Origin of True Spiritual Passion

The passion needed to pursue God's heart comes from a devotion forged in the kiln of our private prayer practice. Do anything and everything to create a special place, time and focus. Without prayer the way Jesus intended it, we live at the level of those closest to us, instead living out the passion of authentic relationship. The world can smell when we are going through the motions, wearing our faith as a badge, rather than a conviction. They run the other way. But if Jesus Christ is the true aroma of our lives, nothing will keep them from Him. True prayer means rubbing shoulders with God, and finding part of Him lingering with us, long after we've said amen.