'MY LIFE IS WORTH NOTHING UNLESS I USE IT FOR DOING THE WORK ASSIGNED ME.' ACTS 20:24 TLB

Paul found God's purpose for his life, and from it came his incredible passion. Notice: a. Passion energizes you! A passionate person with limited ability will outperform a passive person with great ability, because passionate people act with boundless enthusiasm! b. Passion overcomes fear. What makes people take risk, go the extra mile and do whatever it takes to achieve their goals? Passion. As long as the passion is there it doesn't matter how often they fail, or if others are against them, they don't stop until they succeed. c. Passion drives you until you find what you're looking for. Solomon writes, if you...search for wisdom as for hidden treasure, then you will find the knowledge. Socrates led him down to the sea into waist-deep water. Tell me again what you want, he said. Knowledge. Socrates pushed him down under the water, holding him there for 30 seconds. Now, what do you want? The young man sputtered, wisdom, oh great Socrates. Again the philosopher pushed him under. When he let him up again he asked. What do you want? Knowledge, oh wise and...he managed to spit out before Socrates held him under again, this time even longer. What do you want? Repeated Socrates. The younger man coughed and gasped. Air! He shouted, I want air! Socrates replied, when you want knowledge as much as you want air, you'll get knowledge. Then the old man returned to the shore. Bottom line: be passionate!

Evangelist Philip Jegede’s Reading Courtesy of DWFT:Acts 3:11 – 5:42, Luke 8:1-15, Ps 133, Pr 16:2 www.mpbs247.org