Becoming Fire

Brief Description

Becoming Fire invites the reader to engage in the age-old practice of listening to stories to activate our creative imagination. Thirty-three meditations arranged for daily reading would enhance the prayer and Bible study of people who are seeking a personal, vital love relationship with Jesus Christ.

Ideal for all ages, Becoming Fire will be of interest to the serious seeker as well as a useful tool for beginners in their spiritual journey. Each daily entry is followed by a question for contemplation and personal spiritual growth.

About the Author

Jeanie Miley is a writer and columnist, a retreat leader, and speaker on topics of spiritual growth and contemplative prayer. She is the author of ten books and has written a weekly newspaper column, “Growing Edges,” for thirty-three years. Trained at the Spiritual Direction Institute in Houston, Texas, Jeanie has read and studied broadly in the areas of spiritual growth and is a spiritual director. Her work rests, as she says, on a “four-legged stool”—Bible study, the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, contemplative prayer, and Jungian psychology. Jeanie teaches a popular women’s Bible study at River Oaks Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, and at other sites in the Houston area. She is a frequent retreat leader for groups across the country. Visit www.jeaniemiley.com for more information.

Table of Contents

Foreword – Father Keith Hosey
Introduction – Becoming Totally Fire

Chapter 1 – What Do You Want? (John 1:35-39)
Chapter 2 – What Do You Have to Lose? (Luke 18:18-30)
Chapter 3 – Water into Wine (John 2:1-11)
Chapter 4 – Feeding Crowds (Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:30-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:1-14)
Chapter 5 – Fear Not!.. – It Is I (Mark 6:47-52)
Chapter 6 – First Love (John 4:1-32)
Chapter 7 – Rise…and Walk (Matthew 9:1-8; Mark 2:1-12; Luke 5:17-26)
Chapter 8 – Just Once More (Luke 5:1-11)
Chapter 9 – A Hungering Listener (Luke 10:38-42)
Chapter 10 – Deliverance (Mark 5:1-20)
Chapter 11 – Who Is Jesus, Anyway? (Matthew 16:13-20)
Chapter 12 – Neither Do I Condemn You (John 8:1-11)
Chapter 13 – Healing Your Inner Child (Matthew 19:13-15)
Chapter 14 – Turning Point (Luke 19:1-10)
Chapter 15 – Come Forth! (John 11:1-44)
Chapter 16 – Stand Up! (Luke 13:10-17)
Chapter 17 – The Healing Touch (Mark 5:21-43)
Chapter 18 – Count the Cost (Luke 9:57-62)
Chapter 19 – A Precious Gift (Luke 7:36-50)
Chapter 20 – Keep Your Heart (Matthew 15:1-20)
Chapter 21 – Total Healing (Mark 8:22-26)
Chapter 22 – First Things First (Matthew 16:21-28)
Chapter 23 – The Cleansing (John 2: 12-25)
Chapter 24 – Transformation (Luke 9:28-36)
Chapter 25 – Do You Want to Get Well? (John 5:1-15)
Chapter 26 – Lord, Have Mercy (Mark 10:46-52)
Chapter 27 – Widening the Circle (Matthew 15:21-28)
Chapter 28 – Washing Feet (John 13:1-17)
Chapter 29 – Surrender (Matthew 26:36-46)
Chapter 30 – Denying Christ (Matthew 26:69-75)
Chapter 31 – Seeing with New Eyes (Luke 24:13-35)
Chapter 32 – My Lord and My God (John 20:24-31)
Chapter 33 – The Question (John 21)

Afterword