songs about it and you're going, "Why are they talking about setting themselves on fire, that doesn't seem nice?" So, let me explain what I mean. To explain, I expect that the phrase, "Hey, I'm on fire for Jesus," strangely enough, makes sense if you think about someone who is on fire. And that helps clarify because, check it out, say for instance, a person who is on fire is decisive. That's one of the aspects, these are the kind of characteristics when you look at a guy and say, "Hey that guy is on fire for Jesus." One aspect of being on fire is that you're a decisive fellow. You know, you may not be decisive most of your life. It may take you weeks to figure out what movie to rent and things like that. I don't know; You know. You may be indecisive, but when you're on fire, you're decisive. You don't say, " Hmm, I wonder what I should do now that I'm on fire." You don't ask for opinions from other people about, "Hey, if you were me and say you were on fire, what would you do right about now?" You get right to it. You decide if there's water nearby you run as fast as you can, screaming, towards the water. Because you're on fire. You make snap decisions and you get things done. People who are on fire get things done. Okay. So, first of all that's one of the aspects, what it means to be on fire for Jesus. Okay.
Second. People on fire are focused. You know, they're not easily distracted. A guy who's on fire, if you ever saw someone running through the parking lot on fire, he's the kind of guy if he's running towards the water and he's on fire running through the parking lot, he doesn't stop to admire the cars. "Whoa hey, oh, check out that car. That's nice. Is that for sale?" He doesn't stop, he doesn't slow down for things. He's got a goal in mind and that's putting himself out. The man who's on fire does not get easily distracted from his goal. He is focused and set on getting towards some way of extinguishing himself. He's focused. That's another aspect of being on fire for Jesus. Somebody who's got some focus in him.
Another idea is, people who are on fire, you know, this is just from survey information that I've taken from people who have been on fire. People who are on fire are particularly bold. They're kinda not timid, rather, they're bold. They might be timid other times but when you're on fire, you're rather bold. I mean, you see a person who's on fire they're telling everybody quite loudly and enthusiastically, 'I"M ON FIRE. I"M ON FIRE, MAN ON FIRE, WATCH OUT I"M ON FIRE." And, they're not ashamed of being on fire apparently, they're out to tell everybody they're on fire. It's not the timid guy who's on fire who walks around like, "Shh, I don't want them to know I'm on fire. Please don't tell anyone." And he sneaks around looking for water. He's out and out letting people know he's on fire. That's one of the main things of being on fire is letting people know. They're very bold about it. They're not looking for the right person to tell. And this is the way people who are on fire for Jesus are. You're on fire, you don't go, "Hmm, I wonder who I should call. I wonder who would be good to let know I'm on fire. Hey could you help me, oh, I know, I see you're busy. Never mind. Hey could you help me find water, I'm on fire." They're out telling everybody. They don't care if you want to hear about them being on fire or not. They're telling everyone they're on fire. They're not looking for the open door. They're out to get the news out that they're on fire.
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