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 want you to do a self-test over the next week.” That was the assignment from our Sunday school teacher Rodney Rowland. “I want you to observe your thoughts and see how much of the time you are spiritually-minded compared to how much of the time you are carnally-minded.” So I did it, and the results surprised me. Here is what I discovered about myself, that many times my first thought on a matter was carnally-minded. In other words, it came from the sin nature, the selfish nature, the flesh, the old man. It was unredeemed thinking. But then the carnal mind was overcome by the spiritual mind. It was redeemed thinking. I would say it was the Holy Spirit rising up within me and giving me truth and light and understanding. That brings me to this Bible verse, Ephesians 4:22, which says, “…put off…the old man…” What does that mean, to put off the old man? “Wait a minute, Doug. I&rsq