Fire Journal - Sharing the Fire of God

This word from the Lord was given by one of the members at my church. I believe it is accurate, powerful and completely relevant to what God is asking of us today:

No more fence-sittting; decide and walk. No more religious attitudes decide and be true.

Who is on the Lord’s side, let him come unto me. Exodus 32:26

Stand and be accountable and walk in what you KNOW, and what I have called you to do. The Spirit of the Lord is searching hearts, searching attitudes, searching motives.

He hath shown thee, O man what is good, and what doth the Lord require of thee. But to do justly, and to love mercy (loving-kindness), and to walk humbly with thy God. Micah 6:8

The Lord is calling His people to make a choice—whether you will be hot or cold; no more staying ‘lukewarm’ where it’s ’safe’ and complacent and lethargic. The Lord would not have His church become like the Dead Sea, where nothing goes in and nothing comes out. Discern the season, and move WITH the Fire. Do not be weighed down anymore with Pride–walk out of it for there is Strength in Meekness, and Honor in true Humility. Be sensitive to My Presence– DO NOT take lightly the things that the Lord calls Holy. The FIRE is coming back to my Altar–profane no more my temple (meaning YOURSELF and my House) with ‘false blessings’ and prayers and worship offered unto idols. Be clean–come clean.

Come NOW, and let us reason TOGETHER, says the Lord. Though your sins were as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Isaiah 1:18

Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in His Holy Place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteous-ness from the God of His salvation. Psalms 24:3-5

It is time to stand, and walk, and walk TRUE, and walk STRAIGHT.

And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying: This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. Isaiah 30:21

The Lord was certainly speaking through this women. I was challenged, blessed and inspired to walk holy and pure. I think it was only fitting to post this on Fire Journal. God Bless.

Satan wants you to take the blessing before its time.

For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: Hebrews 10:36

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:15

God has called you and given you a heart for your calling but you don’t want to wait. Warning: not waiting leads to failure. Hold on to God’s promise that he spoke to your heart!! God will fullfill his promises to us, but will we?

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23

He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. Romans 4:19-21

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9

And this is the promise that He has promised us—eternal life. 1 John 2:25

How do we stay on fire for God while at work? Work for your employer as you would work for Christ himself:

“Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ; not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, with goodwill doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.”  Ephesians 6:5-8

Think of how much harder we would work if our boss was Christ?  He would know our thoughts, the heart behind each action… etc. Wow, how great would the company be?  Every work would be blessed because there would be so much heart in each project. If things are dead at your work… are you adding to the problem or bringing fire to the workplace?  Oh God help us to serve our employers with a heart of gold!!

Looking at the entire chapter of ephesians 6 - the order of the chapter goes:

1. honor your parents
2. be obedient your masters
3. put on the full armor of God.

Without works, faith is dead James 2

God put the works, (honor your parents, be obedient to your masters) before the whole armor of God in Ephesians 6.  The armor of God is for protection against the unseen.  I think that being obedient to your masters and honoring your father and mother is essential to your protection against the unseen enemy and for you to be blessed abundantly on this earth. Lets have a heart to bless our bosses each day that we wake up and go to work! Typically we go to church one day a week and to work five days a week.  How do we press forth in our relationship with God during the week, not just at church?  By holding his principles and being a blessing to our workplace.

Tonight was a huge blessing. I got to listen to some of my favorite musical artists live tonight — Gospel hip hop artists LA Symphony, Manfiest, & Grits at Club 3 Degrees in Minneapolis. Afterwards, I sat in prayer and asked the Lord if he had anything to say through me to each artist. I got to share some things that God put on my heart and prayed with the whole LA Symphony band and Manifest. I ended up getting into a spiritual conversation with a friend so I didn’t get to share and pray with Grits. Anywho, that was pretty amazing to connect with the artists in prayer and that they were open to a brother in Christ that loves their music. God Bless their music that touches people in hard places.

Artist Links:

LA Symphony Website | LA Symphony on Myspace

Grits Website | Grits on Myspace

Manafest Website | Manafest on Myspace

Christian Club:

Club 3 degrees website

Other Related:

Christian Hip Hop Internet Radio