ABLAZE FOR SOULS ..

How To Receive This Passion

- Romans 1:14 -16
Romans 1:14 -16
14 I am obligated both to
Greeks and non-Greeks,
both to the wise and the
foolish. 15 That is why I
am so eager to preach
the gospel also to you
who are in Rome.
16 For I am not
ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power
of God that brings
salvation to everyone
who believes: first to
the Jew, then to the
Gentile.
Luke 4:18
18 “The Spirit of the
Lord is on me, because
he has anointed me to
proclaim good news to
the poor. He has sent
me to proclaim freedom
for the prisoners and
recovery of sight for the
blind, to set the
oppressed free,
How To Receive This Passion

1. Become more passionately committed

to Jesus Christ than ever before. This is
the foundation of soul-winning
motivation and this is the secret of
radiant Christian attractiveness.
 The more personal your daily fellowship
with Jesus, the more thrilling your
personal prayer communion, the more
naturally and eagerly you speak about
Jesus as you share with others, the more
God will be able to use you.
 It is not professional motivation to
witness that brings results. You need
personal love for Jesus so real and so
preciously rewarding that you overflow
with love for Jesus. Then you will not be
able to keep silent.
2. Specially ask God to give you
compassion and passion for souls.
Make it part of your daily prayer to ask
God to help you lead people to Christ.
Make it one of your daily priority
requests.
Matthew 9:36
36 When he saw the
crowds, he had
compassion on them,
because they were
harassed and
helpless, like sheep
without a shepherd.
Romans 10:11
11 As Scripture
says, “Anyone who
believes in him will
never be put to
shame.”[a]
Romans 10:11
11 As Scripture
says, “Anyone who
believes in him will
never be put to
shame.”[a]
Romans 9:1-3
I speak the truth in
Christ—I am not lying,
my conscience
confirms it through the
Holy Spirit— 2 I have
great sorrow and
unceasing anguish in
my heart.
3 For I could wish
that I myself were
cursed and cut off
from Christ for the
sake of my
people, those of
my own race,
3. Ask God to give you a sensitivity to
others. Ask Him to give you eyes to see
and ears to hear those around you. Ask
Him to help you discern the hurts, heart
cries, and needs of those you meet.
- Matthew 9:36, 14:14-16
Matthew 9:36
36 When he saw the
crowds, he had
compassion on
them, because they
were harassed and
helpless, like sheep
without a shepherd.
Matthew 14:14-16
14 When Jesus
landed and saw
a large crowd, he
had compassion
on them and
healed their sick.
disciples came to him
and said, “This is a
remote place, and it’s
already getting late.
Send the crowds away,
so they can go to the
villages and buy
themselves some
food.”
16 Jesus replied, “They
do not need to go
away. You give them
something to eat.”
Luke 4:18
18 “The Spirit of the Lord
is on me, because he has
anointed me to proclaim
good news to the poor.
He has sent me to
proclaim freedom for the
prisoners and recovery of
sight for the blind, to set
the oppressed free,
4. Ask God to make you spiritually radiant.
Each day ask Him to make you Christlike,
overflowing with joy in the Lord, and
anointed by the Spirit in all your contacts.
Ask Him to put something of His presence
and glory so evident in your face and in
your actions so that others will be
attracted to Him. - Ephesians 5:1-2
Ephesians 5:1-2
1 Follow God’s example,
therefore, as dearly
loved children 2 and walk
in the way of love, just as
Christ loved us and gave
himself up for us as a
fragrant offering and
sacrifice to God.
5. Ask God for winsome boldness in
witnessing. Ask Him for a loving, caring
spirit of initiative to make you recognize
open doors and help you buy up your
opportunities. Ask Him to make you alert
to seize strategic moments for the Lord.

- 2 Timothy 4:2 , Romans 1:16

2 Timothy 4:2
2 Preach the word; be
prepared in season
and out of season;
correct, rebuke and
encourage—with
great patience and
careful instruction.
Romans 1:16
16 For I am not
ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power
of God that brings
salvation to everyone
who believes: first to the
Jew, then to the Gentile.
6. Ask God to make you confident and
positive. He will gladly deliver you from
fear. The more you speak to others about
Christ and about their personal spiritual
life, the more confident you will become
and the easier it will become for God to
use you. - Acts 26:22-23
Acts 26:22-23
22 But God has helped
me to this very day; so
I stand here and testify
to small and great
alike. I am saying
nothing beyond what
the prophets and
Moses said would
happen—
23 that the Messiah
would suffer and, as
the first to rise from
the dead, would
bring the message of
light to his own
people and to the
Gentiles.”
7. Put constant priority on prayer. Put priority
on both communing prayer and interceding
prayer. Prayer is the key to your personal
spiritual radiance. Prayer is the key to
guidance in your contacts and witness. Prayer
is the key to the anointing of the Spirit on your
life and efforts. Ephesians 6:18 , 1 Peter 4:7
2 Thessalonians 1:11,,,,1 Thessalonians 5:23
Ephesians 6:18
18 And pray in the Spirit
on all occasions with all
kinds of prayers and
requests. With this in
mind, be alert and
always keep on praying
for all the Lord’s people.
1 Peter 4:7
7 The end of all
things is near.
Therefore be alert
and of sober mind
so that you may
pray.
2 Thessalonians 1:11
11 With this in mind, we
constantly pray for you,
that our God may make
you worthy of his calling,
and that by his power he
may bring to fruition your
every desire for goodness
and your every deed
prompted by faith.
1 Thessalonians 5:23
23 May God himself,
the God of peace,
sanctify you through
and through. May your
whole spirit, soul and
body be kept
blameless at the
coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
 Prayer is the key to God's power
clothing you so that there is a divine
dimension in your soul-winning efforts.
Prayer is the key to a passion for souls
and all your spiritual life. Put priority on
prayer.
Dr. A.T. Pierson ( A Pastor on Spurgeon’s
Tabernacle ) on how to receive a fiery
passion for souls..
‘’There is a secret fellowship with God where
we get this heavenly fire kindled within, and
it makes personal work for souls easy,
natural, a relief, and a rest. To linger in
God’s presence until we see souls, as
through His eyes, makes us long over them
 This passion for souls is probably the
highest product of spiritual communion
with God. It absorbs us, and even our own
salvation is forgotten in that passionate
yearning which made Moses ready to have
his name blotted out of God’s book for
Israel’s sake ( Exo. 32:31-32 ), or Paul
willing to be anathema for the sake of his
 It seems to me that such passion is the
highest form of unselfish love, and the nearest
approximation to the divine motive that
impelled the Lord Jesus Christ to empty
Himself of his original glory and majesty, and
assume “the form of a servant.” enduring
even the cross ( Phil. 2:6 - 8 )
No man can kindle in himself that
celestial fire; it must come from the live coal
from the altar above.”
Proverbs 11: 30
30 The fruit of the
righteous is a tree
of life, and the one
who is wise saves
lives.
Psalm 126:5-6
5 Those who sow with
tears will reap with
songs of joy. 6 Those
who go out weeping,
carrying seed to sow, will
return with songs of joy,
carrying sheaves with
them.