Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Heb. 6 ... For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name (the WORD), in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Slothful means: lazy, apathetic
We have to work to keep our heart from going cold. The iniquity of this world and the attitudes we see in people around us can harden us. Therefore Paul often told Timothy to "stir up" the gift that is inside him.
Each of us have the greatest gift of all ... salvation through belief in God and Jesus Christ, the Word.
We stir up that gift by remembering how God saved us and by remembering the wonderful works God has done in us.
When we see the sin of others, we can pull away and reflect again on God and what HE did with us.
We can light the fire in us by Bible reading and especially by reflecting on the scriptures which exhort us to continue in the work assigned us by God as we are on this earth.
The following scriptures have been very helpful to me to encourage me to hold fast to the work of God and to continue in doing that work.
Heb. 3 ... 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Heb. 10 ... 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another:and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
And here is another promise to us:
Hebrews 6:10 ... 10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name (The Word), in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
We cannot allow ourselves to become apathetic. We work at keeping the fire of God lit, deliberately forcing ourselves to look at scriptures that inspire us in continuing the Word of God while we live on this earth.