Pray for our hearts to be set on fire!
When G-d looks at the church in general, he sees this type of church. We need a fresh touch of Christ's fire! We're in the last days. G-d has promised to pour out his spirit upon his sons and daughters. We need fire and we need sanctification. Sanctification has been dropped in the church today. It seems like everybody is saved but they're breaking G-d's laws everyday.
The third largest mission field is in the US. We have a lot of work to do. He's called us to the kingdom for such a time as this. We don't need boring services or hyped up feel good messages. We need a word that will grip the church and a fire that's in us and for us to see signs and wonders. This country needs a fresh touch.
A touch of fire will refine you and fuel you. We're more pleasure seekers than seekers of G-d. It will only happen when the church cries out and begins to pray.
An element of holiness is what brought about the fire of Azuza Street. Then that fire spread to Dunn, NC and those people there were set on fire for G-d, and Pentecost came alive. This nation is in trouble. Israel is in trouble. G-d remembers His people. He sent Mose up on a mountain and He came to him in a burning bush but the bush was not consumed. G-d is consuming fire that does not blow out by the change of wind. G-d touches His people so much that His glory goes before us.
What do you think would happen if we saw the congregation go to the altar and weep in their hearts for our nation? We need healing with some fresh fire so the world will see it. G-d told us not to put any other gods before us. We've put grace in the midst of pornography, lying and drunkenness in the church.
The Lord says, dethrone this type of thing in my church. They will seek me and not the world!
G-d sends his fire to awaken people. 1 Kings 18:21. Elijah, the great prophet brought fire! G-d is saying the same thing to the church today. Elijah told the false preachers to call their god? Let us see him manifest. Elijah said, Maybe he's on a journey, or just sleeping. They didn't have an answer for Elijah.
We've got people mocking G-d like that today. G-d will bring judgment on them too. Elijah said, go ahead, call your gods a little louder. They did but there was no answer. Elijah started to build an altar, and burned out all the iniquities of the people. We need some people willing to come to prayer intercessory and pray for this nation. Elijah cried out, "I'm living in an unclean nation."
G-d wants to touch us and purify us and make us a peculiar people. One that will build a fire. Isaiah 6:6 says, Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, and said, "Behold this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged." Then the Lord said, who will go for me with fire on his tongue for me?
That fire was so hot that the angel couldn't even touch it. G-d said, who shall I send? Isaiah said, "Send me Lord". Isaiah's message was a message of hope. There is that same message today. There's not other ways to get to heaven as we hear on national t.v. and behind the pulpit from some. When I looked last in G-d's word it reads only one way; one G-d and one Savior, and his name is Jesus Christ. He is the only way to the father and to heaven.
There is only one message, the preaching of the cross. How do we know the power of the cross? Because his light touched me and when it did light and darkness clashed and I was born again. Where are our witnesses of the cross today? People can lose sight of their vision. It can happen in the church. Isaiah ran through the streets preaching, they shall be touched and washed white as snow!
When we have the blood on us we are drawn to G-d. We're drawn to the fire and anointing. I want to see G-d's church rise up and become the glorious church without blemish. Isaiah's message was one of holiness.
Let's look at the weeping prophet Jeremiah. He purposed in his heart to never preach again when he saw the sin of his nation. Jeremiah 20:9 says,"I will not make mention of him, nor speak anymore in His name." But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was wearing of holding it back, and I could not.
Jeremiah had a fire in him and he had to preach it to Israel because they needed a spiritual awakening. That fire will burn out corruption. It will heal you and give you power to not sin. The world has its eyes on the Anti-Christ but I'm looking for the King. My heart is set upon Him. I'm looking for Him, but till he comes I'm going to preach the fire.
Stop bringing idols into the Lord's house. Get into the word of G-d, and say, I want to be free. The Lord said, If you will turn to me and pray, set your heart upon me, then I will visit you with my spirit. The true splendor of Solomon's Temple was not the gold, but that G-d's presence was there with a people that worshiped Him. Oh G-d send us fresh fire!. Take us back to our Judeo-Christian roots. Let us stand up and say to the devil, no you can't have our church.
What was his purpose of that fire in Solomon's Temple? It means approval. G-d was pleased with the sacrifice. He confirmed his pleasing by His presence. The power of G-d was so full that the priest couldn't stand before it. G-d send this power to us now in the church!
Let us fall prostate before the Lord! Judgment begins first in the House of the Lord. We don't need revival. We need a spiritual awakening where G-d is pleased with our sacrifices. A lot of people don't want the fire because they'll have to conform to His righteousness and get rid of their worldly ways. But if the church gets to praying it will come whether they like it or not. 1 John 1:7.
Most people, by the time they leave church on Sunday will need cleansing again. Because our thought patterns are on the pleasures of this world and are ungodly. The blood constantly has to cleanse us, but G-d is looking not for hype, but his presence comes from prayer and consecration.
You get this kind of fire, and you will shut down the crack houses, cause the whole community will hear about it. The fire purifies and refines us. G-d has not changed his ways. What he said to Solomon Temple still stands today. 2 Chronicles 7:14.
G-d is not talking to Buddha, or to Confucius, those who are confused. He is talking to his church today! Oh, we wish there was something we could do for G-d. We wonder, what is it G-d you want me to do in the church? Prayer, he wants us to offer prayer and not just going to church to get our own blessings.
Fire consumes us for service. Conform us Lord to your will. Purify and refine us and let the fire consume us to serve. Let us have a burning passion for one thing, to serve you until you come for your church. Oh but many of us have a passion for golf, the t.v., or our friends. Jesus loved His church, he gave himself to it in service and sacrifice. How much do you love HIM?
Am I talking to the church? No, Jesus is talking to His church. Its time for the saints to stand and take their position. He will heal our land then!
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