It's impossible to describe to a nonbeliever what it's like to be on fire for God. In my experience, it's something you've got to show them in the way you live and love. It's like with any relationship, you go through your ups and downs. One day you might be in the pits, but pretty soon your best friend or spouse or sister will come down to your level and bring you back up. Before long, you find yourself so passionate about this relationship, everything you do revolves around them. That's what your relationship with Jesus Christ should be like.
Maybe you've got Jesus already, and you've ridden a few waves since you became a Christian, but the next crest seems too far away. You're reading your Bible, and having your quiet time with the Lord, but somehow you're just not feeling it. Heck, you probably haven't even missed church in two months yet you're missing something.
It's not that you're in the wrong faith--you know there's no getting around Jesus being the way, the truth, and the life. For me, it often feels like I'm not doing enough to keep my passion for God alive when I've got it in full force. I hate how it feels to lose touch with God, even for only a split second.
Let's say you have accidentally drifted some. It doesn't matter how far, or for how long, just that you aren't feeling the fire you felt before. Every Christian feels this way at some point or another, and all they want is to feel the Holy Spirit guiding them once more.
Acts 4:31 offers a suggestion.
Get to know a small group of fellow believers with whom you can depend on, study the Bible together, and most importantly, pray with.
The verse says once they were finished praying, they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly and without hindrance.
It sounds impressive considering moments earlier, the entire group had been discouraged and frustrated with the treatment of their buddies. They went from being in a spiritual slump to the top of their game, all because they prayed together. Huh.
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