{"id":22214,"date":"2021-12-09T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T23:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/?p=22214"},"modified":"2021-12-09T10:44:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:44:33","slug":"expressions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/2021\/12\/09\/expressions\/","title":{"rendered":"Expressions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-22214-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/December-9.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/December-9.mp3\">http:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/December-9.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.bible.com\/en-GB\/bible\/1849\/JHN.21.17\"><i>John 21:<sup>17<\/sup><\/i> <\/a>\u201c<i>Then Jesus asked him again, \u201cPeter, son of John, do you have great affection for me?\u201d Peter was saddened by being asked the third time and said, \u201cMy Lord, you know everything. You know that I burn with love for you!\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cThen feed my lambs!\u201d (TPT)<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Your expression of love to God depends on your level with God. How an \u2018infant\u2019 &#8211; a baby Christian, will\u00a0 express love to God is different from how \u2018a child\u2019 in God that is not an infant will express love. How a \u2018teenager\u2019 in Christ will express love is different from how a \u2018child\u2019 would. <!--more-->And how an \u2018adult\u2019 will express love is different. If you have a child [a baby, an infant], how would the baby express love? By eating, pooing, crying, and sleeping. Yet you would happy to carry the poo because this is your child. Even when you open the diaper and they wet your face, you think &#8216;what a blessing&#8217; because you waited and trusted God for the \u2018child\u2019..<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">When you were an infant believer, did you notice that when you prayed, miracles happened immediately? But guess what? A lot of people want to stay \u2018infants\u2019 in God but God says, \u2018No!\u2019 and they are shocked. What is love for a \u2018child\u2019? Love for a \u2018child\u2019 [again it is cumulative]; needs will still be met but beyond needs being met, love from a \u2018child\u2019 is obedience and devotion. When the \u2018child\u2019 becomes a \u2018teenager\u2019 [again it is cumulative]; love from a \u2018teenager\u2019 is contribution. Have you washed daddy&#8217;s car? Have you swept the living room? Have you gone to the market? Do teenagers still go to the market? Note that by market, I mean the open market, not the store or the mall. Perhaps just a few but in our own time, you have to go to the market. Some parents can have a heart-attack just from hearing that their teenager has to go to the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">When a teenager is properly trained, i.e. parents are parenting properly; there is some contribution that will be expected from a teenager. Let\u2019s say for us it was to wash daddy\u2019s car, the tyres and everything must be shining. He comes out and you have not washed the car. He says, \u2018Son, that car is not washed?\u2019 You say, \u2018Daddy, you know I love you.\u2019 What will happen? That child will get a new definition of love that day. Spiritual \u2018teenagers\u2019, workers; you have to contribute to God\u2019s house by serving, that is a contribution. Some people are still \u2018infants\u2019 and are fighting God today because they want to remain as \u2018infants\u2019. They are saying, \u2018God, where are the miracles You used to do?\u2019 God says, \u2018No miracles. Go and do what I have asked you to do! Your level has changed.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">However, when we become spiritual \u2018adults\u2019, we move beyond contribution. When you become a spiritual \u2018adult\u2019, your language of love to the Father is reproduction. How many people are you taking care of for Jesus? How many people have come to and are staying in the faith because of you? How many people are growing in the faith because of you? Jesus asked Peter, \u2018Do you love Me?\u2019 repeatedly because He was trying to drive home a message. The problem is many of us love God in our hearts. God is saying, \u2018I cannot see it anymore because what I want to see is fruit.\u2019 It is your fruit that will register your heart, your love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Prayer<\/b>: Holy Spirit, as I grow in God, help me to be faithful in obedience and devotion, in contribution and in bearing fruit, in Jesus Name. Amen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 21:17 \u201cThen Jesus asked him again, \u201cPeter, son of John, do you have great affection for me?\u201d Peter was saddened by being asked the third time and said, \u201cMy Lord, you know everything. You know that I burn with love for you!\u201d Jesus replied, \u201cThen feed my lambs!\u201d (TPT) Your expression of love to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,161,324,135,8,347,248,16,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acknowledge-god","category-clarity","category-god","category-intimacy-with-god-intimacy-with-god","category-jesus","category-journey","category-people","category-personal-growth","category-soul-winning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22214"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22496,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22214\/revisions\/22496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfhlive.tv\/freshfire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}