Gather some dry sticks, pile them together in your fireplace and light it up to make a small fire.
Watch the flame dance and flicker, clinging to the sticks.
A fire needs fuel, oxygen, and heat to burn. Have you ever helped to build a big bonfire?
Picture logs of wood being thrown onto the fire. Hear the crackling as the flames take hold. Watch the sparks fly into the night sky. What would you need to do to put this fire out?
Feel the warmth from your own small flame in front of you.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-22
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not quench the Spirit. Do not treat prophecies with contempt but test them all;hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
At Pentecost, the disciples saw the Spirit as tongues of fire that rested on each of them. The Spirit burns in you, warming your heart with God's presence. Think about what keeps this flame bright.
What is the spark that sets your heart alight?
What is the fuel that feels the fire of the Spirit?
What fans the flames into life?
Be joyful always; pray continually.
Give thanks at all times and the Spirit will burn in you.
Watch your flame flicker and dance, a reflection of the Spirit within you.
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