SPIRIT ABLAZE: A Podcast of the Northeast Global Methodist Church

"Then [Jesus] said to him, 'Rise and go; your faith has made you well.'"  Luke 17:19 (NIV)
In week two of our series, "Faith That Moves Mountains," Rev. Steven Taylor addresses not just the kind of healing that touches the body, but healing that restores the soul. He also offers some practical steps for allowing Jesus to make us whole.

This week begins a new series of devotions for the month of July: "Faith That Moves Mountains." Beginning with forgiveness, Rev. Steven Taylor shares a powerful reminder from Luke 17 of Jesus' instruction on forgiving those who sin against us—even repeatedly.

Have you ever received a gift and never opened it? Maybe it got set aside, or you just weren’t sure what to do with it. What about gifts from the Holy Spirit? In today's devotional, Rev. Steven Taylor encourages you to not neglect your gift, but to put them into action and see what God will do through you.
"Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you."  1 Timothy 4:14

When Jesus talked about love, He didn’t point to an ideal, a feeling, or a seasonal effort. He pointed to the cross. He said, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (John 15:13). Join Rev. Steven Taylor in today's devotional as he challenges us to demonstrate everyday love by allowing Christ to love others through you.

Are you trying to make revival happen in your own strength? In this fourth and final installment of his "Awaken" series based on the Book of Ezekiel, Rev. Steven Taylor discusses what true revival looks like—a deep, Spirit-led transformation that only God can bring.
"Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live." Ezekiel 47:9 (NIV)

“He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough toswim in—a river that no one could cross." Ezekiel 47:5 (NIV)
Maybe you’re wondering how you can tell if revival is really coming. Join Rev. Steven Taylor for Part III of his Awaken series as he answers the question, "What will revival look like?" It starts with...

When revival happens—when God breathes new life into His people—what does it look like? What should we do? In part II of his Awaken series based on Ezekiel 37, Rev. Steven Taylor offers ways to prepare for the revival we're asking God to bring.
“I will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares the Lord.”  Ezekiel 37:14 (NIV)

Have you ever stood in a season of life so dry and barren that it felt like all hope had been scattered like bones in a desert wind? That’s exactly where God took the prophet Ezekiel—not to a lush garden or a bustling temple, but to a valley filled with bones...where revival begins. Join Rev. Steven Taylor as he challenges us to examine our own dry places, and how we can begin to call upon the Lord for revival.
"Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live."  Ezekiel 37:5 (ESV)