When Fire Falls

READ: I Kings 18:36-39, MORE LESSONS: Exodus 13:20-22

God has manifested His presence and His power by fire and in diverse ways. He does great things by fire. May God accept your sacrifice and answer you, in Jesus’ name.

When God was about to call Moses He brought him closer to Him by fire. Moses saw a strange sight of the bush that was burning but was not consumed. God got Moses’ attention through this great sight. Wherever there is fire people give attention to it. I see God send fire to your life today and burn off everything that is contrary to your joy. A flowing fire shall come upon your life, flow over and ahead of you, sweeping away everything that constitutes danger and hindrances in your life. The streams of the river of fire shall make glad the city of God, which is you.

God proves His greatness by fire. One day He told Moses to prepare the Israelites to meet Him on the mountain where God was going to appear to them by fire; His coming was announced by thunder and lighting. The Israelites were frightened and could not stand the awesome sight. So shall God chase your enemies by His fire upon your life.

There was a time that Israel rebelled against God and were deaf to all of God's calls to them to repent. Finally judgment came, God came down by fire and confirmed His prophet, Elijah. The prophets of baal were slaughtered that day.

Today the prophets of baal represent the agents of darkness and every tool that Satan is using to perpetrate his falsehood and wickedness. Wherever these agents are working in your destiny and family, I prophesy destruction and an end to them; they will continue no more, in Jesus’ name. Each time the fire of God falls, something significant happens; you can connect with this and ask the fire of God to fall upon every enemy location in your life.

PRAYER / ACTION

* Ask that the pillar of fire will go with you into the rest of this year and that you will have rest.

* Pray that God will intervene in every difficult issue of your life by His fire.

* Command every life threatening danger around you to be consumed by the liquid fire of God.

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Strange Fire II

READ: I Kings 18:36-42, MORE LESSONS: Isaiah 43:18-19

To conclude this study, be reminded that the fire of Jehovah consumed dust, even stones and water. Let us first consider the characteristics of a stone. It is hard, signifying difficult things and situations, things that you have patiently endured, yet they have not changed. Stones can take the form of a mountain, very lofty and solid. Dust on the other hand refers to tiny ubiquitous particles found everywhere, even in locked rooms. Dust therefore stands for things that make you dirty yet you don't know how they enter your life. You do everything to prevent them, but they keep coming. Water is the ever powerful, touchable, visible thing which has a great force to destroy and to quench anything in your life, just as water has no respect for anything on its course.

With the strange fire, the people acknowledged the sovereignty of God, ...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. And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. Vs 39-40.

Elijah the man of God slew all the prophets and priests of baal. Similarly, every force and priest contrary to the priesthood of Jesus in your life, I proclaim them slaughtered. As the stones were consumed, so are the evil forces in your life consumed, in the name of Jesus.

And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain v41. This instruction is to you for your future. I say to you today, get thee up, and don't be down anymore, for the things that put you down have been burnt by the fire of God.

PRAYER / ACTION

* Command that every hard and impossible story of your life be consumed by fire today.

* Ask God to take hold of bow and arrow and destroy every agent of hell in your life just like Elijah destroyed the prophets of baal.

Create a time of prayer today between 12pm and 1pm, Use the following scriptures to pray- Psalm 68:1; Psalm 3:1-5, Psalm18:37-40

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Strange Fire I

TEXT: I Kings 18:36-38, MORE LESSONS: Jeremiah 32:27

The difference between a prophet and others in the body of Christ is that, like Elisha, the prophet receives divine instructions from the Lord. The water in Jericho was bad because Jericho was a cursed land. Pregnant women who drank from the water had miscarriage and they requested Prophet Elisha to ask God what to do.

Elisha poured salt into the water as Jehovah instructed. There was no record of anybody using salt to deliver from any situation before then, but after Elisha poured salt in the water, it was no more destructive, And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake II Kings 2:21-22.

That is the life of a prophet. Sometimes divine instructions are not common, and people may wonder why anybody should do things that way. Sometimes they look like rituals but it is better to obey.

In our text, after Elijah prayed, fire fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice. One key word here is “fire”. There are two kinds of fire: the fire that the enemy makes and the fire that Jehovah makes. But how do you differentiate between the fire of your enemy and that of God? The fire of God consumes strange things. It is not strange for wood to be consumed by fire. The enemy's fire can do that. It is strange, however, that the fire of God consumed stones. Other strange things happened- the dust and water were consumed. Naturally, water consumes fire, it quenches fire but the reverse was the case as there was no trace of water on the altar after it was consumed by the fire.

This strange fire will burn off every dirt in your life today.

PRAYER / ACTION

* Release the fire of God upon every work of the devil in your life and family.

* Command the fire of Heaven to swallow up every name and act that make you to cry.

* Prophesy and renounce every satanic activity working against your destiny.

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Never Forget

TEXT: Psa. 106: 7 – 13, MORE LESSSONS: Psa. 89:1

Psa. 106 is a summary of how God led Israel out of captivity in Egypt and brought them to Canaan. The chapter has some lessons for the believer. First is the reason why the Israelites consistently rebelled against God in the wilderness. The psalmist says it was because as soon as God gave them a miracle and they celebrated they forgot the miracle and began to either lust for another thing or murmur about their latest challenge, Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea v7. The people forgot the miracle of the killing of the firstborn in Egypt in order to free the Israelites. The moment they saw the Red Sea, they lost the memory of yesterday's great acts!

Even then, the psalmist says God overlooked their ingratitude and went ahead to divide the sea, He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. ... And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left vs 9-11. They soon forgot this also.

The miracle of yesterday is the key to unlock today's miracle but when you forget it, you lose its worth and purpose. The miracle of old helped David to deal with Goliath, Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them.... The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion... he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine....1 Sam 17:36-37. Such is the power of testimony that King Saul was no more afraid for little David when he heard David’s testimony. Saul affirmed, ...the LORD be with thee 1 Sam.17:37. Truly, David triumphed over Goliath in the encounter.

There also came a day when David's city was invaded by the enemy and they made away with all that David had. The Bible says David and his men were discouraged and they wept publicly. However, ...David encouraged himself in the LORD his God 1 Sam.30:6. One of the easiest ways to do this is to remind yourself of God's great acts in your life. There is strength in the knowledge of God’s acts in the past, keep them alive. Satan will always want to make you forget or despise your great days so as to weaken you and make you hate God; but never forget. Write them down, tell others about them, remind yourself often about them and they will make you find strength for your journey, especially in the days of trouble.

PRAYER / ACTION

* Call back some of God's goodness of old to you and give thanks to God for them no matter how you feel now.

* Ask that God will do these great things again in your life.

* Rebuke the spirit that makes you forget or doubt God's goodness to you.

* Share with a friend/colleague at least one testimony of God's goodness.

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