00:00the question is am i being enthusiastic as an overflow of my love for god if the answer is yes
00:08then freedom will be accompanied by that and that is between you and god because in the natural
00:16you could have enthusiasm from a pretentious or performative sense and enthusiasm as an
00:23overflow of the holy spirit and the natural eyes they may look the same they may not be
00:29a difference but in the hearts you know and by the results you know
00:40brother quib first of all that was a fantastic message i am convicted my question is this the
00:46difference between the fear of being expressive in the spirit um the performance of being expressive
00:58and the freedom of being expressive i i kind of consider myself a an enthusiastic person but
01:04sometimes i think my enthusiasm is flesh but um but there's other times where the fire of the holy
01:12spirit will make that enthusiasm um come out and it's just that struggle of wanting that freedom
01:22in the spirit i don't know if i'm making any sense but that's my question okay when we talk about
01:28something being performative or pretentious the key ingredient there is is the opinion of man
01:42a greater influence on our decisions than the opinion of god if you express something enthusiastically
01:57before god some people may have a different opinion of it but you know in your hearts what is moving
02:11and
02:11motivating you
02:14within the christian brethren we should of course have a degree of sensitivity to each other but not
02:22fear of fear of man's opinions because the opinions of people are very fickle what what do i mean
02:30you can oftentimes do something because of concern for the opinions of those around you and
02:39those opinions can change in a moment they can switch very quickly that's why the fear of man
02:50is never a good motivation when it comes to action the question is am i being enthusiastic
03:00as an overflow of my love for god if the answer is yes then freedom will be accompanied by that
03:09and that is between you and god because in the natural you could have enthusiasm
03:15enthusiasm from a pretentious or performative sense and enthusiasm as an overflow of the holy spirit
03:22and the natural eyes they may look the same they may not be a difference but in the heart you
03:29know
03:29and by the results you know so if you can be opposed in something you are doing that is a
03:37conviction
03:38and you are opposed and that opposition stops you then it shows it is not actually a conviction it's just
03:45an opinion if you believe in something or god puts in your heart to do something you will stand for
03:51it
03:51even if other people oppose it i hope you understand that that point sir uh the points i'm making here
03:59is
03:59that if something is from within your heart that the holy spirit prompts that the holy spirit inspires
04:05the evidence that it's the spirits and not you is that you stand for it even when it's opposed or
04:12it
04:12faced tests so in this example you shared about enthusiasm overflowing if it is prompted by the
04:22spirits of god and an overflow of your love for god then your concern about people's opinions
04:29should not be a factor in that equation it's just a matter now of wisdom in the manner of expression
04:36sometimes for example in a public gathering you may have an expression of enthusiasm that you may choose
04:43to not express wildly because of wisdom not because of fear of how people would receive it
04:49and there is a difference between how you conduct yourself in a personal place of prayer
04:55and how you manage yourself in a communal sense so these are the things that we have to be wise
05:02about
05:02but fear of people's opinions or the way people would receive it or the way it would be viewed
05:10should never be a factor when it comes to decisions of this nature
05:14if god puts something in your heart stand for it thank you very much
05:26in a world where distractions temptations are everywhere it is very important to have
05:37a place set aside for prayer for your relationship with god in your home
05:50you
