How to Reignite Your Fire When You’ve Gone Cold

By Dr. Layne McDonald and Daniel Gullick

Most men do not “fall away” in one dramatic moment. Most men cool off. The fire does not disappear overnight. It fades through neglect. It fades through unresolved resentment. It fades through delayed obedience. It fades through slow compromise that feels harmless at first.

Cooling off usually happens through patterns that seem small.

• Neglect of the Word

• Delayed obedience

• Hidden resentment

• Unresolved offense

• Slow compromise

The good news is fire comes back the same way it left. Not through self hate. Not through shame spirals. Not through pretending you are fine. Fire comes back through returning.

Fire comes back through.

• Repentance

• Humility

• Scripture

• Forgiveness

• Discipline

Return means you stop making excuses and start making decisions. Rebuild means you put daily habits back in place, even if they feel small at first. Repeat means you do not wait for motivation. You practice faithfulness until joy returns.

Here is a simple restart plan for the next seven days.

• Read Scripture daily, even if it is ten minutes

• Speak one verse out loud each morning

• Forgive one person you have kept on your mental scoreboard

• Obey one thing you have been delaying

• Ask the Holy Spirit to reignite your hunger

Return. Rebuild. Repeat daily. That is how men come back to life.

For more teaching like this from the podcast hosted by Daniel Gullick, go to www.boundlessonlinechurch.org/podcasts