Keep The Fire

Week if you have your Bibles you can turn with me to acts the 28th chapter Acts chapter 28 I've got 10 verses to read there, and in this story we see Paul Luke. And some others have just recently Shipwrecked and we'll pick up in verse number one where it says now. When they had escaped they then found out that the island was called Malta and the natives showed us unusual kindness for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome. Because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold, but when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire a Viper came out. Because of the Heat and fastened on his hand so when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand they said to one another no doubt this man is a murderer whom though he escaped the sea.

Yet Justice does not allow to live but he shook off the creature Into the Fire, and suffered no harm however they were expecting that they would swell up that he would swell up. Or suddenly fall down dead but after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm. Come to him they changed their minds and said that he was a god quick opinions there have changed they've gone from him being a murderer to him being a God maybe that's a word for somebody today that maybe need to stop listening to what. Other people are trying to label you as and allow the one who truly has the right to label you be the one. Who says who you are and furthermore who you're not in verse number seven it says in that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of the island whose name was puus pus excuse me who received us and entertained us courtly for 3.

Days and it happened that the father of pus lay sick of a fever and of the century Paul went unto him, and prayed and he laid his hands on him and healed him so when this was done the rest of those on the island. Who had diseases also came and were healed they also honored us in many ways, and when we departed they provide provided such things as were necessary today I want to preach on this three-word title Keep The Fire Keep The Fire. Let's bow our heads one more time let's pray right now Jesus we love you God. Thank you again so much for this opportunity to be in your house God thank you so much for the presence that we have felt. So strongly in this place God I pray that right now Lord Jesus that your spirit God would just continue to move freely in this place God I pray that lives would be changed Hearts would be transformed by the powering renewing word God that you're given.

Us today we love you Jesus we thank you in jesus' name we pray amen. Why don't you look at a neighbor and tell them hello and that they look good some of y'all. Didn't look at your neighbor and some of you are married to that neighbor so I'm not going to get anybody in trouble we find here in the final book or the final chapter of the book of Acts. And I'll just say this I'm thankful for the book of Acts the book of Acts gives us a front row view of the actions, and the development of the church and it's in the book of Acts through the pen of Luke The Physician that the Holy. Spirit would document the historical authen authenticity of the people and the places and the power, and the presence of God the book of Acts it accompanies or it covers the birth that this of this entity that we call the church.

But what we need to understand today saint of God is when this church was born it was not born in sophistication it was not born in great strategy there were no marketing classes there were no social media platforms to serve the interest. Or purpose of the church but the early church was born raw and wild the Church of the Living God was a group of authentic people. Just like you and me and they were hungry for the things of God and it was this early church that was birth in the book of Acts, and it was born on a promise they were simply waiting on a promise to be fulfilled. And they were functiona and they were operating and they were obedient to the word of the lord we have to remember today that it was Jesus. Who told the 500 on a hillside to go and T in Jerusalem until they received the baptism of the Holy Ghost, and were endued with power from on theind the Bible says that of those 500 people only 120 lasted long enough to receive the Fulfillment.

Of the promise makes me wonder what happened to the other 380 people yeah do they get tired do they get frustrated did an happened on their timing was there no lingering in prayer there in the upper room I I've. Come today just to encourage somebody and to remind somebody that it is healthy for us to linger at the altar it is healthy for us to linger in the presence of God I pray to God that we would never get. So busy and get so much on a routine that we had to check our clock time and time. Again, to make sure that we're not missing our lunch appointment, but that when we're in the house of God we allow his Spirit to move freely, and we allow it to minister to hearts. And to lives I believe that today God has come here with a direct word for somebody a direct message for somebody, and I pray to God that we will allow him to speak that into reality these 380 they went they weren't they weren't willing.

To wait it out they weren't willing to linger there and they had made up in their minds that they were willing to miss. What was going to happen but I have come today to encourage somebody in this room we have to get to a place where we are determined to receive the move of God that he has promised for us that he has designed for us that he has ready. For us I believe that today somebody can receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Because it's still a promise that's found in the word of God my Bible says that it's a promise for as many as the Lord Our God shall call to you to your children to your children's children I believe the Holy Ghost is for each. And every person I wonder today is there people in this room that have made up their mind even before you AR today that you are not going to leave this place until you received.

What you needed from the Lord until you got what the Holy Ghost has promised you in the sanctuary today people they build their lives on so many things they build their lives on careers they build their lives on their favorite cities I have decided. For me and my house we're going to serve the Lord I decided that Lindsay, and Hazel and Knox and Finn my wife and my kids I've decided that we're going to build our lives around the kingdom of God. And you may ask yourself why would I be so indebted to the kingdom I will tell you there are great promises, and there are great things found in scripture and I want to hear I want to somebody say this to somebody today. And I know I'm a little excited right now, but God's given me a word, and I just got to get it out here i' I've been waiting for a week to preach this.

But God has just showed me if I will give everything to him if I will surrender my entire life to him he will give me every single thing that I need maybe today you're you're struggling maybe today you're debating do I go all in do I give. Everything to God do I buy out do I sell out for the kingdom of God I would challenge you today is the day today is a day where you become that Living Sacrifice willing to get on the Altar. And say God I'm willing to do whatever you want me to do I'll tell you this. If you give everything to God if you if you truly give everything to him you will never have need anymore you will never ever go without h i want you to hear I'm not preaching Prosperity today I'm saying he will provide every single one.

Of your needs well brother Wes how can you preach that is that is that in the word of God it is Matthew 6:33. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all all all these things shall be added unto you do you believe the word of God today do you believe the promises that if we will surrender everything he will give us all. That we need today we need to make up in our mind I'm not going to miss out on what God has for me 380 on the day of Pentecost they missed out on what God had, but there was one 12 that said I'm not. Leaving this place I'm not walking away until that which God which Jesus Promised Me comes to fruition the Bible says they were all in one place, and they were all in one Accord.

And that's not a Honda in case you were curious and the Bible says that suddenly there came a sound from Heaven as of a rushing Mighty Wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. And cloven tongues like as fire sat upon each of them and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost all means all all 120 that were in the upper room that were willing to linger. And wait for the Lord they all received the gift of the Holy Ghost I want to dispel the myth, and the lie and the rumor that the fire of the Holy Ghost only falls on a collect few that the Holy Ghost only stir in pastors. And preachers and Sunday school I I've come right now to tell somebody today the Holy Ghost is for you the Holy Ghost is for you today. If it's been a long time since you spoke in other tongues today you ought to get refilled with the baptism of the Holy Ghost there is a flame with your name on it there is a move of God that's for you there is a fresh.

Pentecostal experience that you ought to receive today I want to talk to some people maybe you've. Come in this place and you're tired of going through the routines you're you're tired of going through the motions you're you're tired of dead dry experiences with the Lord today you can find the fire of God In This Place the fire of God is in this. Place you think well is God a fire yeah Bible says he's a fire he he's not a smoke and he's not. Just a PL a passing Cloud but Hebrews 12: 29 says for our God is a consuming fire I want to help. Somebody out today I want to help somebody you come to an altar today and you let the Holy Ghost. Just touch you it'll start consuming ing you it'll start overwhelming you our God is a cons I don't think you can just get a little bit of God.

When you get God you get him you get all of his presence you get all of his glory you get all of his power you get all of his author I'm wondering today is there anybody who's tired of living the same old life. And you're ready to try something new you're ready to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost or have it stir in your life I want. Somebody today I want some stirring to happen I want I want some renewing some of you it's been a long long long time since you came to an altar and you felt the power. And the moving of the Holy Ghost today today should be your day where you f his spirit and fill the fire. Again, if you look throughout the Bible and every major development in every major division of the Bible you will find the fire of God it was the fire of God that fell between the sacrifices of Abraham it was the fire of God that led.

The children of Israel at night when the cloud LED them by day it was the fire of God in Leviticus that fell on the Altar, and it burnt up the offerings that were there that were laid on the altar the Bible said the fire. God it fell from heaven and it would consume the sacrifice that was there at the altar. But it's not just in the pinit when you go into the historical books of the Old Testament you will find in First Kings chapter 18 of a prophet. Who stood toe to- toe of five 450 false prophets and the Bible said that the entire nation was confused, and they doubted and there was division in the land and so Elijah he stood up on the mount carel. And he said if the Lord be God follow him, but if B be God follow him, and the people would not answer him and so he Elijah said let him be God the god that answers by fire.

And we know what happens in First Kings chapter 18 the Bible says the heavens opened up as Elijah began to pray to the one true Living God, and there was a fire that fell from heaven. And it consumed the altar it consumed the water it consumed the S I want. Somebody to know today if God could do it there in First Kings and do it for Elijah he can do it today the fire can still fall it happened for Elijah it happened for Jeremiah Jeremiah he was depressed he was ready to turn his credentials. He said every time I try to preach every time I say the words that God wants me to say people get mad people get angry people get depressed I'm tired of preaching I'm tired of following. What God is calling me to do I'm just going to run into a cave, and I'm going to give up I'm going to throw in the towel I'm going to wave the White Flag.

But the Bible says that when the prophet got in into the cave and he got silent, and he got still that something started taking place on the inside of him it was the word of God. And it was like fire shut up in his bones some of you in this room you you've considered throwing in the towel you've considered waving the white flag of surrender. But I want you to hear this preacher today that if God could do it for Jeremiah, and he could stir that fire one more time inside of him that had today you can leave this place with a renewed passion. And A Renewed desire and A Renewed burden for the kingdom of God talking about fire today I'm talking about heaven giving I'm talking about life changing I'm talking about fire that didn't. Just fall in the Old Testament but also fell in the New Testament you see in the New Testament Matthew Mark Luke, and John there was a man by the name of John the Baptist.

And when the people asked him John are you the Messiah are you Elijah John the Baptist looked at them, and he said I am not those things in fact the one that's coming after me I'm not worthy to even latch his shoes. Because I baptize you with water but there is one coming after me who baptizes you in the Holy Ghost and with fire it was Jesus. Who said I came to set the world on fire it was the writer John in Revelation whenever he was stuck on an island left there for dead an island called Patmos that he was there. And he had no friend to talk to he had nobody to give him an amen he had no one given him a thank you card or a pat on the back. But it was there in Revelation chap 1 that God began to speak to John Jesus said in Revelation 1 18 I am Alpha, and Omega the beginning and the end that which is and which was and which is to come.

And so when John turned around to see who it was that was talking to him he said the Bible says that he saw feet that were like brass, and white hair that was like wool. And a voice that the that the sound of many Waters were carrying through it, and he said that his eyes were as a flame of fire John said when I saw this Jesus I fell at his feet as if I were dead I've. Come to encourage somebody on this Sunday afternoon that we do not serve a weak or puny Jesus. Who is paralyzed and still tied to a whipping post, but that he while he was a lamb that was slain he is not. Just a little lamb but he is also the lion that rose from the dead, and he took the keys to death hell and the grave and he is the god of fire he's the god of fire fire he's the god of God told me this.

Morning he said Wes there are going to be people in this room that have decided the fire is no longer for them I rebuke that in Jesus name. Let me just tell you if the Holy Ghost was forward to you one day it's still for to you today. If you spoke in tongues back then you can speak in tongues today if you were consecrated. Then you can be consecrated now I'm tired of the devil lying to his to God's children, and saying you can't and you won't and you shouldn't and it is not necessary anymore the Holy Ghost is still relevant the Holy Ghost is still working the Holy. Ghost is still needed today it's in this story in Acts chapter 28 that we see the fire is continuing to fall it fell in Acts chap 2. But it continued to F fall here in Acts the 28th chapter the Bible says that when they were Shipwrecked that the King James version uses the word barbarians which kind of represents a vile.

And vicious people these these people weren't vile vicious they just didn't speak Greek and so that's why King James called him barbarians they were kind people they built them a fire it was a it was a windy windy cold rainy day. And these barbarians they built a fire for Paul I know I may lose a few of you here right. Now, I love summertime I love the warmth, but I love the winter time too I like it when it's cold I like. When I go outside and I get nice and cold and then I go inside where it's nice and warm that feeling. When you get when you go inside it's like oh I can feels a little toasty in here got the fire going feels pretty good anybody with me today anybody like the warming up barbarians they saw hey Paul you need a fire.

So they build him a fire and he received that fire and he was very very thankful for it you know today in the world we live in it's a pretty rainy wintry cold world that we live in this world's getting colder by the minute. I think it'd be all right as apostolics if we just keep the fire when this. When this world gets tired of being cold when individuals are tired of the mess that they're in it would be a shame. If there's not a church on fire for God it would be a shame if there was a church there. Wasn't a church in this community where folks Sinners could come in and they could feel something different in here that they feel anywhere else in the world I think it's appropriate we just go ahead. And decide today we're going to keep the fire we're going to keep the fire the Bible says that the love of many will will wax cold people are getting colder and colder.

But today we need to keep the fire you know people people are getting meaner, and meaner uglier and uglier and I'm not talking about looks I pray to God I pray to God that when you leave this place today you're not one of those. Ugly people I pray when you when you leave this place and you have felt the fire you take the fire with you to the restaurants sister de PRI she taught a masterpiece a few weeks ago on I hope you're taking that kindness somewhere with you yeah. I'll say this if you're going to go to a restaurant after church today and you're going to be ugly, and you're going to be cold and rude. Don't tell me you came from Center Point tell me came from the Sam's Club or the intersection right there in front of Target they'll believe that if you're ugly.

Don't tell them you're here you know I would love I would love for people at the restaurants to know. When we walk in there's something different about us I would love it if this afternoon. When you walked into a restaurant they're like oo so somebody somebody must have just walked in this place I felt something I felt a peace I felt a joy in this that I have not felt here as a server in some time I pray. That on Sundays you would build those relationships and you know what even be generous with your tipping give them a good tip give them a nice smile and say hey. Just in case you're more Curious I go to Center Point Apostolic church and if you ever need prayer or you ever need anything we're a church that's about our community we love for you to stop by don't be those ugly.

Don't be those people on social media who are hiding behind a keyboard writing out all their life's frustrations. Don't be that Let the Fire live inside of you let Let the Fire of the Holy Ghost minister to the world that's around you we don't have this fire in this church. Just so that we can be entertained by it on a Sunday afternoon, but when we feel the fire. When we feel the Holy Ghost when we feel the fresh presence of the almighty God we ought to leave this place, and take it with us wherever we go. If we're at work if we're at school if we're with our family at home they ought to feel. What we feel in this place Paul he understood the importance of the fire so he did something in the ver third verse of Acts 28 that I think is profound he said I want to keep this fire going.

So I'm going to have to go gather some sticks anybody ever built a fire before you build a fire. What happens if you don't keep adding wood to the fire dies out Paul's like I like this fire it's keeping me toasty it's keeping my toes warm I need to go find some sticks I need to go gather some sticks. Now, I may lose somebody right here when I say this, but we like to shout about the fire we like it when the fire's coming down. But well we don't always shout when Pastor calls for a 24-hour prayer chain we don't always shout. When Pastor calls a three-day fast we don't always shout when there's a Monday night family prayer. But I want somebody to hear this right now if you want to keep the fire active in your life there's going to have to be a season of gathering there's going to have to a season where you say I'm going to have to leave.

The fire for a second and I'm going to have to go gather some sticks it it's not it's not the thing that's going to give you praise or a pat on the back it's not the thing that maybe you're going to even shout about, but there's. Going to have to be a season where you gather those sticks when when's the last time you got into the word of God, and started Gathering some sticks when's the last time you went into the prayer room for no other reason than you said today's. A good day to gather some sticks when's the last time you went on an extended fast you know every time you push that plate away. What you're saying to God and to your flesh is I'm gathering some sticks I'm getting I like this fire too much I got to keep it roaring I got to keep it going I got to keep the Flames act I've got to go get.

Some sticks so that I can keep the fire going the Bible says that it was rainy there. Now, last time I checked in Murphy's Burl rain can make the fire go out. But I'm going to be active I'm going to be intentional I'm going to keep saying I'm going to keep adding sticks I'm going to keep Gathering sticks I'm going to keep collecting sticks. So that there's never a day where I look at this fire and wonder is it about to go out I wonder this I wonder this. How many of you are waiting until the last second to go gather stick how. How many of you are waiting until your last ditch effort to get right with god.

Well, I think the fire is starting to dwindle I no no what I would love to see is a stockpile say I've got I got even. If it's a long winter even if there are storms coming that I don't anticipate I'm going to be ready for it I'm going to be ready for anything that this world tries to throw at me anything the enemy tries to attack me with I'm going. To be I've got wood ready I've got theck sticks ready to consume the fire to keep the fire alive in my life today I'm talking to a group of people that need to be tired of just going through the religious motions religious motions will not. Keep the fire alive it takes a relationship with Jesus Christ it it's got to get you to a place where you've got to get to a place where you say I'm going to stop with just church on Sunday.

But I'm going to have church every day I'm going to have church on Monday I'm going to have church I'm not going to put Jesus in a box on Tuesday I'm going to say God 24 hours a day 365 days a year 7 days. Out of the week 12 months of the year no matter if it's a Sunday no matter. If it's a Monday no matter if it's a Tuesday I belong to you you've got to get to that place for yourself you've got to get to a place where you say I don't belong to them I don't belong to that I belong to Jesus. I Belong To The King of Kings belong to the Lord of lords I want his glory, and his power and his fire to set a blaze in my soul some of you are like. What are you talking about right now you want me to be on fire for God some of you maybe think I'm talking about a physical fire I'm not talking about a physical fire that would be foolish.

What I'm talking about is the fire of God I'm talking about having a move of the Holy Ghost you know I grew up in the Pentecostal church I'm 36 years old I've been Pentecostal 37 years my mama brought me to church before I even. Knew what church was before I was even born I was coming to church and I kind of had an understanding Pentecostals are wild there there are things that happen in Pentecostal church I can't explain I don't understand some of y'all y'all do things. And I'm like I don't know why they just did that I was praying for somebody one time, and they just fell over like seriously. Just right then and there like nobody called them because there was just no clue that they're about to fall I was like are you okay I don't know. Why we fall to the ground sometimes I don't I don't know why sometimes sister so and so has to shout.

So loud in your right ear I don't know why brother so and so has to do a Dan I don't know. Why bobby pins have to fly I don't know exactly why we do the things that we do here sometimes outside the fact that there's a fire there's a move of the Holy Ghost I guess the only way I can explain is that the spirit. Of God is entering our soul and the only thing we can think to do is do something. Because we'd rather do something than just explode some of y'all Y like this holy ghost S your you like this and we can't explain it why. But all we say is that's the Holy Ghost that's the fire of God it's moving on them it's doing something it's when you grab a hold of 12 volts of electricity and you nobody questions. Why you did it we can't see it we didn't feel it, but you felt it, and it moved you I remember this time I was at my friend's house AJ Lampley was his name they had a Lampley farm.

And they had horses and so they kept the horses in with electrical fencing we'd ride four-wheelers, and dirt bikes I remember this one time that when we would always turn off the Electrical Fence before we started riding any of these things. And so I remember one time we turned it off, but the Dad decided to turn the fence back on he didn't realize we were out four-wheeling. Well, we got back and I climbed that fence let me say I try to climb that fence I grabbed a hold of that thing, and my heart started skipping beats I think my fingertips got burned a little bit I may be a little over the top. But I know what I grabbed I nobody else saw it nobody else felt it, but when I grabbed a hold of that thing it's shot me off of it the likes of which we experience here in the house of God I may not.

See, what you're going through I may not understand the season that you're in, but I want you to know. When God gives you an inspiration to start dancing and to start worshiping because you're feeling a power, and you're feeling an authority over everything that you're facing in your life I want you to know this preacher ain't going to judge you and ain't going. To look at you weird I'm just going to say the power of the Holy Ghost is moving on them today we need to be about keeping the fire you don't have a prayer life you're going to lose the fire you don't have a word. Life you're going to lose the fire if you don't worship you're going to lose the fire. If you don't desire Holiness you will lose the fire spiritual mentor once said to a group of people he said every man I've ever met.

Who has lost his ministry and failed miserably every one of them told me unequivocally they lost their prayer life first how's your spiritual well-being today where are you at it's not a quick dismissal from the fire it's usually a slow fade. What I've learned in my life is that it's easier to keep a prayer life than it is to lose it, and regain it it's easier to keep a fasting life than it is to lose it and try to regain it I remember this one. Time I went fishing with my uncle he was a missionary in Singapore and we were going fishing in crappie fishing anybody like crappie fishing all right. Come on got a few Witnesses here in the room none of y'all ever bought me any fish fries. But okay I'm going to assume you telling me the truth that y'all like crappie fishing one day we went out to Real Foot Lake out in West Tennessee we had about an hour drive to the Lake I got in the truck that day.

And he looked at me he said Wes I'm about to pray and I'm not going to stop praying until we get to the lake I was like okay this is going to be a really good conversation glad glad I'm on this car ride with you this. Truck ride over there to the lake you know what he did he prayed for an hour straight, and the majority of it he was speaking in tongues. So I didn't even know what he was praying about I was like God bless him, but I learned. Then and there the reason why he was doing that is cuz he was worried that if he ever stopped doing that he would lose his prayer life I going to tell you right. Now, I would rather you seem extreme and be aggressive with your spiritual life than to be passive I would rather you step out, and make other people uncomfortable to keep your relationship with God on fire than to be consumed.

And worried with everybody's opinion around you I would rather today you just go and step out, and say I want to do a dance I want to worship like I haven't wor maybe they don't like it, but I don't care maybe they don't understand. But I don't care I've got a fire I've got and it's been a long time since I gathered sticks. But today I'm going to worship I'm going to praise today like I haven't praised in a while I'm going to give God my best today. Because I've got to have the fire in my life today I'm talking about the fire I'm talking about a move of the Holy Ghost I'm talking about this church being about a move of the Holy Ghost I'm not talking today about strategies I'm not. Talking today about metrics and I like those things I'm all about metrics I'm all about strategies.

But I read in the book of Acts and I see this church was not birthed by metrics, and it was not birthed by strategies it was birthed by a group of people. Who were determined that they were going to have a move of the Holy Ghost they heard. What Jesus promised him they heard the sound of many Waters they could hear the feet like brass they saw his eyes like fire, and they said I want to have a pure not watered down move of the Holy Ghost today I challenge you I encourage. You I say the Holy Ghost is for you what are you going to do about it say to God God. When is the last time the spirit moved you to do something that you had not rehearsed already I know I'm making some of youall uncomfortable today. But this is what the lord gave me to preach some of us in the church, and I'm not saying this church I'm just saying church as a whole some of us as a church we've gotten too comfortable in our seats we've gotten too comfortable.

Going through the motions we sing songs we lift our hands and we don't even know. What we're singing when we're just going through religious routines we need that fire again you need the fire. Again, in your life if you've never experienced the Holy Ghost today you can experience the Holy Ghost the Bible says that Paul he put sticks on the fire he gathered sticks. Because he wanted the fire to keep going and when that happened the Bible says that there was a snake that was in the sticks, and the fire the heat caused the snake to pop out. And bite Paul's hand in Acts 28 verse 3 and 4 we see this taking place I find this interesting I find it interesting that the snake comes out and bites Paul's hand you know. Again, Luke wrote acts he was a physician I don't think he wrote anything by accident he was very intentional he wanted you to know where the snake bit Paul it didn't bite Paul in the face.

Didn't bite him in the neck it didn't bite him in the heart did it bought him on bit him on the hand that's where the snake bit him, and I don't think it's by accident. Because in verse 8 and verse 9 of Acts 28 it says and it happened that the father of pus lay sick, and Paul went to him and prayed and laid his what his hands on him the Beast the Viper the snake came out. And bit Paul's hand and just a few verses later we see Paul using that same hand to lay hands on the sick, and to see them recovered you may be thinking. What are you trying to say Wes this is what I'm trying to say the devil's always going to attack. What God's about to use next he's always going to attack what God's about to use next.

If you're under attack right now I know this sounds weird, but you ought to just Rejoice a little bit cuz God's about to use you if you've been going through it lately. If you've been going through a season a trial a circumstance that you can't explain and you say devil I'm tired. Just know right now God's about to use you God God's about to use that testimony God's about to use your witness God's about to open up some doors and say. Because you stayed faithful during the storm because you didn't allow that attack to discourage you I can use you now for the super natural I'm coming to a close today, and the musicians they can start making their way up here the devil's always going. To attack what God's about to use and I think that's interesting because in the American landscape today we're seeing an attack on the American Family the likes of which we've never seen before in this country.

And let let me just be very direct we're seeing an attack on our youth, and our students our children like we've never seen they are feeling pressures that no generation has ever felt before them our kids are not. Just being exposed to thing they are being targeted by the enemy drugs gender confusion the homosexual agenda that's being forced on the pressures that come from social media no generation has ever had a face this before prior to this generation the enemy has put. The youth the family in the crosshairs because the devil is trying to destroy them the devil is trying to confuse them the devil is trying to speak Lies over their life. But I want the church to hear me right right now we are not surprised by what the devil is trying to do we have prayed, and we have seen his schemes and we know.

How to pray the blood of Jesus Christ over our families and our kids this year our we have seen record numbers in our youth, and kids department and I don't think it's by accident I don't think it's by happen sense that we're seeing the greatest. Revival ever in the youth and kids Department while the attack from the enemy is at its greatest this year we've had 70 students actively involved in a p7 club in our Public Schools most of them non Apostolic. What am I trying to say I'm trying to say yeah the enemy has our families in its Crosshair. But we are still going to have Revival we are still going to have a move of the Holy Ghost we are still going to be able to feel the fire and share the fire. And Flame the fire and see the fire move in our families and in our home I wish a mom or dad would stand up right.

Now, and say the fire still Falls at my house I'm going to still have the fire at my home I don't care. What the enemy throws my way we're going to have Revival in my home you can stand your feet across this room churches that don't have the fire have nowhere to throw the snake we're going to keep the fire we're going to keep the fire. When the devil throws something at us we're going to say devil you tried this before I want to remind you I just threw you off last time I just threw you in the fire you're nothing. Let me tell you what a church with fire has the a church that has fire has the ability to deal with every principality, and power that they're facing a church that has fire can lose things. And bind things a church that has fire can pull down every stronghold that the enemy tries to throw its way a dad Church.

Can't do that a dead Church can't do that, but a church that's on fire a church that has the fire a church that has the holy ghost moving in their lives. When we Face things we can shake it off and say it doesn't have to cling to us, and acts 28 we see the Beast attack King Paul. But listen in Revelation we also see a beast that's called a dragon it's the same word the same word in Acts 28 is the same word that's used in Revelation 12: 13 to describe the Beast the same thing has gone from a snake a small. Little snake to a dragon we're not surprised by that the Bible says in Isaiah 5:14 therefore Hell hath enlarged her herself, and open her mouth without measure we understand hell's getting bigger we understand the snake has now moved into Dragon status.

But I want the devil to hear me today the devil has nothing compared to our god the devil the snake the dragon is nothing compared to our God. Why because we have the fire because we have the fire we've got the Holy Ghost we've got the Holy Ghost working we got the Holy Ghost operating we got the holy ghost that we can say I don't care. What comes against me I'm going to be able to dance I'm going to be able to worship I'm going to be able to praise. Because I've got the fire of the Living God inside of me I'm talking to some people today it's time to put the devil where he belongs the devil's been in your ear talking for too long the devil. Doesn't belong by you your ear doesn't belong by your head the Bible says that the devil is going to be under our feet today in this place.

What I think we should do is I think we ought to let the Holy Ghost move, and we ought to dance a little bit and we ought to praise a little bit and we ought to worship a little bit. And when we do what we're doing we're saying devil you are under our feet hey it's simple today I'm just looking for some people. Who want to keep the fire I'm just looking today for some people who want to be fire stewards. Who want to keep adding fuel to the fire I'm looking for a group of people that say I'm going to go get some sticks, and I'm going to make sure my fire does not go out this altar call is going to be a little. Different today I'm going to let you know we're going to praise we're going to worship we're going to linger we're going to experience a move of the Holy Ghost.

If you don't have the Holy Ghost today can be your day today can be the day of salvation for you can leave this place full of the baptism of the Holy Ghost we're going to begin to sing here in a little bit. But before they begin to sing the first lyric I'm going to ask for you to go, and start dancing and I'm going to ask for you to start worshiping and I'm going to ask you begin to pray. And speak out in tongues let his Spirit move in this place come on we got the fire we got the fire we're Capers of the fire we're Capers of the fire. Come on I wish somebody would dance I wish somebody would get crazy I wish we'd get wild, and authentic in our relationship with Jesus. Come on Let the Fire Fall Let the Fire Fall Let the Fire Fall In This Place.

Let it call me yes let it call on me let the Holy Ghost stand fire fall on me let it fall on me me.