Stir Me Up: Living Stirred!

 

Stir Me Up! Sermon Notes Pastor Brad Myers

Living Stirred! August 25, 2024

Today: Living Stirred

Q) What is Living Stirred?

A) Living stirred is a stirred-up Spirit! God works in the Spirit. His Spirit to ours!

A STIRRED-UP SPIRIT

Ezra 1:1 (NLT) Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Return

• King Cyrus issues a proclamation permitting the Jews to return to Judah and to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.
• Ended seventy years of captivity for the Jews.

Ezra 1:5 (NLT)

God Deals in the Spirit!

Job 6:4 (NLT)

This verse shows that although all the sufferings which happened to Job were outward, he realized that God was dealing with him, not just outwardly but inwardly. God’s was not just doing something outward in his surroundings but something inward, deep in his spirit.

Job’s inward stirring preserved him.

Job 10:12 (NKJV)

You may suffer on the outside, but God is stirring you on the inside.

So, what unlocks living stirred?

Passion: To be moved. Strong feelings or beliefs about something.

When God stirs us, he has already equipped us to act… but we still must move! Passion makes us move!

People are Passionate!

• About other people; their spouse, children, sibling.
• Their work, hobbies, books that impacted them.
• We sometimes describe people as being passionate about something. That person is so passionate about caring for the environment or that person is so passionate about fishing.

People love to talk about what matters to them the most. Whatever captures their heart; they will talk about it and we describe people based on their passions!

• He’s so religious; she’s so political,
• We see passion in the scriptures.

Jesus was passionate!

• He’s on a mission in the neighborhoods of Galilee.
• Preaching & performing miracles.
• Draw some serious attention.

Heals a Man With Leprosy

• 61 defilements of ancient Jewish laws; Leprosy 2^nd worse.
• Had to go to the priest to be ruled “clean or unclean.”
• Many believed God inflicted the curse of leprosy upon people for sin.
• Stay 6ft from people; 150 ft if wind blowing.
• Lived in camps until better or death.
• Unclean: physically and spiritually.

Mark 1:40 (NLT)

• Didn’t question if Jesus could; questioned if Jesus would!
• “you can make me clean.” Physically & Socially. restored to health & society.
• Representation of Jesus making us clean spiritually!

Mark 1:41 (NLT)

• Greek translation offers 2 emotions
  • Passion of pity: Compassion
  • Passion of anger: I am willing!
  • Two quite different emotions.

Mark 1:40-41 (MSG)

• “Deeply moved”: We see the Passion of Jesus!
• He deeply cares!

Jesus is compassionate seeing the man’s predicament. Jesus is angry seeing the man as a predicament.

• Compassion to the man.
• Anger toward the disease.

Jesus’ passion to see this man-made whole – physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually stirred him!

• The same passion stirs Jesus today!
• Pity for us; anger toward our situations!
• Passion stirs us!!

If you’re not passionate you won’t live stirred.

Passion determines whether you live Stirred or Shaken.

David, the anointed king of Israel, had passion and lived stirred!

Psalm 16:8-9 (NLT)

• “always with me” stirring me

Acts 2, Peter preaches in Jerusalem….

Acts 2:37 (NLT)

³⁷ Peter’s words pierced their hearts, (stirred them) and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” (how do we live stirred?)