Encountering The Flame - Pastor Joel Urshan

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O Lord my god I cried unto thee and thou has healed me O Lord thou hast brought up my soul from the grave thou has kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit sing unto the Lord o ye Saints of his and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness for his anger in doors but for a moment his favour is life weeping may endure for a night but guess what church joy comes in the morning I'm here to tell somebody it's morning time hallelujah it's morning time in the house of God there is joy unspeakable hallelujah praise this morning mercy the Lord been good to his church can we give God praise again today hallelujah he is a worthy god friend that sticks closer than a brother but I'm grateful to know him this morning it's prayer time in the house of God I would invite everyone to stand today if you were able in your body Amen it is a busy season a busy time of year where folks are traveling attendance is down somewhat but I'm thankful that God never takes a vacation he's always there for me he's always faithful well I wish I had a witness in the house the suit [Music] say anybody experienced the faithfulness of their God has anybody been saved from a devil's hell has anybody had their sins washed away and a lot of some baptism he's good he's good with you answer prayer because he's done it for me he's done it for many other seeker this morning and he'll do it for you thankful this morning to see sister Carly they met at word of their family here this morning we've been praying for Jim and we believe that God's gonna do a complete work in his body because he's able and he will do it in Jesus name let's all pray together please remember and then that's good please remember the Youth Department they will be traveling to Youth Congress this week it's an exciting time every other year when young folks from all over the country and even into parts of Canada and I believe even elsewhere I know it the last one we had some folks from France that we knew that came to participate so it is a great time to gather together let's ask God blessing over that meeting and over our young folk amen that God would touch them and encourage them and do a good work in their life and men ministries will be born this week can you think of it lives will be changed forever this week amen because of what happens [Music] Lord Jesus we're so thankful today to be in the house of God so thankful that you are alive and well today so thankful that we could call on the name of Jesus now you hear an answer prayer so thankful today Holly that you have called us out and set us apart so thankful Lord God that your mercy endures to all generations God today we are asking for your spirit to move on our behalf we're asking today for your spirit to have its way among us Lord Jesus Lord God for those that have gathered here this morning god I pray that your spirit would minister to those that have came seeking a touch from their master Lord Jesus that your spirit be poured out whatever the need is you are able to touch and to minister whatever the need is it's not too big or too small that you will not be moved to action let me cry out to you will hear and answer prayer you will move on behalf of your children we exalt and praise you or Jesus this week is an exciting time and the lives of our young people God I pray your spirit be poured out God in an epoch in an incredible way God that a nation of believers would be changed forever but God let his spirit have free course and all across our country today the church is large and small not draw respect to you go aspect to a place of repentance of God Gorillaz been to relationship with our maker draw a sword God closer closer to you I thought we need you now more than ever before we are calling out to you to do where you will in our lives Jesus that we can be changed and better that our world can be a better place to live and be we pray the mighty name of Jesus we give praise today exalt the King of Kings and the Lord of glory Church he alone is worthy to be praised he alone has won the victory for us he alone hallelujah is cast down the enemy to give praise this [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] there is here today that is still kind of out on the fringes with God something is just not where it needs to be and I wonder this morning despite being in an atmosphere where most everybody has kind of got with it if you will and got with Jesus and we've been worshipping Him I wonder if just for a moment today if we could just sing that just just a little bit more and I wonder if there isn't somebody if it's just one person if it's only one individual I can say with great confidence this morning that Jesus came for you today Jesus came just for you today I wonder if we couldn't renew this presents just one more time King of glory [Music] somebody enter in its are in this morning come down today Jesus let your spirit live and dwell and move among us hallelujah come on somebody enter in today the Lord Jesus Christ is here this morning he came to seek and to save each and every one of us hallelujah hallelujah the king of glory [Music] feel this place [Music] that touch those that are unfamiliar with your presence what's your spirit Jesus strengthen god bless [Music] Jesus Christ [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] it's way this morning Jesus hallelujah not no one this morning feel pay men condemned by your spirit for there is no condemnation with God there is open arms ready to receive and then the vilest sinner of which I am chief hallelujah lecture will be done this morning Jesus from the front to the back and from side to side Savior your spirit have its way your spirit do is it will today let's offer a hand clap of praise again this morning to him who saved us and set us free hallelujah hallelujah may be seated this morning thank you so much for being here today Amen it's offering time in the house of God gentlemen please come we're gonna receive our tithe and offering today we returned on Thursday from the North American Junior Bible Quiz tournament amen our team did quite well one two and lost two which is above average and then there's a lot of stiff competition and we're grateful to have had the opportunity to go you'll be hearing more about Bible quizzing coming up this fall in a few months and when we kick things back off again the end of September beginning of October so please look for that and if your kids are interested we would be glad to work with them it meant God will do a great thing in their life because of the Word of God being imparted within them let's pray this morning over our offering Amen Lord Jesus we're grateful today for this land of blessing that we live in Lord Jesus there are those that strive and desire to come on to these shores they've been because of the bountiful blessing that you have poured out upon us Lord God let us always be grateful for your goodness and mercy toward us let us always be thankful hallelujah for the great gifts that you have given to us pressed down shaken together and running over let us give this morning with a cheerful heart and then let the church be blessed and guide the way that we take and multiply that which we have been given we pray that you might receive glory that our city might be reached for your glory and power amen in the name of Jesus and the church said amen [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] you'll love him give you praise if you love him give you praise thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus come on and praise His name come on it praise His name yes Lord come on and clap your hands all you people yes Lord Oh hallelujah Oh hallelujah come on let's lift up the name of Jesus [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Music] oh Jesus [Music] history's come on he's the reason you're in this place today hallelujah come on let's bless his name this morning let's bless his name it feels good to be in the house of the Lord today to lift up the name of Jesus Christ Wow my my my I feel joy in this house how many feel joy in this house Oh blessed be the name of the Lord I don't know what you've been through but it's time to shake off those heavy bands I said it's time to shake off those heavy bands and you've got the praise come on we can't take another moment or two and give God praise glory to his name glory to his name glory to his name Oh bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless His Holy Name glory to God welcome to Tree of Life Church this morning God bless you can we give all of our guests a great big hand clap we are delighted that you are here thank the Lord we are delighted that you are here you do only come one time as a guest and then we just claim you amen and we're so thankful that you're here this morning and want you to feel right at home you are among family you are among friends and we give God the praise for that and we're thankful this morning for all that the Lord has done I'm glad to be home I'm glad to be back at tree of my church this is there's no place like home and we're just so thankful to the Lord to be here this morning and we want to look into the word of the Lord I'm gonna be reading today from the book of Exodus chapter 3 from the book of Exodus chapter 3 and we're going to begin reading at the first verse one of the great passages of scripture in the word of the Lord and and we want to we want to read just a few verses here from Exodus chapter 3 beginning with verse 1 the scripture says this now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law the priest of Midian and he led the flock to the backside of the desert and came to the mountain of God even to Horeb and the angel of the Lord appeared unto Him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush and he looked and behold the bird bush burned with fire and the bush was not consumed Moses said I will now turn aside and see this great sight why why the bush is not burnt and when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see God called unto Him out of the midst of the bush and said Moses Moses and he said here am I and he said draw not nigh hither put off thy shoes from off thy feet for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground I just want to take a few moments this morning and talk to you about this subject encountering the flame encountering the flame hallelujah how many feel the fire of God in this place hallelujah hallelujah I of course I'm not talking about a natural fire no need to pull any alarms but a spiritual blaze of glory that is a that is in this place so we want the Lord to have his way could you just lift your voice with me right now as we pray to the Lord that he would have his way in this service God thank you for your goodness thank you for this day thank you for your many many blessings I pray Lord that you would have your way in this house Lord I pray you will touch each and every individual that has gathered here with your word let your word be to us a lamp and a light Lord and a fire in our souls God I pray that your word would do the work that you have designed it to do and help our hearts to be open and receptive Lord we thank you for this and we give you all praise and glory everybody said in Jesus name and everybody said amen any man god bless you you may be seated this morning in the name of the Lord no doubt one of the great characters of the Bible one of the great prophets in Hebrew history is this man that we're talking about this morning by the name of Moses Moses was the individual who was called by God at 80 years of age to go back into Egypt the place that he had left and thought he would never return because he did not leave if you please on good terms he left under threat of arrest because things went awry in his life and he was he was kind of forced out of the country and he he left and and thought I never can go back because of of what has transpired and he just in the middle of a moment of rage trying to protect a Hebrew slave and getting into a tussle with an Egyptian taskmaster he ended up killing the taskmaster he didn't know anybody knew it then found out they didn't know it and he took off never to return in his mind but but there in this passage of scripture at 80 years of age Moses is called upon by the Lord to return to Egypt and to go with this specific instruction to tell Pharaoh to let my people go he goes back to Egypt and what transpires after that is nothing short of miraculous God uses him in a most amazing way he he leads the children of Israel out of Egypt it was not an easy thing Pharaoh resisted his heart was hardened and he refused at first to let them go and and and God had to operate through Moses and bring plagues upon the nation of Egypt many plagues it was a it was a very destructive thing that Pharaoh didn't just acquiesce and let God's people go but but nonetheless the plagues came and Moses was was allowed to take the children of Israel out of Egypt in what was called a mass exodus it's where we get our book of Exodus it's the book that records their departure from the land of Egypt and as they leave Egypt Pharaoh's heart hardened yet again and came after them with his hosts of armies and and and they of course had reason to be afraid but but the Lord was on their side and Moses famously brought them to the Red Sea and lifted up his hand as as instructed of the Lord over the Red Sea and the Red Sea did part and they walked through on dry ground on to the other side of the Red Sea and and and not only did they walk through on dry ground but the Egyptian armies came in after them with intent to do great harm but when they came down into the midst of the Red Sea the water's collapsed upon them and they all died this was an amazing ministry that Moses had it didn't stop there it continued on it was Moses who called upon the Lord and and bread came from heaven it was Moses who called upon the Lord and water came out of Iraq when they were thirsty it was Moses who called upon the Lord and and and waters that were actually poisonous to drink they were toxic but he used the tree nearby that the Lord told him to chop down and put into the water and when he put the tree into the water the waters were healed when venomous serpents came out attacking Israel as a result of their punishment he he was instructed of the Lord to make a brazen serpent and to lift it up in the wilderness and when he did all who could lay eyes upon the serpent would be healed and and and this of course was representative of what Jesus Christ would do for us on Calvary's Hill of sorrow Moses had the most amazing ministry and to think it all began when he thought his life was concluding he thought that he would just spend his years on the backside of the desert and and just kind of fade out in anonymity and that would not be the will of the Lord God's hands seemed to be on Moses from birth it was as if the Lord had singled him out and said I'm going to use this man for my glory at three months of age he was he was hidden for three months of his life by his mother from the decree of Pharaoh that said every man child of the Hebrews must be killed he was hidden for three months and when he could no longer be hidden she had to make a choice and she decided that she was going to take a step of faith Hebrews 11 would actually reference her in the Hall of faith by faith she laid this baby down into an ark that she had made a small little basket and she made it waterproof so that it could withstand the Nile River she laid it upon the river and she sent it a sail and then of course when it arrived at its destination it found it was he was discovered by the daughter of Pharaoh himself and she took him unto her knowing that he was a Hebrew she called him Moses where he was drawn out of the water and she knowing you as a Hebrew she said I'm gonna raise him as my own and she raised him but his mother his Hebrew mother nursed him God allowed him to be exposed to the schooling of the Egyptians but to be raised in the home of the Hebrew this man had the hand of favor of God upon his life from a very early age and even though he didn't always make the right choices and even though he sometimes acted on impulse and it got him in trouble and even though he had given up and went to the backside of a desert and was willing to spend the last few years of his life thinking that nobody knew where he was but God knew exactly where he was and God arranged for this experience that we have read about to occur and this was the pivotal moment in Moses life this was the transition he had tried to do something good and it failed he had acted on impulse and got himself into a lot of trouble he was hasty he was impatient he was not he was temperamental he didn't have a lot of temperance and and he he found himself at a loss for how to ever rectify or remedy any of those things he had done but God knew right where he was and God knows right where you are this morning and God arranged for there to be along the path of his daily routine a bush that would hold a flame of fire the Bible says that the angel of the Lord appeared unto Moses and he appeared unto him in a bush in a flame of fire and that the voice of God came forth from that flame of fire and from that bush and and and and Moses was walking by the bush and he seized the bush burning now I don't know how long he saw it or how many days went by I just know that at one point Moses walked by it and it was still burning and he said now I will turn aside as to say yesterday I didn't turn aside but now I will turn aside because what so amazed him was that even though the bush was burning it was not being consumed he said not this this is some crazy stuff that's the bush that was burning some time ago and I'm looking over there it's still burning and if it's a normal set of circumstances the bush burns until it is consumed but but Moses is looking at this bush and there is no effect of the fire upon the bush it is just simply burning without being consumed and it was in this moment that Moses looked to see what it was all about he investigated the matter he wanted to understand a little bit more about the miraculous thing he was observing and when God saw that Moses had turned aside to check it out to investigate a little bit further the Lord spoke to him from the flame of fire inside the bush and said Moses Moses now we I there's a lot I wish I could preach today but I I won't be able to get into all of it there's a reason why he called him twice he did that sometimes Abraham Abraham Oh hallelujah Moses Moses and Moses said here am I and the Lord began to call him unto Him he said take off your shoes you're standing on holy ground you've never been anywhere like where you are right now never before have your feet tread upon a surface like the surface you're walking on right now you are in the presence of the holy God hallelujah my lord have mercy I know you've heard about me I know you've been taught about me I know people have have said things in concerning me but you are standing in the presence of the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob take off your shoes for the place whereon you stand is holy ground I used to think when God did that that he was saying to Moses Moses come unto me and then as Moses proceeded he said wait wait wait hold on hold on wait wait get those nasty shoes off before you come messin up my carpet I thought that's what was being said that's not what's being said that God wasn't worried about his carpet being messed up he was saying he was saying Moses I want you to come into my presence and before you do I want you to take off your shoes now I know why you're wearing those shoes you're wearing those shoes because you're a shepherd and you need those shoes because you're on rocky terrain and there are sharp rocks and there are thorns and thistles and scorpions and snakes and and you need something to protect your feet but you're not out on any old rocky terrain right now Moses you are on holy ground there's no there's no harm on this holy ground there's nothing trying to injure you on this holy ground you can take off the guard you can remove the facade you can let down that you can let down the guard you're gonna let down the wall take off your shoes you are standing on holy ground and Moses walked into the presence of his creator and it changed his life forever when he encountered the flame of fire that came from the presence of God it was there that God said Moses go tell Pharaoh to let my people go Moses said Who am I that they would ever listen to me or that I could even speak for you I I'm not eloquent of speech I'm slow of speech and the Lord said I am that great I am you go tell Pharaoh that I am hath sent you you you go tell Pharaoh that you come on mission and on assignment from the great I am and and Moses experienced him in a way Abraham had not experienced him pierced him in the way Isaac and Jacob had not known him that's how Moses experienced him in the bush that did burn but was not consumed he came from that place with a revelation of who God is it changed his life forever he walked from the presence of the Lord with a new confidence with a new boldness with it with a renewed understanding of purpose in life no longer was he confused about who he was or who God is but he walked into pharaoh's court knowing this is no special place i've been in the most special place in all the earth on holy ground and when you have stood on holy ground you can stand anywhere and declare with confidence the grace and the power and the glory of the Living God Oh hallelujah one encounter with the flame of God I want you to know this is not just any ordinary flame that I'm talking to you about tonight today this is not some pilot light this this is not some little little flicker or orbs or spark this is something that comes from heaven and we must understand this morning as apostolic Pentecostal people that there is a fire involved with the presence and the glory of God we can never get away from the experience of the fire of God now I understand that when we come to the house of God we want to leave with something we want to have instruction we want to have we want to have some sort of a of an imparted understanding about how to live effectively for the Lord but but but we must never remove from the equation the experiencial nature of God God is not just somebody for you to hear about God is not just some entity for you to be taught about and to walk away thinking that you know more about him he is somebody to be experienced that's where your understanding will come in God you will experience God you learn of him by taking his yoke upon you you will you will hallelujah you will learn of him through experience with him and we can never we can never get away from that never can we get away from the fact that when people walk into this room there is an experience waiting for them an experience that is undeniable it's an experience that'll get down into your bones it's an experience that'll get down into your spirit into your soul it'll make you clap your hands if it'll make you stomp your feet it'll make your wave your hands it'll make your dance for joy and it will make you sing aloud hallelujah it will cause you to give God praise like you've never given God praise you will step out of your personality and enter into the glorious presence of the mighty God and where there is freedom and there is joy and there is peace in the Holy Ghost Oh hallelujah we will never get away from the experience that is the flame of God's presence it is like a fire John the Baptist came preaching the kingdom of God and he said repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand he said I have indeed baptized you with water unto repentance but there is coming one after me that is mightier than I and he's gonna baptize you not simply with water hallelujah unto repentance but he's going to baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire hallelujah and with fire I want you to understand ladies and gentlemen that when we're baptized into the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins there is a promise associated with that and the promise is you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and I want somebody to know today that that Holy Ghost comes with fire I said it comes with fire and it's not just some kind of a little earthly fire it's a Holy Ghost tire it's a spiritual flame that will get down on the inside of a person [Music] Oh hallelujah hallelujah the Bible said that when the day of Pentecost was fully come they were all with one Accord in one place and suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind and it filled all the house where they were sitting and there appeared unto them cloven tongues you guessed it like as of fire and they're all filled hallelujah they weren't they weren't merely injected or infused with a little bit have a little bit have a little bit seep into their system no no no no they were filled with the gift of the Holy Ghost every part of them was filled to overflowing with the gift of the Holy Ghost and they began to speak with other tongues as the spirit gave them the utterance don't ever get away from the fact that this thing is a fire don't ever get away from the fact that this thing is alive that this thing is a burning flame hallelujah this is why we don't apologize for for worshiping God with enthusiasm I love that word enthusiasm enthusiasm it actually that would that that middle middle part of that word Foose it has to do with with Theo or God or spirit so enthusiasm is is the Spirit of God in us that causes a reaction that's enthusiasm isn't just being happy it is a reaction to the Spirit of the Lord that is only inside of us hallelujah so yes there will be clapping and there will be shouting and there will be rejoicing and there will be weeping sometimes we'll weep when we're happy and sometimes we'll laugh when we're sad sometimes it don't make any sense at all but it's a fire it's an undeniable unquenchable fire you could be going through a hell on earth but in his presence there's fullness of joy and that his right hand there are pleasures forevermore lujah I'm gonna tell you something I'll tell you exactly what you need today you need a renewed experience in the presence of God you need to fall out in tongues again you need to get drunk in the Holy Ghost again hallelujah you need to weep and rejoice and shout and sing and you say that's nothing but a bunch of emotion and that is and I can tell you right now you've never experienced it because if you had experienced it you would know it's not merely emotion there's emotion involved no question there's emotion involved because when we think of the goodness of Jesus and all that it's done for me we get emotional I can't help it I mean you try thinking for a little while about he didn't have to do it but he did he saved my soul from a burn in hell you think about that for a little while and try not to get emotion you try to think for a little while about my body was in pain but I've told that a healing name and he gave me sweet joy you get emotional but it's not merely emotion it's not merely in motion it is there is a fire an actual burning flame that you become exposed to and it gets down on the inside of you hallelujah and it'll burn within you Oh glory to his name it'll burn inside of you it'll get down where where things live inside of you and it'll it'll start burning and consuming the scripture says our God is a consuming fire so it is interesting that the bush was burning but not being consumed I want to get to that in a moment I want you to understand that that's that's quite a sight that the bush was burning but not being consumed especially when you consider the fact that our God is a consuming fire I'm quoting Hebrews 12 29 our God is a consuming fire but but it's interesting about the fire of God because God is is so wise and so I'm on the militant omnipresent omniscient omni-benevolent he understands how to be God he's really good at being God hallelujah all of these other false gods try to be God but they're not good at being God God is so good at being God he's the only God the one true and living God he's the king of all kings in the lord of all lords and even though he is a consuming fire he understands how to burn and not consume hallelujah I want you to know that that that when God moves upon a thing as fire that he begins to burn things up that need to be burned up and he'll preserve what needs to be preserved not only does God do this as fire he does this as wind the Bible says that the wind would blow against the grain and when it would when it would blow against that that grain that the wind would would knock the chaff away from the grain and the and the real grain would would fall to the ground the grain would be would be stomped and then it would be thrown into the air and and they were thrown into those heavy winds and those heavy winds would hit that that grain and the chaff would fly off but the grain that greal good grain would come back to the ground that's the way the wind of God works and it's also the way that his fireworks his fire will move upon a thing and everything that can be shaken shall be shaken everything that does not belong there will be burned up and consumed and driven away and removed but that were just precious and that which is a flame resistant if you please oh I wish I could preach it like I feel it today hallelujah will stand and it might burn but it will not be consumed God knows how to burn while not consuming this is the way his flame operates we see this in in the story of the three Hebrew children in the story of the three Hebrew children we we see a situation where they were told all everybody was told bow down and worship the golden image of Nebuchadnezzar but there were three Hebrew boys Shadrach Meshach and Abednego who said we will not bow down to this image Nebuchadnezzar said if you don't we will cast you into the fiery furnace they said we still won't bow down to your image he said alright fine I'm all heated up seven times hotter than what it was before some people might might fall at that point some people might bow at that point some people might give in by that point but not those three Hebrew children they understood something about the flame they understood something about encountering the flame that you can that the flame understands what you need and it will it will rise and fall to just the right temperature to bring things out the way they need to be brought out and when he said I'll heat it up seven times hotter they said you can heat it up twenty-one times hotter it doesn't matter to us because we have faith in the power of God to deliver us and we have faith in the wisdom of God hallelujah to determine whether we should live or die but what we do know is that we will not bow to this image and when they threw those three Hebrew children into that fiery furnace I'm gonna tell you that flame was so hot that even the men who threw them in died when they were affected and had encountered the flame but those boys that were cast into the fire they did not die by the flame the flame was not intended to kill them the flame was intended to reveal the presence in the power of God that existed in their life Oh hallelujah hallelujah I know let me tell you something sometimes we talk about the fire of God and we think that means you know some kind of a some kind of exuberance or some kind of a thrill and that's and that comes but but the real purpose of the fire of God is to purify to purify so when John said he's gonna baptize you with Holy Ghost and with fire he was saying that fires gonna get down on the inside of you and it's gonna it's gonna burn up everything that needs to be burned up it's gonna consume bad attitudes it's gonna consume rebellion it's gonna consume stubbornness it's gonna consume pride it's gonna consume lust of the flesh it's gonna consume the love of money it's gonna consume the lust of the eyes it's gonna consume hatred for others it's gonna consume envy oh I wish I could preach it like I feel it today it's gonna consume all the things inside of you that need to be consumed but the effect it's going to have upon the things that matter will be simply that it purifies and here these Shadrach Meshach and Abednego inside this fiery furnace and while they're inside this fiery furnace there appears in the fire leans down and he's looking in and he sees like movement like folks moving around inside the fire and he's like rubbing his eyes and he's trying everything he said didn't we didn't somebody remind me didn't we throw three people into the fire they said yes he said why do I see a fourth man in the fire and why does he look like the Son of God inside the fire hallelujah let me tell you what the fire will do the fire will burn up everything in your life that needs to be consumed and it will reveal the presence of God that already exists see here's what I here's what I believe I don't believe that Shadrach Meshach and Abednego we're saying that we're simply not gonna bow I believe they knew that God was with them the whole time you just can't see it without the fire you can't see his presence until the fire comes his presence is there he will never you he will never forsake you but it took the fire to reveal his presence hallelujah he was with them and they were saying we won't bow he was with them when they were praying earlier that morning he was with them when they were saying Lord give us direction give us wisdom and give us boldness but it actually took the flame to reveal that he was there to make it noticeable to the human eye and I want you to know today that that you might resent the flame in your life but the flame is there to reveal the manifestation and the presence of God in your life and furthermore it took the flame being heated to seven times hotter than what it was see don't don't get nervous when things start heating up anybody going through something right now it's heating up the temperature's rising things are heating up don't don't get nervous about that God's letting it heat up it's heating up I wanted to go one degree higher one degree higher than what it was a little bit hotter a little bit hotter I want the flame a little bit hotter he's gonna let it rise until it reaches seven times hotter because that's just the right temperature required for him to be able to show up you know I wish I could I wish I could tell you you know what you're gonna leave this place and everything's gonna be alright from this point going forward but I gotta be honest with you it might get hotter than what it is right now it might get a little bit warmer it might get a little more violent he got might get a little tougher but don't be worried about it because he's there he's there and when it gets just the right temperature he's gonna reveal himself he's gonna be manifest to you you're gonna recognize he was here the whole time that's what happens when you encounter the flame the flame will preserve you but it will destroy those who cast you into it I wanna I wanna I want to say that again it will preserve you but it will destroy your enemy it will destroy your adversary but it will preserve you you are like jewelry you are like precious stones they say that in a house fire what will most likely survive the flame of the house fire is the jewelry and the precious stones they said don't look through the rubble because chances are the diamond made it chances are the pearl made it chances are that the gold made it because rarely can a fire unless it reaches a certain magnitude of temperature can it affect the precious stones I want you to know that you are precious to God you are precious to God your faith is precious to God your joy is precious to God your peace is precious to God and there is no fire from any place that can affect the precious things that exist in your life no hallelujah hallelujah understand what I'm telling you this morning there are multiple types of fire that exists in the scriptures there is the there is the the fire of the Holy Ghost and ministering spirits that are flames of fire angels the Bible says are flames of fire the Bible also talks about the fiery trial it also talks about fiery darts from the wicked if you have gone through the fiery trial and put your faith in God I want you to know that fiery trial can do nothing to your faith in God but grow it increase it oh I feel a witness in the Holy Ghost this morning is there anybody in this house who has come through the fiery trial recently and said my faith is increased because when I needed him he was there for me anybody I need I need a witness this morning hallelujah let the fire burn in your life and it's it's burning off the dross it's burning off the corrosion it's burning off the oxidation it's it's getting rid of the impurities and it's making you into something so precious and so beautiful that's what encountering the flame will do in your life and the Bible says that the fiery darts of the wicked they are different you can take the shield of faith and you can quench all the fiery darts of the wicked the fiery trial is not something you want to quench yourself quinces not the spirit let the fire have its way let the fire work its work the Holy Ghost fire but when it's a fiery dart of the wicked what you've learned from Holy Ghost fire is that there is no weapon that is formed against you that can prosper you understand hey this joy that I have the world didn't give it to me the world didn't give it and the world can't take it away [Music] this thing might burn but it can't be consumed hallelujah might burn in the fires of difficulty it might burn in the fires of questions it might burn in the fiery trial of challenge but it cannot be consumed it can't be consumed this faith that God put inside of me it hits it just keeps standing it can't be consumed this joy that the Holy Ghost gives to you it just keeps burning but it can't be consumed it's it's it's amazing because you've gone through so much and you still love him you've gone through deep dark valleys but you still keep on praising him you've been up on high mountaintops you've seen the lightning flash and you've heard the thunder roll but you still keep praising him you still keep serving him why because what was burning could not consume the most valuable thing hallelujah see Moses when he had this encounter with the flame he walks away from that experience forever changed that bush burning but not being consumed it was a reflection of what he would be in his ministry and in his life it didn't matter what he faced he had something that could not be consumed he went back to that encounter with the flame when he first heard the voice of God in his life when he first heard God speak to his soul he would go back to that encounter with the flame when he needed bread he knew exactly where to go because that encounter could not be consumed that experience could not be consumed and so he said Lord we we need food when the waters were poisonous he didn't he didn't have to go try to get the latest filtration system he he he knew where to go he would go to God Lord we need you right now we need wisdom and we need your power to move in our lives we we need you to intervene on our he knew where to go when it was time to to have water he knew where to find the water you just go to God and God said smite the rock and water will come forth and sure enough here came the water years later he went back to God and said Lord we need more water and God said you don't have to smite the rock this time just talk to the rock remember Moses remember when you first came to the burning bush and we just talked with each other remember the encounter with the flame that's what I want you to do with the rock just talk to the rock just speak to him i tire of people discounting prayer i tire of it from a world who doesn't practice it are so quick to criticize it they say spare me your love and prayers I'm going to tell you I'm going to tell you exactly what's wrong with this world this is wrong with this world is that the church doesn't pray like the church needs to pray if we prayed about everything we complained about if we prayed about everything we worried about if we prayed about everything we fretted about if we prayed about everything that concerned us instead of spouting off about it but took it to God in prayer we turn this whole world upside down we spend more time complaining we need to spend more time praying we need to spend more time praying because it's just a little talk with Jesus that'll make it right it's just a little conversation with the rock where the water will begin to flow hallelujah there's something about encountering the flame we've got to have an infernal hallelujah an infernal combustible experience with God again hallelujah hallelujah and I'm gonna tell you something on every mountaintop every Red Sea you face every Jordan River you face every plague you face every type of attack of venomous snakes you face you're gonna go back to that encounter I remember when my burdens rolled away I remember when I laid it down at the altar I remember when he called my name I've come this morning to call somebody back to a place of remembrance of what it sound like to encounter the flame of God Oh bless His name bless His name bless His name come on somebody lift your hands and praise the Lord right now somebody lift your hands and praise the Lord come on somebody lift your hands and praise the Lord right now hallelujah he's worthy he's worthy he's worthy come on somebody stand with me right now the Holy Ghost is in this place the Holy Ghost is in this place thank you Jesus thank you Jesus thank you Jesus Oh bless His name I'm gonna tell you that when the flames cease and when the fire dies down and when the last ember burns out you're gonna see what lasted you're gonna see what survived and it'll be that relationship you have with God hallelujah the voice of God is a flame that cannot be consumed the voice of God in your life is a flame that nothing can take away from you they can take your job but they can't take your relationship with God they can take vacant they can take they can take relationships with people but they cannot take a relationship with God I'm gonna tell you that thing lasts it stands there's no fire that can burn and there's no wind that can turn it there's nothing that can stop it hallelujah right now whatever you're facing you can go to God in prayer and signed a victory [Music] I need to say this to somebody this morning it doesn't matter how you messed up you can always go back to that encounter with the flame it doesn't matter what mistake you've made it doesn't matter what pit you've fallen into it doesn't matter who you've been for 80 years you can have an encounter with the flame right hallelujah you could be in dude with a fresh power hallelujah they used to say fire fire fire fire fire Holy Ghost and fire fall on me I wonder if there's somebody here right now who needs you need something that to catch hold of your life right now you need something to burn afresh inside of you I wonder if there's anybody who feels like everything's burning and burning down around you relationships are just being consumed your job is in jeopardy finances or finances are in shambles come on your faith your faith you feel like it's teetering I want you to come back to the burning bush right come on backward first start where you first met him where you first heard his name come on come on that's it god bless you come on that's it in the name of Jesus bless His name bless his name come on somebody that's it right now in the name of Jesus hallelujah hallelujah come on somebody that's it that's it in the name of Jesus I need you Jesus I need you Jesus come on he's gonna burn up everything that needs to be burned up the Bible says that everything the father did not plant is going to be plucked up everything that the father did not plant is going to be plucked up there's stuff you planted in your life God's gonna pluck it up will you let him do it will you let him do it do you let him do it come on let the Holy Ghost have his way right now [Music] come on in the name of Jesus in the name of Jesus [Music] that I can't contain that I can't control [Music] down [Music] five [Music] down in my soul that I can't contain that I can't control [Music] [Music] my I can't [Music] [Music] I want you to hear me this morning I want you to hear me this morning some of you have got some of you've got fire that's been burning out some of you have got to buy it fire that's been that's been it's on the verge of just I'm just giving out and you can feel it you don't care like you used to care you don't have joy like you used to have joy you don't love the way you used to love you've become a little bit careless in life you've become a little haphazard and your walk with God you need to stoke those embers right now he just stoke the embers right now you need to throw another log on that fire hallelu you need to put a little fuel on that fire this morning hallelujah come on somebody you need to step out of where you are step out of that self-pity step out of that edit that frame of God that you've been in and say Lord I need you again I need to hear your voice again I might a little reignite little reignite there'll be a new spark there'll be a new energy a new burst of energy [Music] come on lift up your hands lift up your hands lift up your voice lift up your heart in the name of Jesus and tell him I need more of you God [Music] styler [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] you you

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