Seven disciplines.
Passion at the center.

Scripture both warns against misdirected desires and calls us toward faithful devotion. Read these passages in that wider context.

1. Romans 1:26 - For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature...
2. Galatians 5:24 - And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
3. Colossians 3:5 - Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.
4. 1 Thessalonians 4:5 - Not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God.
5. 2 Timothy 2:22 - So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
6. Titus 2:12 - Training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age.
7. Titus 3:3 - For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
8. James 4:1 - What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?
9. James 4:3 - You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
10. 1 Peter 1:14 - As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance.
11. 1 Peter 2:11 - Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
12. 1 Peter 4:2-3 - So as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and lawless idolatry.

These verses generally emphasize the negative connotations of sinful, uncontrolled passions (typically connected with fleshly desires or lusts). However, the context of the word "passion" in Scripture suggests that passions should be surrendered to the will of God, transformed, and redirected toward godly purposes.

The phrase “Ignite Your Passion” can be understood in a way where the focus is on transforming and redirecting passions. In this sense, “igniting” could imply a refining or burning away of worldly, sinful passions, which are often warned against in Scripture, and instead, fueling a new passion for God and His purposes.

The Bible speaks of both purifying and reorienting passions (Romans 12:11). This could be understood as igniting godly passion, replacing sinful desires with fervor for God’s work. 2 Timothy 1:6 talks about “fanning into flame” the gift of God, suggesting a proactive effort to stir up or ignite godly passion in our lives.

“Ignite Your Passion” could symbolize letting go of (or burning up) worldly passions and replacing them with a zeal and fire for God. This aligns with Galatians 5:24, which speaks of crucifying the flesh with its passions and desires, and could suggest that once those sinful passions are laid aside, we are free to burn brightly for God’s kingdom.

This approach to the phrase helps communicate that true passion is not self-serving or worldly but is transformed by the Holy Spirit for God’s glory. Passion becomes a deeply-rooted love for a specific calling, fueling a commitment that balances fervor with the willingness to “pick up one’s cross” for a greater purpose (Matthew 16:24), just as Christ demonstrated in His passion for our salvation.