Igniting Your Spiritual Passion: 3 Ways
“What would igniting your spiritual passion look like right now?” a friend asks as we sit in her living room.
“If I knew, I’d be doing it,” I admit.
“Why don’t you ask God what you need to do?” she asks.
I’m about to tell her I’ve already asked him, but I realize she’s onto something. The slow and steady rhythms of life have led me to a season of spiritual dryness, and I haven’t stepped back to ask God what he wants to do in me through this time.
In the days that follow, I begin seeking his face, asking what it would look like to run to his open arms like the prodigal returning home.
One day at a time, he leads me.
If igniting your spiritual passion is on your mind today, I invite you to join me on my journey. We’ll talk about how to invite God into the parts of our lives that have become lifeless and barren.
Igniting Your Spiritual Passion
My life is consistent, purposeful, and full. But if I’m honest with myself, I’m not as fiery as I was when the idea of living out my faith was new to me. 
I’m steadfast and secure. But the raging fire of passion feels like it’s faded to an ember.
Igniting Your Spiritual Passion: 3 Ways
As I’ve pursued God, the following practices have helped me reignite my spiritual passion. I pray these truths might fan the flame in your life as well:
1. Keep worshiping God in the middle of the mountain.
It’s easy to worship in spirit and truth when life presents mountaintop moments: the births of children, the healing of diseases, long weekend retreats in which you feel like you tangibly encountered God, and weeks spent serving in the slums of Nairobi.
Interestingly, I also find that it’s easier for me to truly lift my heart in worship when life brings me to a valley. When the going gets particularly tough, I recognize the battle, slip into my armor, and get fired up to worship.
However, the middle of the mountain speaks of the place where life is rather ordinary. There is no crisis. There is no elated moment of celebration.
Middle-of-the-mountain moments are Wednesday afternoons with errands to run. They are Monday mornings with laundry piled high as you stumble out the door and begin your work week. They are Thursday evening carpool nights, dishes filling the sink, little bodies to bathe, and bills to pay.
Make up your mind that you will daily offer your worship to God, even in the middle of the mountain. Exalt him, and you will stir up spiritual passion in the middle of the mountain. Don’t forget his holiness or take your eyes off his throne.
When you can worship in the mundane, you stay plugged into the power of God.
2. Interact with your Bible in a way that brings life.
Too often, Bible reading becomes a steady and consistent source of sustenance for our souls, but we overlook the value of interacting with it in a way that actually fills us with a sense of life.
Try entering into the text as you read. Decide not to stop reading until you encounter a Word for your life. Memorize a passage. Use a new Bible study tool to study your daily reading. Paint a verse on a canvas. Pray through Scripture. Set out on a mission to find and copy as many verses as you can on a particular subject.
While I believe in the value of steady and consistent Bible reading, and while I don’t aim to sensationalize the experience of faithfully chewing on the Word of Life, I also try to keep my Bible reading fresh. When my method is no longer life-giving to my spirit, it’s time to read and seek God through his written Word in a new way.
3. Seek Spirit-led encounters as you take risks in love.
Finally, if I’m not feeling particularly fiery in my walk with God, it can be helpful to pray and ask the Lord to show me where I can take risks in making his love known to others.
We don’t risk for the sake of risk itself; instead, this is more of a decision to step out of a comfortable slump and remember the calling to share God’s love with the world.
I have been led to prayer walk in public places, pray with strangers, bake for neighbors, invite younger women to connect and talk about faith, and more.
Sometimes the best way to get the fire burning again is to step out in faith before you feel like it.
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