Spirit FIRE Review

28/06/2024

Amen!

For He who is mighty has done great things for me, And holy is His name.

20/06/2024

In the United States, every state has its own version of a "Safe Haven" law. Click on your state to learn more.

US Safe Haven Laws allow a parent to anonymously surrender their unharmed infant to a designated Safe Haven provider within a specific time after birth.

12/06/2024

"For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
'I dwell in the high and holy place,
With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.'" (Isaiah 57:15)

12/06/2024

Praise His holy Name!

The Perfect Revelation of the Lord - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge.

10/06/2024

Poetry by Ron Riekki. The more I read these, the more I love them.

forest path, image by Mirosław and Joanna Bucholc, on Pixabay November 8, 2023Insomnia. Tinnitus. I look it up. There’s no cure.I get up, start to cook, 4 a.m., can’t afford heat, socold that I see my breath, but the stovetop starts towarm me. Oatmeal. I keep the lights off, the puredarkness, s...

06/06/2024

that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

03/06/2024

A Soft Answer Turns Away Wrath - A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.

01/06/2024

Then I, John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be w...

31/05/2024

Praise the Lord!

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always....

26/05/2024

For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

16/05/2024

The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.”

10/05/2024

30/04/2024

Prayers and prayers.

Three officers were killed in a shooting while attempting to serve a warrant at a home in Charlotte, North Carolina, including one deputy US Marshal and two local task force officers, authorities say.

10/04/2024

Thank You, God!

Christ in Our Place - For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ d...

09/04/2024

New book by Lynda McKinney Lambert.

April is National Poetry Month. My new book of poems just came out to celebrate this national month of poetry. Haiku, Tanka, and freeform poems – all little poems are inspired from working in…

09/04/2024

who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

05/04/2024

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever."

Psalm 23 ESV

31/03/2024

He is risen indeed!

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30/03/2024

dove, image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images, on Pixabay Joy and thanksgiving for the blessings of my Lord God!Joyful, joyful, songs of laughter,Shouts of joy to raise,From the blessings of my harvest,To uplift a song of praise, Joyful, joyful, days of plenty,Victorious wherever I may trod,Blessed in abu...

30/03/2024

"Broken Leaf" photo by Patricia Hope JOY TRAIN It can trundle down your street like a ghost train,noiseless, effortless, unknown until you hearthat song you love, see a mockingbird perched on the holly bush, glimpse a November sunset,or watch a neighbor’s eyes light up becauseyou were kind. It can...

30/03/2024

image by efes, on Pixabay, modifiedAt the beginning of leap year,nothing needs predicted,not back before, not now, here,especially not, as snow subsides and blues fly silently. Now, hold your breath and bliss white circles. At the beginning,all should stay trusted,always ahead, always then, there,es...

30/03/2024

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29/03/2024

(image by Kerstin Riemer, on Pixabay) Prophesy to us tell us who has struck your face Grimace, He did not (related Scripture: Luke 22:63-65) * Easter showers fallthe air is full of freshnesspurified we are

29/03/2024

thistle, image by Elsemargriet, on Pixabay Pretty Invisible Nobody notices the lovely little landscapes encircled by highway on / off ramps.Little Edens bloom there,gangly grass waltzes with itself in spring breeze, free trees launch limbs wherever they please,and wildflowers poke their lavish crown...

29/03/2024

Amazing series of sonnets by Michael Zysk.

image by Edith Lüthi, on Pixabay 1 To rise one day will be beyondbelief. Belief is not enough.To know requires more. Wantto know? Give to caesar what’scaesar’s and to You what’s Yours.It’s not the ego that gives. The ego’sgot to go. It doesn’t exist.Not like it thinks. From You comes al...

29/03/2024

Moving poems by Douglas Lanzo.

image by Glegle, on PixabayHearts of Joy Magnified As solo flutist playedat morning church servicean uplifting melody,I reflected uponhow I found myself drawnto its pure, simple beauty… An ensemble of three,with strings plucked merrily,sweetened background to its play. Yet what I felt most plain,t...

29/03/2024

(image by Dung Tran, on Pixabay, modified)The Change of Seasons For one brief spell, I thought that spring had come.The earth was soft, and maple tips were red,Sweet air that I could taste upon my tongue. And digging ‘neath wet leaves where tender shoots were seenOn sodden bank, through frost-brow...

29/03/2024

cross and nail, image by congerdesign, on Pixabay“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord ...

29/03/2024

New issue of Spirit Fire Review!

abstract, image by WaveGenerics, on PixabayAs I prepare to publish the abundance of fine work for this issue, I feel the editorial message can best be expressed by the contributors themselves. I value all of the posts but chose eight excerpts to include in this editorial. (Perhaps an invitation to e...