Stoke the Fire | When You Praise, You Will Raise

I want you think about this when you Stoke the fire of your faith with praise - there is going to wild fire of the soul. Let me challenge you today. Let it ignite this morning!

2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NLT)

You should know this, Timothy, that in the last days there will be very difficult times. For people will love only themselves and their money. They will be boastful and proud, scoffing at God, disobedient to their parents, and ungrateful. They will consider nothing sacred. They will be unloving and unforgiving; they will slander others and have no self-control. They will be cruel and hate what is good. They will betray their friends, be reckless, be puffed up with pride, and love pleasure rather than God. They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

Men will be … Lovers of Themselves

Men will be … Lovers of Money

Men will be … Boastful and Proud

John 3:19 (NKJV)

“And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”

How to Stoke the Fire?

Persistence in the Word and in Prayer

2 Timothy 3:10–17 (NLT)

But you, Timothy, certainly know what I teach, and how I live, and what my purpose in life is. You know my faith, my patience, my love, and my endurance. You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—but the Lord rescued me from all of it. Yes, and everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. But evil people and impostors will flourish. They will deceive others and will themselves be deceived.

But you must remain faithful to the things you have been taught. You know they are true, for you know you can trust those who taught you. You have been taught the holy Scriptures from childhood, and they have given you the wisdom to receive the salvation that comes by trusting in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.

Matthew 3:11 (ESV)

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

The Holy Spirit is like a FIRE!

Presence

Passion

Purity

PRESENCE OF GOD:

Romans 8:9 (ESV)

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

PASSION OF GOD:

Luke 24:32 (ESV)

They said to each other, “Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked to us on the road, while He opened to us the Scriptures?”

PURITY OF GOD: -

Titus 2:14 (ESV)

who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

Let your praise raise the height of your fire!

Isaiah 4:12-13 (TPT)

“Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am the One and Only, the First and the Last. 13. With my might hand I laid the foundation of the earth; with the span of my right hand, I spread out the cosmos. And when I speak to them, they both stand at attention.”

Stoke the Fire | When You Praise, You Will Raise