Pentecost Fire: Ignite Your Heart for Harvest

God responds to hunger. The problem in many churches today is not that god has stopped moving, it's that people have stopped being hungry for a move of god. We stopped seeking him and so, he stopped moving. We want Pentecost power with pansy Christianity. We want Acts two results with a five minute prayer life. Fire falls on sacrifice. [00:50:46] (33 seconds)  #HungerForGod

In the Old Testament, fire fell when sacrifice was present. Elijah built an altar and sacrificed. Fire fell. Solomon dedicated the temple. Fire fell. The disciples surrendered themselves. Fire fell. If you wanna see the fire of the holy spirit working in your life, doing the things that the Bible says it can do, then you're gonna have to start sacrificing again. [00:51:20] (20 seconds)  #SacrificeIgnites

A neglected fire will die. There are some people that they'll come to the altar once, twice, whatever. They'll come into the presence of the lord periodically and think their fire is still burning. There's some people even today in this room or watching online. You're running on smoke and ashes from old moments. You can still sing about what god did in 1997. But what if he wants to do something new and now? This fire still burns. [01:21:55] (40 seconds)  #StopRunningOnAshes

Your grandmother's fire cannot sustain you. Your pastor's fire can't sustain you. Your church's fire can't sustain you. Your mama's fire can't sustain you. Eventually, you have to fan into your own flame. That means pray, worship, fast, be obedient to the word. Why would you waste your time studying it if you're never going to obey it? Repent. [01:20:09] (36 seconds)  #FanYourOwnFlame

Without fire, the church can become dry. Worship becomes routine. Preaching becomes empty. Believers become powerless but when the holy spirit burns inside of you, fear will lose its grip. Chains will begin to break. Boldness rises. Passion returns. Dead things come back to life. When the holy spirit is there, what you thought was dead and gone can have life breathe right back into it. [01:07:50] (25 seconds)  #HolySpiritRevives

But when somebody is truly burning for Jesus, on fire for the lord, it'll change the room they walk into. It'll shift homes. It'll it inspires faith. It draws hungry people toward god and then it draws lost and wandering people back to the lord. A burning believer becomes a lighthouse in dark places. The holy spirit is not an accessory to Christianity. He is essential. [01:07:23] (27 seconds)  #BurningBeliever

We have more technology and more social media platforms than the early church ever dreamed of. Yet, many churches and many ministries have less power than they've ever had. Why? Because methods can never replace fire. Programs cannot replace the presence of the lord. Talent cannot replace anointing. The fire still burns but we gotta stop settling for substitutes. [00:59:33] (28 seconds)  #MethodsDontReplaceFire

The fire of the holy spirit gives boldness to preach, boldness to pray, boldness to stand for truth, boldness to resist temptation, boldness to live differently. The world doesn't need a silent church. We've had enough hidden believers, enough undercover Christians, enough people whispering what god has called them to proclaim. There's too many people that come here, lift up their hands, and shout down Jesus but go to work and are scared to death to say anything about it. [00:55:19] (27 seconds)  #BoldnessByFire