A PASSION FOR JESUS

A PASSION FOR JESUS


Do you LIVE your life
With a PASSION for God? A PASSION
For Jesus?


Peter was so ATTRACTED
To Jesus=that after
The RESURRECTION


NOT even a long stretch
Of cold-choppy waves
Could keep him=from
The ONE that he LOVED


Peter JUMPS RIGHT IN
To the water=
He had a PASSION
For OUR LORD


“WHEN Simon Peter
Heard that it
WAS the Lord


He tucked in
His garment
For he-
Was lightly clad


And JUMPED into the SEA” John 21:7


How about us?
HOW about you and me?
Do we have PASSION
For our LORD?


If so=NOTHING in this world=
Can keep him out of our LIVES


“The Lord
EXAMINES the righteous


But the wicked
THOSE who love violence


He hates=with PASSION” Psalm 11:5


“Their HEARTS
Are like an oven
They approach him


With intrigue
Their PASSION smolders
All night


In the morning
It blazes
LIKE a flaming fire” Hosea 7:6


“But if they
CANNOT control themselves


They should marry
For it is BETTER
To marry
Than to


BURN WITH PASSION” 1 Corinthians 7:9


Just like Peter=we should
JUMP RIGHT IN=and keep living
With a PASSION for our LORD
In our LIVES


We should ASK OURSELVES=
How much INTENSITY for Jesus
Do we have in our lives?


Is our LOVE for Jesus
REFLECTED like Peter?


Do we PRAY to Jesus
DAILY? Do we INCLUDE Jesus
Wherever we go=
Wherever we ARE in our lives?


Can others SEE the
PASSION of Jesus=in my
Very own life?
CAN they see my passion?


“For what
You have done
I will


ALWAYS praise you
In the PRESENCE
Of your faithful people


And I will
HOPE in your name
For your name=IS GOOD” Psalm 52:9


Dear LORD=please INCREAE
Our DESIRE for you


Please REMOVE the obstacles
That keep me/KEEP US
From responding to you=


And LIVING LIFE
With a PASSION for Jesus Christ


In Jesus' name


Robert P. Wallman
4-5-18




Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Fr. Kenneth Grabner, C.S.C.