OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : SATURDAY 11th APRY 2015.....

THEME : WHEN THE FIRE FALLS 1
Memorise:
God also bearing them witness, both
with signs and wonders, and with
divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy
Ghost, according to his own will?
Hebrews 2:4
Read: 1st Kings 18:36-39,
36 And it came to pass at the time
of the offering of the evening
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet
came near, and said, LORD God of
Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it
be known this day that thou art God
in Israel, and that I am thy servant,
and that I have done all these
things at thy word.
37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that
this people may know that thou art
the LORD God, and that thou hast
turned their heart back again.
38 Then the fire of the LORD fell,
and consumed the burnt sacrifice,
and the wood, and the stones, and
the dust, and licked up the water
that was in the trench.
39 And 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.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : Joshua 7:1-8:29
and Matthew 18:21-19:12
Message
Embarking on the Christian race with
the energy of the flesh is a suicidal
journey. You need the fire of the
Holy Spirit to be quickened
spiritually. When you are quickened,
the glory of God will be seen in your
life, and you will become a terror to
every enemy of your divine destiny.
When you are made to pass through
the fire on the altar of God, the
beauty of Heaven will be seen upon
your life and a sweet aroma will
distinguish you as the beloved of
the Lord. We face so many
challenges in life, encounter lots of
situations and hold lots of
responsibilities that require the
manifestation of God’s fire in many
forms. If you want to move forward
and experience remarkable progress
in life and in ministry, you need to
seek the fire of God.
Most of the things we tolerate today
were not tolerable in the early
Church. There were so many
manifestations of God’s fire that the
fear of God was uppermost in the
hearts of early Christians. A church
that allows the Holy Spirit’s fire to
keep burning will remain healthy,
vibrant and spiritually active. Elijah
prayed and the fire fell from Heaven.
If the fire had not fallen, the people
would not have been moved to
confess the supremacy of the
Almighty. Our world is always
seeking for signs and wonders. If
there are no signs, the world would
be slow to acknowledge the power of
God. We need to go back to the
Bible and recover our lost fire. Once
the fire is recovered and retained,
we will enter into a new realm, and
the world will witness amazing signs
and wonders that will make nations
to declare public holidays whenever
Christian programmes are held.
The world actually is blind. It will
take the physical manifestation of
God’s fire to jolt people out of their
complacency and make them aware
of what God has provided through
the Holy Spirit. Religion without the
demonstration of the power of the
Holy Ghost is empty. We cannot go
far in our daily walk with the Lord
without the help of the Spirit’s fire.
We cannot bear witness to the power
of God convincingly without
portraying the divine fire for the
world to see. When the fire is
brought back into the church, there
will be revival. When the fire falls,
healings will take place with ease,
and deliverance will happen without
people praying for unending hours. I
therefore decree that from now on,
the fire of God will descend globally
upon the Church in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point :
Father, release the fire of the Holy
Spirit on your Church worldwide,
that we may demonstrate the
Lordship of Jesus to the world.

AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE.