A Spirit of Love Fanned into Flame

A spirit of love
Fanned into flame;
Love will prevail more than any word
In power proclaimed.

Things that we do,
Words that we say,
When in a spirit of love, how love
Prevails in this way.

The spirit in man,
Where our God lives;
Greatest of gifts we could e’er receive,
Freely He gives.

By His great love,
God is so known;
Only a spirit of love in man
Makes His love shown.

Powerful will,
Sober in mind;
Yet without love only threatening words
Other souls find.

To overcome,
For this we yearn;
Oh may a spirit that’s fanned into flame
Increasingly burn.