Our God Is a Consuming Fire: Receive It

And that's the way we need to look at the blessing of God and the fire of God and the presence of God. There are people, Christians, that are just existing with just a piece of slice. I'll just take one slice. Well, listen. In the world, we shouldn't overeat. But in the spirit, we should be gluttonous. We should just say, I want all that you've got for me. We should make our prayer, Lord, more. And guess what? He is the god of more. He always has more. [00:43:26] (28 seconds)  #MoreOfGod

God's fire, just as in the natural, purifies. It purifies. Think about it. In the natural, for medical purposes, fire can cauterize a wound. It can also sterilize a surgical instrument and then much, much more. Even when you look in the jewelry business, a jeweler before they bring a product to market, there is a purging that takes place, a burning off of the dross, the impurities, and the gold that happens before it goes to becoming a ring or a bracelet or a necklace or earrings. Before a piece of jewelry reaches the consumer, there is a process involved, and that process involves fire for burning out all of the waste. [00:30:37] (46 seconds)  #RefinedByFire

I have four daughters, three on earth and one in heaven. I love them immensely. I will die for them if necessary. And I'm earth and I'm human. I have flaws. I have limitations. God looks at us, his spiritual offering, from Adam to the end of time. And he loves us so much, he says, I will die for you. Well, guess what? He did. He sent his only son. He paid the price. [00:41:54] (31 seconds)  #HePaidThePrice

Think of it this way. Holy spirit, word of god. Right? Now when you have one without the other, you have the word of god, you've got all this truth and power, but no release. Or if you have just the holy spirit by himself, you have all of the holy spirit, but without the word to authenticate and to balance and confirm and discern, you get strange fire. [00:59:05] (27 seconds)  #WordAndSpiritBalance

You have no idea what you'll face the moments ahead of you till you draw your last breath. But when the fire of God is upon you and the word of God is there to empower, something the fire can latch onto and empower, you will be ready for every situation, not only to be protected, but to be on the offensive for Jesus, enlarging heaven, populating heaven, and plundering hell as Reinhard Bonge used to say. [01:00:42] (33 seconds)  #FireAndWordReady

The fire empowered the early church, the book of Acts church, to do what? To take the message of Jesus from that upper room to the streets. What good is the message of Jesus if it's just about our own little personal gathering? We're here to enlarge heaven and plunder hell. [00:57:28] (24 seconds)  #TakeItToTheStreets

But when you have the spirit of God, Pentecost fire, and the word of God, and they combine, and that's what happened on the day of Pentecost, you have an explosion. The word of God is the wood, and the fire is what ignites the wood to do its job. Does that make sense? Amen. We need both. [00:59:41] (22 seconds)  #WordAndFire

I wanna make a statement, and everything I build will be built on top of this statement. There are no substitutes for God's fire. I'm gonna expand on that further. There'll be places where ministries will have great music and great effects. But listen to me. An entertaining production will not release the fire of god. There's nothing wrong with excellence, but what god's fire is about is much, much bigger than entertainment. [00:27:42] (41 seconds)  #NoSubstituteForFire