If You Feel Yourself Getting Lukewarm: 10 Holy Resets to Reignite Your Fire
- Vanessa Morris, Founder & Creator

- Nov 12
- 2 min read
Let’s be honest — we’ve all felt it.That slow fade. The loss of fire. The quiet drifting where faith starts to feel more like routine than relationship.
You’re still showing up, still believing, but somewhere along the way your heart went quiet. You love God — but if you’re honest, you’re tired.
The good news? You’re not broken — you’re being invited.

God doesn’t shame us when our fire flickers. He calls us closer to the flame. But here’s the truth: He can’t refine you with fire if you refuse to get hot enough to burn.
Refinement requires heat. And sometimes, the very discomfort you’re avoiding is what God wants to use to purify, strengthen, and set your heart ablaze again.
So if you feel yourself getting lukewarm, here are some gentle but truth-telling resets to help you return to the fire:
1. Stop Numbing
Put down your phone, the extra glass of wine, or the endless scrolling — and let yourself feel again. Avoidance numbs the very parts of you God wants to heal.
2. Get Honest with God
Tell Him the truth — even the messy parts. He already knows, and He’d rather have your raw than your rehearsed.
3. Go Back to Your First Love
Remember what stirred your heart in the beginning — worship, Scripture, stillness, serving. Do that again. Revival often starts with returning.
4. Audit Your Inputs
What are you watching, following, and listening to? It’s either feeding your fire or dimming it. Guard your atmosphere — it shapes your appetite for God.
5. Surround Yourself with Heat
Get around people who are hungry for God. Fire spreads through proximity. Their passion can reignite yours.
6. Fast from Comfort
Turn down the noise and let discomfort reawaken dependence. You can’t be refined without heat — and God’s refining fire burns away what keeps you stuck in self-reliance.
7. Start Moving Again
Obedience reignites passion. Take one small step of faith — send the text, show up, forgive, pray again. Movement breaks stagnation.
8. Repent Without Shame
Conviction is an invitation, not condemnation. Don’t stay stuck — just turn back. God meets you in the movement, not in your perfection.
9. Rebuild Your Rhythms
Lukewarm often starts with chaos. Reorder your mornings, your rest, your connection with God. Stillness creates space for fire to grow.
10. Ask for Fresh Fire
Literally pray: “God, reignite my heart. Make me burn for what matters again.”He’s not withholding the flame — He’s waiting for surrender.

If your faith feels dull, this isn’t a rebuke. It’s an invitation to return — to let yourself get close enough to the fire that it burns again.
Because the truth is: you can’t be refined in comfort.You can only be transformed in the heat of His presence.
You were made to burn — to live awake, alive, and anchored in the love of God.🔥 Don’t settle for lukewarm! This is what The Intentional Family is all about — creating space for faith, connection, and rhythms to keep your heart ignited!
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