Living a Life Walking in the Fire
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Living a Life Walking in the Fire
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🔥 INTRODUCTION (Strong, Spirit-Filled, Enriched):
🔥 INTRODUCTION (Strong, Spirit-Filled, Enriched):
Beloved, we are standing in a moment of divine urgency.
The Spirit of the Lord is sounding an alarm across the earth —
He is calling His people out of the shallow waters and into the depths of His holy fire.
He is calling us not just to admire the flame from a distance, but to enter it, to walk in it, and to live in it — daily, relentlessly, passionately!
For too long, much of the church has settled for a spark when God desires a blazing inferno.
We have been content with a flicker of faith when God wants us to be torches lighting the darkness!
We have been satisfied with an occasional visitation when we were created for perpetual habitation in His presence!
The Bible says in Hebrews 12:29,
"For our God is a consuming fire."
🔥 Not a casual flame.
🔥 Not a candle you can snuff out when it’s inconvenient.
🔥 Not a fireplace you visit when you're cold.
🔥 He is a CONSUMING FIRE — He desires all of you — heart, soul, mind, and strength.
To walk in the fire is to live a life fully surrendered, purified, empowered, and consumed by His will and His ways.
Listen carefully:
🔥 Fire is the element of transformation.
🔥 Fire is the place of revelation.
🔥 Fire is the launching ground for destinies.
🔥 Fire is the atmosphere where true revival is born.
Throughout Scripture, every major encounter with God was marked by fire:
Moses at the burning bush (Exodus 3)
Elijah calling down fire on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18)
Isaiah touched by a burning coal (Isaiah 6)
The disciples baptized in tongues of fire on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2)
The testimony of history and Scripture is this:
No one ever walked into the fire and came out the same!
And today, the Spirit of God is extending an invitation —
Will you walk in the fire?
Will you allow Him to consume your comfort, your fears, your apathy, your self-made plans?
Will you burn so brightly that this dark world will have no choice but to take notice that Christ lives within you?
This is not the hour for cold hearts.
This is not the hour for lukewarm living.
This is the hour for a people who say like Isaiah, "Here am I, Lord! Send me! Set me ablaze!" 🔥
Before us stands a path —
Not paved with ease, but with glory.
Not filled with crowds, but with cloud and fire.
Not for the faint of heart, but for the burning-hearted.
And this path is called: living a life walking in the fire.
Today, as we dive into this word, my prayer is simple but dangerous:
"Lord, make us burning ones. Brand our hearts with holy fire. And let us never be the same."
Are you ready?
🔥 Then let’s step into the fire together.
1. Walking in the Fire Means Walking in God’s Presence
1. Walking in the Fire Means Walking in God’s Presence
Key Scripture:
"For our God is a consuming fire." (Hebrews 12:29)
To walk in the fire means to walk in continual, burning fellowship with God.
The fire is not a thing; the fire is a Person — God Himself.
✨ Illustration:
✨ Illustration:
Moses stood before a bush ablaze but not consumed. It caught his attention, but it was God’s presence speaking from the fire that transformed Moses into a deliverer.
🛠 Application:
🛠 Application:
Today, God is calling you to turn aside like Moses — to live continually attentive to His presence.
Practice God's presence daily:
Pause throughout your day to talk to Him.
Let His Word saturate your heart.
Seek His voice above the noise.
Exodus 3:2 – "The Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush."
Psalm 16:11 – "In Your presence is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore."
Exodus 13:21 – "The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud and by night in a pillar of fire."
When you live in the fire, you are sustained, not destroyed. You are called and commissioned.
Illustration:
Moses didn't walk away from the burning bush the same way he walked in.
One encounter with the fire launched his destiny!
✅ Walking in the fire means every step you take is filled with His manifest presence.
2. Walking in the Fire Means Total Purification
2. Walking in the Fire Means Total Purification
Key Scripture:
"He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver..." (Malachi 3:3)
The fire is holy.
When you walk in the fire, you cannot cling to old habits, secret sins, or hidden idols.
The fire demands your purity.
It burns away the "dross" — the impurities of pride, bitterness, lust, fear.
It refines you until Christ is formed in you.
✨ Illustration:
✨ Illustration:
A silversmith said he knew the silver was purified only when he could see his own face reflected in it.
God will keep refining us until He sees the reflection of Jesus in our attitudes, speech, and lifestyle.
🛠 Application:
🛠 Application:
Ask the Holy Spirit daily:
"Lord, what part of my heart needs Your refining fire today?"
Be open when God convicts — surrender immediately!
✅ The more you yield, the more clearly Christ will shine through you.
1 Peter 1:7 – "The genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire."
Psalm 66:10 – "For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined."
Isaiah 6:6-7 – "Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal...your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged."
Illustration:
The silversmith keeps the silver in the flame until he can see his reflection.
God will keep refining us until the image of Jesus is clearly seen in our lives.
✅ Walking in the fire means allowing God to continually cleanse and refine you.
3. Walking in the Fire Means Walking in Power and Boldness
3. Walking in the Fire Means Walking in Power and Boldness
Key Scripture:
"He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." (Matthew 3:11)
When the fire comes, timidity goes.
When the fire comes, you cannot stay silent.
When the fire comes, miracles happen!
Peter, once a denier, stood before thousands and declared the Gospel boldly after Pentecost fire fell.
The timid become the trailblazers.
✨ Illustration:
✨ Illustration:
Before Pentecost, Peter was fearful and denied Christ. After the fire fell, he preached one sermon and 3,000 souls were saved!
The fire turned his fear into holy courage.
🛠 Application:
🛠 Application:
When you sense fear trying to silence you, pray:
"Holy Spirit, baptize me afresh with fire and boldness to declare Your Word!"
✅ Holy fire replaces fear with faith and weakness with boldness!
Acts 1:8 – "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me."
2 Timothy 1:7 – "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."
Micah 3:8 – "But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the LORD."
Illustration:
When the early church was baptized in the fire of the Spirit (Acts 2), they turned the world upside down.
✅ Walking in the fire means carrying boldness that only comes from the Spirit.
4. Walking in the Fire Means Enduring Trials Without Being Burned
4. Walking in the Fire Means Enduring Trials Without Being Burned
Key Scripture:
"When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you." (Isaiah 43:2)
Fire in life (trials, hardships) will come.
But when you are walking with the Lord in the fire, the flame has no power over you.
Instead of being destroyed by the fire, you are promoted through it.
God doesn't always remove the fire; sometimes He walks with you in it.
✨ Illustration:
✨ Illustration:
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into a literal furnace. Instead of perishing, they walked freely with Jesus in the fire — and not even the smell of smoke was on them!
🛠 Application:
🛠 Application:
When trials come:
Don’t panic; press in.
Look for the Fourth Man — Jesus is with you.
Declare Isaiah 43:2 over yourself:
"I will not be burned! This fire will only reveal Christ more clearly through me!"
✅ Your trial is your testimony. The fire that comes against you will only prove God’s faithfulness in you.
Daniel 3:24-25 – "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire...and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."
2 Corinthians 4:8-9 – "We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair."
1 Peter 4:12-13 – "Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you...but rejoice."
Illustration:
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace — but the Fourth Man (Jesus) appeared, and they came out without even the smell of smoke! (Daniel 3)
✅ Walking in the fire means trusting that God's presence protects you even in life’s fiercest trials.
5. Walking in the Fire Means Keeping the Fire Burning Daily
5. Walking in the Fire Means Keeping the Fire Burning Daily
Key Scripture:
"The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it shall not go out." (Leviticus 6:13)
A life of fire isn't built on yesterday’s encounter.
You must feed the flame daily:
In prayer
In worship
In the Word
In obedience
The fire will go out if neglected.
✨ Illustration:
✨ Illustration:
In the Tabernacle, the priests had to continually feed the fire on the altar — day and night — or it would go out.
It wasn’t automatic. It required constant attention.
🛠 Application:
🛠 Application:
Set a daily personal altar: Prayer, Word, Worship.
Guard against the "little foxes" (distractions, sin) that smother the flame.
Simple Prayer:
"Holy Spirit, help me to fan into flame what You started in me!"
✅ No fire stays burning by accident. Daily devotion keeps you blazing.
2 Timothy 1:6 – "Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you."
Romans 12:11 – "Not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord."
Psalm 39:3 – "My heart was hot within me; while I was musing, the fire burned."
Illustration:
The priests in the Old Testament had a duty — not a suggestion — to keep the fire on the altar burning day and night.
✅ Walking in the fire means daily disciplines that fan the flame in your spirit.
6. Walking in the Fire Means Becoming a Carrier of Revival
6. Walking in the Fire Means Becoming a Carrier of Revival
Key Scripture:
"And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them." (Acts 2:3)
The fire is not for entertainment, it’s for empowerment.
Walking in the fire means you ignite others:
You carry revival into your home.
You carry revival into your workplace.
You carry revival into your church and community.
✨ Illustration:
✨ Illustration:
During the Welsh Revival, Evan Roberts prayed, "Bend me, O Lord!"
That brokenness led to a fire that swept across Wales — tens of thousands saved in months.
One person burning brightly can ignite a nation!
🛠 Application:
🛠 Application:
Ask yourself:
Is my fire contagious?
Do people encounter Jesus when they encounter me?
Pray:
"Lord, make me a burning lamp that cannot be hidden!"
✅ You were born not to blend in but to blaze brightly for Christ!
Matthew 5:14-16 – "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden."
Jeremiah 20:9 – "His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not."
Isaiah 61:1 – "The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings."
Illustration:
John Wesley said, "I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn."
Revival starts with a personal fire!
✅ Walking in the fire means you are a torchbearer for Jesus everywhere you go.
7. Walking in the Fire Means Living for Eternal Things
7. Walking in the Fire Means Living for Eternal Things
Key Scripture:
"Each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire..." (1 Corinthians 3:13)
Everything we do will be tested by fire:
Was it for our glory or His?
Was it for temporary applause or eternal reward?
When you walk in the fire now, you live with your eyes on eternity.
✨ Illustration:
✨ Illustration:
Jim Elliot, martyred missionary, once said,
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."
When you walk in the fire, earthly success loses its grip.
You live for the applause of heaven, not the applause of man.
🛠 Application:
🛠 Application:
Evaluate your pursuits:
Am I investing in what will last forever?
Am I living with eternity in mind today?
Simple Prayer:
"Lord, burn away every distraction. Set my heart on things above!"
✅ A fire-filled life makes decisions based not on what's easy but on what's eternal.
Matthew 6:19-21 – "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth...but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven."
2 Corinthians 4:18 – "While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal."
Colossians 3:2 – "Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth."
Illustration:
A house built with wood and straw burns easily. A house built with gold and stone stands the test of fire. (1 Corinthians 3:12)
✅ Walking in the fire means living for what matters forever.
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🔥 CONCLUSION (Spirit-Filled and Enriched):
🔥 CONCLUSION (Spirit-Filled and Enriched):
Beloved, as we stand before the presence of a holy God today, the fire is not just a symbol — it is a summons.
A call to total surrender.
A call to radical intimacy.
A call to burn with a flame that the world cannot quench.
God is not looking for half-hearted sacrifices.
He is looking for living sacrifices, consumed by love and ablaze with holy passion.
The Bible says in Romans 12:1,
"Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service."
And sacrifices don’t negotiate with the fire.
They lay down and allow the flame to consume everything — the pride, the plans, the fears, the comforts, the control — until nothing remains but Christ in us, the hope of glory.
Today, the Lord is not asking you for part of your heart.
He is asking for all of it —
so that His fire might burn without restriction in your life, your family, your ministry, your destiny.
🔥 Walking in the fire will cost you comfort.
🔥 Walking in the fire will cost you popularity.
🔥 Walking in the fire may cost you everything —
but it will give you Jesus.
And He is worth it all.
Can you hear Him calling you?
Not to just an experience — but to a lifestyle.
Not to a one-time touch — but to a lifetime of walking ablaze.
🔥 Walking in the fire means that when others faint, you keep standing.
🔥 Walking in the fire means that when others fear, you move forward in faith.
🔥 Walking in the fire means that when others grow cold, you shine ever brighter.
O beloved, don’t settle for smoke when you were born for flame!
Don’t be content to watch the fire from afar when you were made to live inside of it.
Today is your day.
Today is the day to surrender fully and say:
"Lord, ignite me anew. Burn away the lesser loves. Consume me until all that remains is a vessel burning brightly for Your glory!"
🔥 CLOSING PRAYER (Altar Call):
🔥 CLOSING PRAYER (Altar Call):
(You can pray this strongly with passion as you invite people to the altar!)
"Father, we come before You today — not casually, but earnestly.
We present ourselves on the altar of surrender, asking for Your holy fire to fall.
Lord, consume every part of our lives. Burn away complacency, compromise, and carnality.
Purify our hearts, baptize our minds, and anoint our hands and feet to carry Your glory.
Holy Spirit, ignite a fire within us that cannot be quenched by circumstances, time, or trials.
Brand our hearts with Your love. Set us ablaze with a passion for Your presence, Your Word, and Your will.
Father, make us living flames in a world of darkness. Let us shine so brightly that others are drawn not to us, but to You.
We surrender all. We lay it down.
Set our lives on fire for Your glory.
In the mighty name of Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, we pray —
Amen and Amen! 🔥"
🔥 STRONG SPIRIT-FILLED ALTAR CALL:
🔥 STRONG SPIRIT-FILLED ALTAR CALL:
(For “Living a Life Walking in the Fire”)
(Say this with boldness, love, and deep prophetic urgency)
Beloved, today the fire of God is calling you.
Not to a casual Christianity.
Not to a halfway commitment.
But to a life utterly consumed by Him!
God is not looking for those who want to be warmed by the fire at a distance.
He is looking for those who are willing to become the fire —
those who will burn for Him without apology,
those who will live with holy passion,
those who will let the Spirit ignite them into a living flame!
This is your moment. This is your hour.
He is calling you to the altar —
to lay down your fears,
to lay down your excuses,
to lay down your comfort —
and step into the blazing center of His will.
🔥 Maybe the flame inside you has grown dim.
🔥 Maybe life has thrown water on your fire.
🔥 Maybe you’ve been stuck in the ashes of past seasons.
But today, the breath of God is blowing again!
Today, He says:
"Come to Me. Let Me breathe on your embers. Let Me set your heart ablaze once more!"
If you are hungry for more —
If you are desperate to live fully alive in Him —
If you are ready to burn for Jesus Christ and never turn back —
Then run to this altar right now!
Kneel before the Lord. Lift your hands.
Surrender everything.
Pray from your spirit:
"Father, set my heart on fire again! Consume me! Fill me! Purify me! Send me! I am Yours — all Yours!"
🔥 (PROPHETIC DECLARATION — for after people respond):
🔥 (PROPHETIC DECLARATION — for after people respond):
(Declare this over those at the altar!)
"I declare in the mighty name of Jesus Christ:
You are marked by the fire of the Holy Spirit!
You will not walk in fear — you will walk in boldness!
You will not grow cold — you will burn brighter!
You will not be silenced — you will be a voice of revival!
You will not faint — you will finish strong!
From this day forward, the fire of God will rest upon you, purify you, empower you, and send you into your destiny!
You are a burning one for Jesus Christ! 🔥
In Jesus' mighty name — Amen!"
🔥 Optional Song Suggestions for Altar Atmosphere:
🔥 Optional Song Suggestions for Altar Atmosphere:
“Refiner” – Maverick City Music
“Set a Fire” – Will Reagan
“Consuming Fire” – Tim Hughes
“Fresh Fire” – Charity Gayle
“Burning Ones” – Harvest Sound
(These songs help create a deeply yielded, fiery altar environment where people can encounter God afresh.)
