CHURCH ON FIRE
Memorise: And with great power gave the apostles
witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them
all. Acts 4:33
Read: Acts 5:10-44; Bible in one year: Judges
5:1-6:35; Job 39:26-40:14
God has expectation for His church. It is His desire
that the church would be identified by her firepower. He wants the church to be
full of His divine fire. When this happens, satanic agents will no longer be
able to operate within or around the assembly of the ‘called out’. There must
be fire on the prayer altar at all times. The church should make it impossible
for agents of darkness to carry out their nefarious activities in their midst.
It is unfortunate that witches and wizards sit down comfortably in many
churches. They are at ease due to the lack of fire in the midst of the
congregation. We’ve had enough of lukewarm Christianity; the fire must be
brought back.
“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.” 1 kings 18:38
An incident happened several years ago at the
headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, Nigeria.
Something reminiscent of what happened in the above passage was re-enacted.
There was a woman who was invited to the annual convention. The power of the
Holy Spirit was mightily present and the fire was so much that she ran out of
the church. For a distance, she was shouting “Please, help me to pick my bag, I
must go back home now”. The woman who invited her to church came out to find
out why she wanted to leave the service mid-way; she kept on saying she must go
home, she insisted she would not return to the church hall. At this point, the
friend became inquisitive and after further questioning, she gave this shocking
answer: “I’m sorry; I can’t stand the fire in there. The fire burning inside
the church is too much for me to bear”. It is indeed surprising that a stranger
could attest to the presence of divine fire during the service. It is my desire
to see such days again so that the church will no longer be comfortable for
agents of darkness.
This is the season of divine fire. God is visiting His
church again. The same fire which descended upon the early church, by which
divorce, worldliness, gay marriage, corruption etc, became alien to them, will
come upon us afresh in Jesus’ Name. When this fire falls, both the clergy and
the laity will bow in humble adoration. God is set to do something new in the church
and everyone will experience His awesome power.
Prayer Point
Father, set the church on fire and let there be a
hunger for revival in every worshipper.
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