My Heart Is On Fire By Doug Apple - A Short Christian Devotional To Open The Scriptures And Make Your Heart Burn Within You!

I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire! (Luke 24:32) I asked a young man how his spiritual growth was going. He said, “I’m reading the Bible a lot, and several devotionals.” I said, “And how is that impacting you?” He said, “I’m always looking for personal applications – how I can apply what I learn.” And that, my friend, is one half of spiritual growth, what I call outwardly inward. You read the Bible, you hear a sermon, you read your daily devotion, you listen to a teacher, you talk to Christian friends and hold one another accountable. That is outwardly inward. It starts outside of you, you receive it, and you allow it inside of you to change your heart and mind. And then there is inwardly outward. What is that? That is when the Holy Spirit inside of you is teaching you and leading you, convicting you and encouraging you and cheering you on...from the inside of you. In John 7, Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would be inside of us, and would be like rivers of living water, flowing from the in