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Passion is the resonance of rightness in your soul and a deep sense of satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment. Last week, we began a mini-sermon series called Next Chapter focused on Discovering Your Purpose. The topic for this week, Living With Passion, energizes us to live into our purpose from a deeper place. John 10:6-10 emphasizes and declares that Jesus is the shepherd and the gate for the sheep. Jesus also speaks of thieves and robbers as anyone or anything that distorts God’s truth and why Jesus came. Jesus offers you a choice for an abundant life. The first area of passion God invites us to experience is Passion for the Lord. Following are ways to nurture passion for the Lord: spend time in God’s presence is the best place to start, embrace worship as a lifestyle, and remember God’s faithfulness. Following are ways to nurture Passion for the Loved: serve with humility, build community, and love through difficulty. Passion for the loved includes those who are spiritually lost meaning those who do not yet know the love and hope found in Jesus. Praying for the lost softens your hearts, deepens your passion, and aligns you with God’s mission to seek and save the lost. Following are ways to nurture passion for the lost: pray for the lost, build relationships, and be bold in your witness. Jesus offers passion for life. Following are ways to nurture passion for life: embrace joy, delight in the ordinary, pause and enjoy the present with God, pursue what makes your heart sing. Apply living with passion principles to communion and benediction.