Setting the Church on HOLY GHOST & FIRE!

The more soaking prayer in the Spirit of Holiness – the more the local church is going to EXPERIENCE DIVINE ENCOUNTERS & HABITATION and SPIRITUAL BREAKTHROUGHS! Pst Mannie will be re-igniting Fortnightly Corporate Prayer Meetings in MOTALA HEIGHTS while at MARIANNHILL we will be initiating Saturday Sunrise OPEN-HOUSE Prayers at 6-7am. Let’s take this CITY for the LORD-GOD ALMIGHTY in the ‘the power of agreement’ through JESUS CHRIST our HIGH PRIEST and INTERCESSOR in prayer’.

Very frequently in the Bible the HOLY SPIRIT is related to FIRE. This was so concerning John the Baptizer in Luke 3:16 "John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: He shall baptize you with the HOLY SPIRIT and with FIRE."

The HOLY SPIRIT was likened unto FIRE at Pentecost. Acts 2:3 "And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of FIRE, and it sat upon each of them."

The cleansing power of the HOLY SPIRIT was symbolized by FIRE in Isaiah 6:6-7 "Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged."

We find His ministers are made a flame of FIRE. Hebrews 1:7 "And of the angels He saith, Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of FIRE."

The Word of God was as FIRE in the bones of Jeremiah. Jeremiah 20:9 "Then I said, I will not make mention of Him, nor speak any more of His name. But His Word was in mine heart as a burning FIRE shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forebearing, and I could not stay."

David said that while he was musing, the FIRE burned. Psalm 39:3 "My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the FIRE burned: then spake I with my tongue."

Factually then, the HOLY SPIRIT appears by FIRE. When God accepted a sacrifice, He showed His pleasure by sending FIRE to consume the sacrifice. I Chronicles 21:26 "And David built there and altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offering and peace-offerings, and called upon the Lord; and He answered him from Heaven by FIRE upon the altar of burnt-offering."

This is what happened to Cain and Abel. They knew that God accepted Abel's sacrifice because He consumed it by FIRE. This why Elijah prayed for FIRE to consume the sacrifice on Mt. Carmel. This is no doubt the way that God showed His acceptance of the sacrifice on the Day of Atonement.

There was another FIRE in the Bible. This FIRE was provided by God. Leviticus 6:12 "And the FIRE upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt-offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offering." It was the FIRE upon the altar in the courtyard of the tabernacle. It was always to burn. Leviticus 6:1 "The FIRE shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out."

Coals from this FIRE were taken to the altar of incense. Leviticus 16:12-13 "And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of FIRE from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vial: and he shall put the incense upon the FIRE before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not."

The altar of incense was the last piece of furniture in the tabernacle before entering though the veil to the Holy of Holies. This incense sending its fragrance heavenward was a beautiful symbol of the prayer life of the child of God. Notice that this symbol of prayer must come from the burning coals of the altar where the lamb was slain. God is telling us that there is no way to come to Him, even in prayer, unless we come through the Lamb of God, even Jesus, Who shed His blood for our sins.
Jude 1:20 ‘But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. AJS
FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! Fire fall on me – like on the Day of Pentecost! FIRE fall on me.