ways to keep the fire burning

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WAYS TO KEEP THE FIRE BURNING

I would request you turn the Bible to Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

!he gree" word #or #ervent is $eo which means to boil with heat% !his means that we have amandate to "ee& our #ire #or the Lord hot no matter what the s&iritual climate is around us%

Why shou! "e #eep the fire $urnin%& Wh't !oes Bi$e s'y '$out it&

Let us loo" into the boo" o# Revelation ':1()1*

1( I "now all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold% I wish that you were one or

the other+ 1* But since you are li"e lu"ewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will s&it you out o#

my mouth+

It say i# we are neither hot nor cold, the lord views us as distaste#ul%

ow to "ee& the #lames o# #ire burning in our s&irit-

( W'ys To )i%ht The Fire Of The )or! In Our Spirit

*uestion+ ,o "e h've the fire of the )or! in Our Spirit&

Yes-

Ho" to #eep the fire $urnin% 'n! In.re'se the Fire&

Initi'tion

/0 Fee! The F'1es With The Wor! Of Go!

In .atthew /:/ 0esus said that man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that &roceeds

#rom the mouth o# od%

ere I Inter&ret as the Lord 0esus is tal"ing about the daily devotion%

Because in 0ohn /:'2 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye "now not o#

aily evotion is not 3raying with slee& #illed eyes in the morning without an e4&ectation% It is

hungrily searching the scri&tures #or the voice o# the Lord within the &ages% ig into the

scri&tures and allow the Lord to start e4&laining the scri&tures to you as well%

In the boo" o# Lu"e 2/:'2 we can see that Lord 0esus himsel# e4&lained the scri&tures to the

disci&les and the #elt the bla$e in their hearts%

2An! they s'i! one to 'nother3 ,i! not our he'rt $urn "ithin us3 "hie he t'#e! "ith us

$y the "'y3 'n! "hie he opene! to us the s.riptures& 4)u#e 56+7589
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/5 Sto#e The Furn'.e With Pr'yer

!here are ' things needed to have a bla$ing #ire% 5uel, o4ygen and heat%

3rayer is the o4ygen you use to sto"e the #lames high% 6&ending time in &rayer is s&ending time

in the &resence o# od and the &resence o# od is the air that our souls need to be on #ire%

7ne reat 3reacher told 3rayer is the vital breath o# the 8hristian; not the thing that ma"es

him alive, but the evidence that he is alive% 9hen you &ray, you are breathing% ou are ta"ing in

the vital element that gives li#e to your soul%

Prop'%'tion

/7 Worship The )or! With E:tr'v'%'n.e-

7ne o# the things that "ee&s a #ire small is containment7bstacles


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.any times this is caused by un)#orgiveness and bitterness ta"ing hold and growing in your

heart rather than love% Let@s ta"e time to do a s&ring cleaning o# your heart and let go o# any un)

#orgiveness that we may hold towards someone and remove any roots o# bitterness that might

have s&rung u&%

/ Brin% Your F'1e =oser To Other F'1es

!he sim&le way to ma"e #ire is ta"e #ire #rom the already &resent #ire and &ut it in the new &lace%

!his is why we should never live the 8hristian li#e in seclusion%

od called us to be in community% !he community in our 8hurch is 8ell, Be a member o# a 8ell%

Be a member o# a church that is on #ire #or odAbecause a dead church could &ut out what is

le#t o# your #ire% I# your church com&romises od@s 9ord or ignores the reat 8ommission, you

should #ind a new church home%

=ontinu'tion

/C ;'#e Your Fire Usefu

Be 'n instru1ent of the Hoy spirit to Bess peope-

6&iritual &assion is ignited when it is being used to serve others% St'rt usin% the %iftsand

talents that od has given us to hel& others% =very believer in 0esus has been given gi#ts and

talents and you are no e4ce&tion% 9e must #ace our #ears and stretch our #aith as we begin to ste&

out, but soon we will #ind there is no greater oy than being an instrument o# the oly 6&irit to

bless &eo&le%

9hen you become obedient to sto& burying your gi#ts and talents and start investing them into

the lives o# others, then you will be given even more to give% .atthew 2(:1/< !he 6tory o#

.aster giving #ive talents to servants

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