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Pastor Isaac Hector
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Burning Ones Conference is a three day conference hosted at Mercy Culture Church in Forth Worth, Texas for all students grades 6-12.
This conference is called Burning Ones. It's not just a name, it's a spiritual identity we have chosen to take. A lamp cannot maintain its flame without oil, a Burning One cannot burn without intimacy with God. We burn because of Him, we burn for Him.
We are BURNING ONES.
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This conference is called Burning Ones. It's not just a name, it's a spiritual identity we have chosen to take. A lamp cannot maintain its flame without oil, a Burning One cannot burn without intimacy with God. We burn because of Him, we burn for Him.
We are BURNING ONES.
Text "Students" to 59090 for more information.
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Hosea 2:14-23
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14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
16 In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
17 For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
20 And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
21 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD— “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
22 And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
23 And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
16 In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
17 For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
20 And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
21 “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD— “I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.
22 And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.
23 And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
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Your greatest place of shame is God’s doorway of hope to glory.
You can’t love what He loves or hate what He hates when you’re jaded!
You can’t love God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength when your heart has grown jaded.
Jadedness is when your heart is tired of hoping because things hurt too much.
Jadedness = Made dull, apathetic, or cynical by repeated exposure to disappointment or hardship.
Qāšāh (Hebrew) = Hardened, willfull resistance to God because of rebellion
Yāgēaʿ (Hebrew) = Weary, exhausted and worn out
Pōrōsis (Greek) = Spiritual dullness or hardness of heart, callousness; gradual hardening of sensitivity to God
Kamnō/Athumeō (Greek) = To grow weary or disheartened
Yāgēaʿ (Hebrew) = Weary, exhausted and worn out
Pōrōsis (Greek) = Spiritual dullness or hardness of heart, callousness; gradual hardening of sensitivity to God
Kamnō/Athumeō (Greek) = To grow weary or disheartened
Mark 3:5
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5 Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
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Romans 11:25
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25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
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Ephesians 4:18
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18 They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
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Colossians 3:21
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21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.
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Athumeō (Greek) = to lose the inner spirit, “drive”; to become inwardly defeated.
The Biblical Picture of Jadedness:
A progressive hardening of the heart caused by disappointment, shame, spiritual fatigue, and repetitive resistance to God — leading to emotional detachment and loss of hope.
A progressive hardening of the heart caused by disappointment, shame, spiritual fatigue, and repetitive resistance to God — leading to emotional detachment and loss of hope.
Results of Jadedness:
1. Hardens what God wants tender
2. Blinds us to glory and truth
3. Silences your worship
4. Rewrites your past in shame
5. Replaces freedom with self-protection
6. Makes the failure, pain, trouble, and disappointment permanent
7. Breeds bitterness, offense, judgement, and slander
8. Resists God's plans
9. Poisons your fruit
10. Breeds hopelessness
1. Hardens what God wants tender
2. Blinds us to glory and truth
3. Silences your worship
4. Rewrites your past in shame
5. Replaces freedom with self-protection
6. Makes the failure, pain, trouble, and disappointment permanent
7. Breeds bitterness, offense, judgement, and slander
8. Resists God's plans
9. Poisons your fruit
10. Breeds hopelessness
SPIRITUAL WARNING:
The enemy’s goal isn’t always to make you rebel, but to make you ineffective.
The enemy’s goal isn’t always to make you rebel, but to make you ineffective.
Hebrews 11:6
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6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
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2 Corinthians 3:14-15
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14 But their minds were closed. For to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old covenant. It has not been lifted, because only in Christ can it be removed.
15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
15 And even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.
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Guilt says “I did something wrong.”
Shame says “I am something wrong.”
Shame says “I am something wrong.”
Guilt will lead you to shame.
Shame will lead you to jadedness.
Jadedness will lead you to hopelessness.
Hopelessness will lead you to unfaithfulness.
Shame will lead you to jadedness.
Jadedness will lead you to hopelessness.
Hopelessness will lead you to unfaithfulness.
Hebrews 3:12
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12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
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PRACTICAL ADVICE:
In your daily encounters, say out loud what you are thankful for.
In your daily encounters, say out loud what you are thankful for.
Gratitude is WAR on shame & hopelessness!
Hosea 2:14
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14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.
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Spiritual Growth Tip:
When God allures, follow every time!
When God allures, follow every time!
Hosea 2:15
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15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
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The Valley of Achor = Valley of trouble
Hosea 2:15
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15 There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.
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My personal definition of hope = When you are bound with zeal to the goodness of God, no matter what.
Are you more focused on your failures than His victory?
John 10:9
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9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
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Hosea 2:16
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16 In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
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2 Corinthians 3:16-18
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16 But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
18 And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
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Hosea 2:17-20
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17 For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.
18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
20 And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
18 On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
19 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
20 And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”
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His plan is to take your greatest place of shame and make it your doorway of hope to glory!
