holy fire

English

Alternative forms

• Holy Fire

Etymology

From Middle English holi fir, haliȝ fir, equivalent to holy +‎ fire.

Noun

holy fire (uncountable)

1. (religious, Christianity) Ardent devotion or enthusiasm for God or Christian ideals; Christian fervour
   • 1787, J. Yonge, Practical and explanatory Commentary on the Holy Bible, page 44:

     But I now leave this great and wonderful call of Moses, to the sacred historian, whose pen is dipped in holy fire, and whose words are the words of God.

   • 2007, T. L. Lowery, Walking in the Supernatural:

     When we yield to Him, this holy fire will burn away self and give us a holy, burning passion for the lost.

   • 2012, Joanne Carraway, Windows into the Third Heaven:

     As with Moses, Holy Fire precedes the commission for duty. It is The Eternal Fire of Almighty God. It consumes all but is never burned out. “Our God is a consuming fire” (see Hebrews 12:29). Don't you want to be a part of this kind of uprising? It is radical. It is energized by the Holy Fire and Heat of God. It will one day fill the whole wide world!