ignite

Ignite. What a strong word. It is the name of the youth ministry at our church, of which I am a leader--the teacher. Since I became one of the youth leaders, every lesson I teach goes back to getting to know God and studying the Word. It seems I'm always encouraging them to really dig in. Our pastor began a series on obedience; so did we. I really want them to see how important it is to study for themselves what the pastor teaches.

As I was praying just now, I wondered why we chose Ignite as our title, so I did a little research on dictionary.com.

"To cause to burn." "To set fire to."
"To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat."
"To arouse the passions of; excite."
"To begin to burn." "To begin to glow."

Hmmmm...luminous...?

"Emitting light, especially self-generated light."
"Full of light; illuminated." "Easily comprehended; clear."
"Enlightened and intelligent; inspiring."

Wow! Those kids are all of these things! Now, I just need a little salt...

"But John intervened: 'I'm baptizing you here in the river. The main character in this drama, to whom I'm a mere stagehand, will ignite the kingdom life, a fire, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He's going to clean house—make a clean sweep of your lives. He'll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he'll put out with the trash to be burned.'" Luke 3:16 MSG

Ignite the glory of God within you so that it will shine brightly for all the world to experience.