SPIRIT ABLAZE: A Podcast of the Northeast Global Methodist Church

Everyday Love: Love in Truth and Action
True love is much more than a feeling - it’s something we practice through ordinary acts of faithfulness. Drawing on 1 John 3:18, Rev. Steven Taylor shares a powerful message on moving past indifference and practicing real, active love in our daily lives. 
Focus Scripture: "Little children, let us not love in word or speech, but in deed and in truth."  1 John 3:18 
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Week 7
The Path: Keep Walking (Reprise)
Over the last six weeks, we have walked through Solomon’s wisdom together on "The Path." Now, as this devotional series concludes, the true journey of daily discipleship is just beginning. Join Rev. Steven Taylor for his final message, "Keep Walking," and discover why the Christian life is about walking faithfully, not perfectly. 
Focus Scripture: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”  Psalm 119:105
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Week 6
The Path: When the Destination Changes
What do you do when the dream you’ve been chasing suddenly becomes unreachable? In life, closed doors and changed plans can leave us feeling weary. In this sixth lesson of our devotional series, "The Path," Rev. Steven Taylor explores what happens when our expected destination changes and how God’s grace meets us in the unexpected.
Focus Scripture: "Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12
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Week 5
The Path: Look Where You're Going!
Are cultural distractions, busy schedules, or future anxieties quietly pulling you away from where God is leading? In week 5 of our current devotional series, "The Path," Rev. Steven Taylor shares how the things capturing our attention quietly shape the direction of our lives. Listen in to discover how fixing your eyes on Jesus can break the power of daily distractions and keep your feet firmly on His path.
Focus Scripture: "Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith..." Hebrews 12:2
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Week 4
The Path: Getting Help Along the Way
Walking with Christ was never meant to be a solo journey. In week 4 of our current devotional series, "The Path," Rev. Steven Taylor challenges us to embrace humility and seek wise, godly counsel from those who have walked the path before us.
Focus Scripture: “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” - Proverbs 15:22
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Week 3
 
The Path: Your Heart Matters
 
Are you trusting the path, or trying to control it?  We often know the right choice to make, yet our hearts can pull us in a different direction. Are we relying on our own understanding, or are we truly surrendering our whole hearts to God? In week 2 of our current devotional series, "The Path," Rev. Steven Taylor shares a lesson about a string of mules at the Grand Canyon and what they can teach us about trust and obedience!
 
Focus Scripture: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” - Proverbs 3:5–6
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Week 2
The Path: Making a Course Correction
Are you ignoring a warning sign in your life right now, hoping things will just work themselves out? In Week 2 of our current devotional series, "The Path," Rev. Steven Taylor breaks down Proverbs 27:12 and challenges us to have the humility to make a course correction before the consequences grow. Today is always a good day to turn around.
Focus Scripture: “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.”  Proverbs 27:12
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Week 1
The Path: Your Direction Determines Your Destination
It's easy to confuse our good intentions with our actual direction. In Week 1 of his new devotional series, "The Path," Rev. Steven Taylor shares a funny (but true!) story about a Mexican prison escape gone wrong, a wrong turn, and a powerful lesson from Proverbs 7. The truth is simple: your destination is not determined by where you hope to end up, but by the road you are currently traveling. Read this week's full devotional to reflect on where your current path is leading you and how God's grace offers a course correction today.
Focus Scripture: "Now then, my children, listen to me; pay attention to what I say. Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.”  Proverbs 7:24-25
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