John Wesley once said “Get on fire for God and all the world will come and watch you burn.”

The only way you can burn is if the Holy Spirit burns within you.  I guess it is no coincidence that Wesley also said that the moment his faith came alive his heart was “strangely warmed.”

We have to continually stir up the gift of God in us, as Paul instructed Timothy. I have found a very simple practical way to do this.

I put my hand on my heart, and I take a moment to quiet myself, and then I pray this prayer:

Jesus,
I believe that You are in me,
and I am in You.
If I am in You, then I am in my Father,
and my Father is in Me,
Just as You are in the Father.
Thank you that I abide in You,
and Your word abides in me.
Because of this I can ask anything in Your Name,
I can do greater things than You did,
I can love others as You have loved me,
and by this Your Father is glorified.

Then take a few moments and rest in His Presence.