MEMORISE:
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? Hebrews 2:4
READ: 1st
KINGS 18:36-39,
36 And it
came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah
the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let
it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant,
and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me,
that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned
their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the
burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the
water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on
their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God.
MESSAGE
Embarking
on the Christian race with the energy of the flesh is a suicidal journey. You
need the fire of the Holy Spirit to be quickened spiritually. When you are
quickened, the glory of God will be seen in your life, and you will become a
terror to every enemy of your divine destiny. When you are made to pass through
the fire on the altar of God, the beauty of Heaven will be seen upon your life
and a sweet aroma will distinguish you as the beloved of the Lord. We face so
many challenges in life, encounter lots of situations and hold lots of
responsibilities that require the manifestation of God’s fire in many forms. If
you want to move forward and experience remarkable progress in life and in
ministry, you need to seek the fire of God.
Most of the
things we tolerate today were not tolerable in the early Church. There were so
many manifestations of God’s fire that the fear of God was uppermost in the
hearts of early Christians. A church that allows the Holy Spirit’s fire to keep
burning will remain healthy, vibrant and spiritually active. Elijah prayed and
the fire fell from Heaven. If the fire had not fallen, the people would not
have been moved to confess the supremacy of the Almighty. Our world is always
seeking for signs and wonders. If there are no signs, the world would be slow
to acknowledge the power of God. We need to go back to the Bible and recover
our lost fire. Once the fire is recovered and retained, we will enter into a
new realm, and the world will witness amazing signs and wonders that will make
nations to declare public holidays whenever Christian programmes are held. The world
actually is blind. It will take the physical manifestation of God’s fire to
jolt people out of their complacency and make them aware of what God has
provided through the Holy Spirit. Religion without the demonstration of the
power of the Holy Ghost is empty. We cannot go far in our daily walk with the
Lord without the help of the Spirit’s fire. We cannot bear witness to the power
of God convincingly without portraying the divine fire for the world to see.
When the fire is brought back into the church, there will be revival. When the
fire falls, healings will take place with ease, and deliverance will happen
without people praying for unending hours. I therefore decree that from now on,
the fire of God will descend globally upon the Church in Jesus’ Name.
PRAYER
POINT: Father, release the fire of the Holy Spirit on your Church worldwide,
that we may demonstrate the Lordship of Jesus to the world.
BIBLE IN
ONE YEAR: JOSHUA 7:1-8:29 and MATTHEW 18:21-19:12
No comments:
Post a Comment