THE FIERY SPIRIT - Coptic Orthodox Electronic Publishing

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THE FLAMING HEART
How many times have you admitted that you love
God but:
• When you stand up for prayers, you do not feel His
presence?
• When you open the Bible to read, you feel it is puzzling?
• When you enter the church, you feel no spiritual awe?
• That you find no comfort in any kind of worship?
• Neither do you find it easy to keep the commandments.
What is the solution to such a common problem?
A certain prominent family in Los Angeles, contacted
and invited me to visit them. I was greatly pleased and went to
visit them. They then admitted that they had been very
impressed with a Coptic family they visited in Toronto. They
confessed that this particular family has changed their outlook
on God as they felt that their hearts were illuminated with the
fiery Spirit! The wife professed that from then on their greatest
desire and wish was to be like this Coptic family.
WHAT IS A FLAMING HEART ?
A flaming heart is one which burns with the Spirit of
Christ! Wherever this heart is found it kindles all hearts
associated with it. This kind of heart is attached to the Lord, and
is capable of altering people’s callous hearts into warm hearts,
fit for a sacrifice of love that pleases God’s gracious heart.
A flaming heart confronts sin with power. Such a heart
is capable of transforming those sins from abrasive thorns to
nothingness. A person with such a heart transforms the love of
the world with all its pleasures, into a life of thanksgiving to the
Lord for creating such a beautiful world for his sake. He
transforms the lusts of the flesh into spiritual sensational feelings
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