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Stoking the fire, one prayer at a time

Welcome to my new spring blog post Stoking the fire, one prayer at a time… image source:wikimedia.org How do you keep your spiritual passion burning? I believe that ‘prayer’ is fuel for the fire. God gifts every saved person for service (Steven J. Cole @bible.org “Saved to serve”). Here’s the apostle Paul speaking to Timothy,   “This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.” 2 Timothy 1:6 Over the years, I discovered that prayer is a tool that I can use to introduce God during conversations I have with strangers I meet.  Through praying for others, I have a closer relationship with God. It's been an amazing journey of learning how to humble myself and be kind to strangers and poor people I encounter on my way to and from work. God uses both our strengths and weaknesses to train us to be better witnesses for him.  Here's how Paul encourages Ti