HEARTS ON FIRE

1. A Life on Fire

‘While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus...’

Acts 19:1 NIV

‘…fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you…’

2 Timothy 1:6 NIV

2. Groups on Fire

‘…There he found some disciples.’Acts 19:1b NIV

‘[Paul] asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”’

Acts 19:2 NIV

‘When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied. There were about twelve men in all.’

Acts 19:6-7 NIV

3. Church on Fire

‘…He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord.’

Acts 19:9b-10 NIV

‘For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.’

Acts 20:27 NIV

‘“Is not my word like fire,” declares the Lord…’

Jeremiah 23:29 NIV

‘…“Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”’

Luke 24:32 NIV

4. City and Region on Fire

‘This went on for two years, so that all the Jews and Greeks who lived in the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord..’

Acts 19:10 NIV

‘God did extraordinary miracles through Paul, so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and their illnesses were cured and the evil spirits left them.’

Acts 19:11-12 NIV

‘…the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honour. Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed their evil deeds. A number of those who had practised sorcery brought their scrolls together and burned them publicly…

In this way the word of the Lord spread widely and grew in power.’

Acts 19:17b-20 NIV