SPIRIT ABLAZE: A podcast of the Northeast GMC

Devotional for November 13, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor

Today, we're kicking off a brand new, three-week series: "Provider." As we approach Thanksgiving, we're taking time to focus on God's abundant provision, which goes way beyond material things. Join Rev. Steven Taylor as he shares the powerful truth that God, through Jesus, provides redemption and hope for every area of trouble in our lives.
“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, those he redeemed from trouble." Psalm 107:2
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Devotional for November 6, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor

We’ve come to the final week of our series, “Unashamed Worship: The Heart for Worship the Father Seeks.” Throughout this journey, we’ve explored what worship is, who we worship, why we worship, and how we worship. Now, it’s time to look inward. Join Rev. Steven Taylor as he reminds us that authentic worship begins in the depths of the heart - where God’s Spirit meets ours.
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24 (NRSV)
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Devotional for October 30, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor

Welcome to week four of our devotional series, "Unashamed Worship: The Heart for Worship the Father Seeks." This week, Rev. Steven Taylor gets practical: how do we actually worship? Through Christ's atoning work on the cross, the Holy Spirit now makes worship a personal and relational experience, available to every believer. This week's devotional reminds us that true worship isn't just a Sunday event but a constant, joyful conversation with a loving God who is always present in our lives - transforming every day into a holy encounter.
"But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such as these to worship him." John 4:23 (NRSV)
 
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Devotional for October 23, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor

Join us for week three of our series "Unashamed Worship: The Heart for Worship the Father Seeks" as Rev. Steven Taylor asks us to reflect on a deeply personal as well as practical question: Why do we worship? What is it that motivates us to sing, pray, and open our hearts to God? As we'll see through Jesus' conversation with the Samaritan woman, true worship isn't simply a matter of sincerity, but a heartfelt response to divine truth.
"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.”  John 4:22 (NRSV)
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Devotional for October 16, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor

Devotional for October 16, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor
In week two of our series, "Unashamed Worship: The Heart for Worship the Father Seeks," Rev. Steven Taylor reminds us that the presence of God isn't limited to the sanctuaries or mountaintops we cherish, but is always and intimately present. Is your worship confined to a place or ritual? Or is it focused entirely on a Person - the living God revealed in Jesus Christ?
Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."  John 4:21 (NRSV)
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Devotional for October 9, 2025 from Rev. Steven Taylor

We're excited to launch a new five-week devotional series: "Unashamed Worship: The Heart for Worship the Father Seeks." Join Rev. Steven Taylor as he journeys deeper into the meaning of worship - exploring what worship is, who we worship, why we worship, how we worship, and what it means to worship with a true heart. Today, Rev. Taylor kicks off this series by revealing three core truths about the essence of worship.
“God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” John 4:24 (NRSV)
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Devotional for October 2, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor

Devotional for October 2, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor
God never lets our pain go to waste. In Christ, our deepest suffering can showcase God's incredible presence and power in our lives. As he concludes his powerful series, "Holy Suffering: Revealing God’s Glory Through the Fire," Rev. Steven Taylor will explore one final, crucial question: How can our suffering reveal the glory of God?“…so that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.”  1 Peter 4:11b (NRSV)FOR A PRINT VERSION OF THIS DEVOTIONAL: Print Devotional

Devotional for September 25, 2025 with Rev. Steven Taylor

Devotional for September 25, 2025with Conference Superintendent Rev. Steven Taylor
In week three of our series, "Holy Suffering: Revealing God’s Glory Through the Fire," Rev. Steven Taylor confronts another difficult question: what causes suffering? While the sources of suffering are varied, ultimately we are called to a holy response, trusting God to lead us through the fire.
“Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.” 1 Peter 4:12–13 (NRSV)
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