Our God A Consuming Fire

Later, in a time of apostasy, when the LORD responded to Elijah’s prayer on Mount Carmel, the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” Each time the fire came down and the people fell on their faces, they were not simply moved by a spiritual manifestation. They were responding to the presence of God—God the Holy Spirit—who had come down among them as a consuming fire. In His presence they were physically incapable of standing.

Pray like this;

• Lord, Let every sacrifice I have ever made in your kingdom, be consumed by fire.

• O Lord that answereth by fire, consume me with your fire in Jesus name.

To Purify or to Destroy?

But there are two opposite sides to fire. Fire can be beneficial, but also dangerous. Fire can purify, but also destroy. So it is with the fire of the Holy Spirit. He can minister God’s blessing and favor on those who are obedient. But He can also minister God’s wrath and judgment on those who are presumptuous and self-willed.

You will pray like this;

• Let the fire of the Holy Ghost heap blessings on my destiny this morning in Jesus name.

• Wherever the train of my destiny has been derailed, adjust by Fire in Jesus name.

• Every power and personality sitting on the manifestation of my glory, be consumed by fire in Jesus name.

• O Lord justify your calling over my life with your consuming fire.

• Let all those who are questioning my calling be shamed because you have helped me.

• Every impurity of foundational bondage threatening my existence, be consumed by fire in Jesus name.

• Lord, overhaul the engine of my very existence by Your fire, in the name of Jesus.

Leviticus 10:1-3. 1 Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense; and they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to his command. 2 So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. 3 Moses then said to Aaron, "This is what the LORD spoke of when he said:

" ’Among those who approach me

I will show myself holy;

in the sight of all the people

I will be honored.’ "

Aaron remained silent. In Leviticus we see the account of the fire that fell on Aaron’s sacrifice in the tabernacle, the

record continues:

1 Then Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it,

put incense on it, and offered profane fire before the LORD, which He had not

commanded them. 2. So fire went out from the LORD and devoured them, and they

died before the LORD.

What a solemn lesson! The same fire that brought God’s blessing on Aaron’s sacrifice offered

in obedience brought instant death to his two sons when they went into God’s presence with

“profane [unholy] fire.”

Prayers;

• Strange fires emanating from my neighbourhood, die now in Jesus name.

• Powers of discouragement, wither and dry up now, in the name of Jesus.