5 Ways to Get Your Spiritual Fire Back!

This week at Southside we are half-way through our study of the Pastoral Epistles. 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus. This week we started 2 Timothy 1. In this chapter Paul tells Timothy in VS. 5 & 6:

5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 

6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 

This Sunday we talked about how our Christian faith has a tendency to lose its flame, lose its passion. It is so easy for that to happen to any of us. This letter was written by the Apostle Paul, in chains, under a death sentence, to Timothy a fellow pastor. If it is possible for a pastor, who was a follower of the Apostle Paul to lose his flame, how much more so for us?

Here are 5 Ways to "Fan into Flame" your love and passion for God:

1. Personal worship times.

Don't wait for Sunday morning to roll around! Don't look to a church worship service to be your only time of worship during the week. Turn on some worship songs and worship along... just you and Jesus. Not because you have to, because you want to!

2. Read and Memorize the Bible.

This is a no-brainer. If you want to get close to Jesus, read the letter He sent you! As you meditate, think about, study, read and ingest God's letter to mankind, you will find the fires of your faith stoked!

3. Offer to pray for friends and family. 

Nothing helps fan embers into a roaring fire like being pushed out of our comfort zone. You know you should do it... so do it! You will find the more you make this a lifestyle the more spiritual fire you have. 

4. Give something away.

Kicking greed out of your life and putting your focus on others helps us see others the way that Jesus sees them. Once you start to view the world through those eyes of compassion, you will never be the same.

5. Serve the needy.

One of the biggest ways we can fan the spiritual flames is by serving those who have need. When we get the focus of off ourselves and onto others, then we can realize our own need. Each one of us is broken and needs to be healed by Jesus. Serving others not only demonstrates the goodness of God, but it also is part of our own spiritual healing and stokes the spiritual fire in our souls.

Fan the Flame!

Pastor Willy