The Church on fire with the Holy Ghost

I'm going to be reading today out of the book of Matthew 3 and verse 11,

and then also in the book of Acts chapter 1. Amen.

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We are excited for what God is doing in our church.

We're looking forward to everything that God is preparing for us.

And if we can continue to open our hearts and our minds

to what God is doing in our church,

I believe that the best is yet to come

because God has more in store for us.

Amen, somebody.

I said God has more in store for us.

Amen.

This past week, you may have received a letter from me.

If you have not an opportunity to read it,

I encourage you to please read it in there.

We lay out the vision for this coming year and the theme

along with a lot of other pertinent information.

But right now we're going to be reading out of this verse.

This month is all going to be about the vision that God has for this church.

The Word of God reads as follows.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance,

but he that cometh after me is mightier than I,

whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.

He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and fire.

Acts chapter one and verse eight reads this way,

but ye shall receive power.

Someone say power.

After that, the Holy Ghost is come upon you.

Ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem and in all Judea

and in Samaria and unto the uttermost heart of the earth.

Amen.

The vision for 2025, the theme is revival.

Someone say revival.

The church on fire.

Why don't we clap our hands unto the Lord right now.

Amen.

The church on fire.

And today I'm going to preach on this thought,

the church on fire with the Holy Ghost.

Let us pray.

Father, we love you today.

We thank you God for your presence that is in this house.

We did not come to have just an ordinary service,

to just have an ordinary time, God,

but we have come with an expectation to see your glory.

We want something extraordinary.

We want you to breathe on us today.

We want you God to illuminate our hearts and our minds.

We want you God to unite us, Father,

and most importantly to set ablaze the people of God today,

God, with the vision, with the power, God,

with the purpose and the mission that you have for your church,

God.

I pray, Father, that more than a sermon would be delivered,

but your Holy Word, your vision, God,

implanted in all of our hearts, God,

so that we can run with passion and purpose, God.

I pray, Father, for a fresh anointing,

Yalavamayah Shandalah,

for a fresh anointing, God,

to fall on your people today, God,

to fall on City Light Church,

to fall on Mountain View, God.

I pray in the name of Jesus, Lord,

have your way, God,

in our midst today, Lord.

Hallelujah.

Oh, thank you, Jesus.

Come on, why don't somebody just begin to worship the Lord

for a few more moments.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

Thank you, God, for what you're going to do.

In the name of Jesus, we pray.

Somebody say amen.

Amen.

You can be seated in God's presence.

Every year, thousands of people from around the globe

flock to the Nevada desert

for something called the Burning Man Festival.

And these people call themselves burners.

And they come together for one purpose,

to witness a massive wooden statue set ablaze

in the middle of the desert,

a spectacle that is supposed to symbolize their creativity,

their community, and their passion.

Now, this is a godless gathering,

but when I heard about this some time ago,

it really struck me,

thinking about how all of these people

from all walks of life,

from every corner of the globe,

come together for a special time in the desert

to watch something burn in their midst.

They travel thousands of miles spending time, money,

energy, and effort, taking time off of work,

leaving home, doing all that is necessary

to gather themselves in the middle of the desert

just to view this burning spectacle.

And there's much debauchery that takes place during that week

and all kinds of promiscuous behavior and drinking.

It's just really one big sin party, if you ask me.

But the fact that people would be willing

to devote themselves to this thing and gather for this,

it just, to me, it strikes a chord.

It strikes a chord in me

because there is a bit of holy, righteous jealousy

that rises up in my spirit.

Because I begin to think about how,

if all of these people from different walks of life

are willing to come together for this sacrilegious,

this irreligious or secular purpose

to watch this burning spectacle,

it makes me think about the potential

that a people could have

that are united by a greater purpose.

And it begs the question today,

if a man-made fire can draw a crowd of people

and spread debauchery and godless ideas,

I wonder what could happen if a believer or the church

could come together and catch fire with the Holy Ghost.

Amen.

I wonder what could happen if a group of sanctified people

with a holy purpose and a god purpose,

unlike those that gather in the desert

with all the investment that they make of their time

and their energy for no purpose at all,

really could do that.

How much more could happen

if the people of God would allow what happened in the Bible

to happen to us?

Acts chapter 2 tells us that when the early church caught fire,

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that people from every nation were there.

They were there for the celebration of the Pentecost.

And they were all there to witness

this phenomenal event that took place.

And they were all there unsuspecting even though,

but they found themselves sitting front row

at something that would forever shake

the foundation of the world.

What they came to find out that day

was that prophecy had been fulfilled,

that on that special day, on the day of Pentecost,

fire from on high fell and engulfed spiritually

a group of seeking disciples praying in the upper room.

And that fire did not just burn for a moment.

It was not a campfire.

It was not a spectacle like the one that occurs there

in the Nevada desert that burns for a while

and then is extinguished at some point.

But the fire that fell on that day 2,000 years ago

at Pentecost, my dear friend, this afternoon,

church, if you would preach with me here this afternoon,

that same fire is still burning in the year 2025.

Somebody clap your hands if you believe

what I am preaching here today.

The Bible records this in Acts chapter two and verse one.

When the day, and 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 mighty or a rushing mighty wind.

And it filled the house where they were sitting.

And there appeared unto them cloven tongues as of fire.

Someone say fire.

And it sat upon each of them

and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost.

And they began to speak with of their tongues

as the Spirit gave them the utterance.

And as we reflect upon this momentous occasion,

the birth date of the church,

as we think about in this moment how significant it was

that the gathering of these people were there

and the Spirit descended like fire.

And how these group of 120 people

would launch out from that upper room

and literally and spiritually turn their world upside down

for Jesus Christ.

As we think about how a group of mostly uneducated

and untrained people without any pedigree or background

would allow the Spirit of God to consume them so much so

that they would go to the uttermost parts of the earth,

spreading revival fire

and preaching about the name of Jesus Christ.

As we think about how powerful it must have been

for a group like that to go forth

and preach boldly the kingdom of God in that generation.

And how that same God is looking across the landscape

of the religious and the church world today.

And I dare say he's looking at City Light Church today

and he, that same God wants to know

if he can fire baptize somebody once again

with that same Holy Ghost.

My God, I feel like preaching here this afternoon.

That same fire from on high.

I wonder if there's somebody here today

that would let that fire burn in your spirit,

burn in your heart, burn in your soul.

Somebody ought to magnify the name of Jesus this afternoon.

God is looking for apostolic burners,

men and women of every age and background

who are willing to catch fire.

You see, God doesn't care what your name is.

God doesn't care what street you grew up on.

God doesn't care what school or what college you attended.

God doesn't care how much money you have

in your bank account.

God doesn't care who you know in this world.

God doesn't care what kind of car you drive

and what kind of name brands are on your clothes.

God doesn't care about any of that.

God doesn't care about how socially connected you are.

God doesn't care about how politically connected you are.

All that God cares about is are you humbled

and willing enough to allow his spirit to baptize you?

Because let me tell you,

as sure as I am standing behind this pulpit today,

that God can raise up anybody.

I wish I had a witness in the house of God.

I said that God can raise up anybody

and fill them with the Holy Ghost fire

and use them to turn this world upside down.

I did not come today to tickle your ear, church.

I might offend you at least once or twice

before this service is over,

but trust me, it's the Holy Ghost, it's not me.

I didn't come here to warm you up.

I didn't come here to make you feel good

to tickle your funny bone.

I didn't come here to entertain you

and to give you some kind of religious performance.

I came here as the man of God.

And if you believe it like you're supposed to,

you're man of God to tell you

that what God wants to do in this hour

is bigger than yourself.

What God wants to do in this hour

is bigger than your emotions,

is bigger than who you are.

What God wants to do in this hour

is something so mind blowing and so powerful.

He wants to turn this city of Mountain View upside down.

He wants to turn your world and your family

and your community and your home

and your relationships and your friends

and your coworker and your business upside down.

But he's looking for some burners.

He's looking for some burners.

I wonder, can God burn you today?

You say, oh, we get so excited about the burn.

Well, the burning also hurts sometimes.

If you don't believe me,

just go touch the fireplace next time.

I'll tell you that, it's hot, it burns.

It burns, it sure does.

And you need to ask yourself,

you need to come into a place,

we're starting a new year, amen.

Praise God for that.

But it's just gonna be another day on the calendar

if we don't ask ourselves these important questions

like God, what is it that you wanna do with my life?

You need to ask yourself

why you're a member of City Light Church.

To my recollection, no one forced you to be here.

So why are you here?

What is your purpose?

Why did God place you in City Light Church?

For what purpose?

Is it just to come to church?

Is it just to sing a song?

Is it just to clap your hands?

Or did God put you in City Light Church?

Someone say City Light Church.

Did God put you in City Light Church

so that you can help City Light Church

reach the world and our community?

Did God put you in this place

so that you can reach people?

And if that's what you wanna do,

then you're in the right church with the right God.

If you're a member of this church,

don't just be another member of the church.

Be a burner.

Be somebody that God,

I feel something in the Holy Ghost today.

Be somebody that God can consume with Holy Ghost fire.

Holy Ghost fire.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Ask yourself, how am I gonna help my church grow this year?

How am I, what fire am I going to spread in my life?

How many souls am I gonna bring to Christ this year?

How many, who am I gonna talk to about Jesus this year?

Oh, hallelujah.

The Holy Ghost wants to break out

and he's looking for somebody today.

He's looking for you.

Can I tell you something?

Everyone needs Holy Ghost revival.

I said, everyone needs it.

We all need Holy Ghost revival.

We need it.

The church needs Holy Ghost revival.

Mountain View needs Holy Ghost revival.

The Bay Area, our families, this nation

needs Holy Ghost revival.

Our friends need Holy Ghost revival.

Our neighbors need, we all need a Holy Ghost revival.

And I wonder if you would hear me today.

Please don't just listen to the sermon.

Don't just watch me preach today.

You need to hear what the say of the Lord.

You need to hear what God is saying.

God said, I want to burn.

I wanna send my fire.

Oh, hallelujah.

Can somebody just help me worship the Lord today?

Oh, hallelujah, hallelujah.

Does anybody want more of that fire?

Does anybody want more of that fire, the burden you're lying?

Come on, why don't you lift your voice?

Why don't you lift your voice and worship?

Hallelujah.

Oh, hallelujah.

I want you to mark your calendar's church.

We're having two Holy Ghost revivals

right here in this church.

February 21st to the 22nd

and November 14th through the 16th.

I want you to mark these days down.

I've already been, I communicated it in the letter.

You're gonna keep hearing about it.

We've got one coming right up in February.

A three day Holy Ghost revival.

I have been praying for years.

I have been asking God for a long time

for him to touch the hearts of our landlords

so that they might permit us

to have an extended event here on the weekend.

And finally, I wanna report and thank God

that God has touched their hearts

and he has opened the doors for us

to have a weekend revival right here.

Come on, somebody ought to thank the Lord for that.

Thank you, Jesus, hallelujah.

And many of you have been praying

for the same type of thing.

And we're gonna have one here

and it's gonna be three days.

And we're gonna be in the Holy Ghost.

We're gonna be praying, we're gonna be fasting.

And we're gonna have a revival that's come

and we're gonna get into the presence of God.

And I'm gonna want you to invite somebody.

Bring your neighbor, bring your long lost friend.

Can I tell you something?

God is moving among the prodigals.

God is moving among our loss and our unsafe family members.

This day I have to testify for what the Lord is doing

because this day, hundreds of miles away

in the city of Phoenix, a first cousin of mine

who was dedicated to the Lord in an apostolic church

and was brought up in the apostolic ways,

chose at an early age not to serve the Lord

and went his own way.

But for over 30 years, my family and I,

my cousins and everybody who was brought up the same way

had been praying for my cousin

that one day he would give his life to Jesus.

I'm talking over 30 years, praying and believing.

I gotta admit to you, there were times

where I wondered if he would ever get it through his mind

and he would ever.

But I've come to report to you today

that my wife and I, some of my family here today,

we were watching in live stream

at Phoenix First Apostolic Church

as my cousin Abraham Acosta was baptized in the name of.

Jesus Christ for the remission of his sin.

I've come to tell you today church,

God is stirring up an anti-revival

and he's looking at you and me and saying,

who's gonna burn for me?

Come on somebody give God a praise.

How many of you got family members that need to be saved?

I said, how many of you got family members

that need to be saved?

This is their year to get saved.

How many of you believe that this year God can save

one of your family members and baptize them in Jesus name?

Yes!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

Yeah!

It starts with our families.

It starts with our children.

It starts with our home.

It starts with our siblings.

It starts with those who may even have been baptized

but have gone astray.

God's bringing them back.

And he can bring them back anywhere.

Would I like for them to bring them back

to City Light Church?

Of course, because I wanna fill up this trip.

But even if they get baptized in another church,

hey, we can rejoice even if it happens somewhere else.

We can rejoice.

I don't care if it happens in a river in Amazon.

If they get baptized in Jesus name,

I'm gonna rejoice for that.

But we're a part of it.

We're a part of it.

So Holy Ghost revival.

And yeah, there's only two,

but maybe God will give us another one.

Praise be to God.

And this is what God is doing.

Church, let's catch and spread this revival of fire.

And there are just a couple of things.

I've got a few points, okay.

And I'll try to get through these quickly

because I got too excited and I'm running out of time.

But listen, the first thing I wanna show you,

a parallel between natural fire and spiritual fire,

is that the fire, number one, the fire wants to fall.

Someone say it wants to fall.

The fire wants to fall.

You know what God wants to do it?

You know, you never have to pray, say, God,

do you wanna bring, God wants to bring revival.

It's his will, amen.

There is a phenomenon in nature

where embers from one fire can take flight in the sky

and they can travel many miles, great distances,

until finally they fall like rain from the sky

on new ground, igniting new fires.

In fact, I know this is usually spoken about

in a negative way, right?

Especially in California,

where wildfires begin to break out.

And in one place a fire is burning

and they get concerned about another place

because those embers get caught up in the sky

and then they get carried into the sky in the winds

and they can cause a fire somewhere else.

But when those embers come down, they're like raindrops.

They begin to rain down and a new fire.

Well, the Lord showed me something in the spirit

that these falling embers give us a picture

of what happens when the Holy Ghost begins to fall.

And we see this in different times

throughout the Word of God.

Scripture gives us four shadows of this,

such as the fire that fell from heaven on Mount Carmel

when Elijah faced off with all of the prophets of Baal.

Fire fell from heaven.

We see another fire falling

at the dedication of the tabernacle

where Aaron and the Levites sanctified the tabernacle

and fire fell down.

We also see a pillar fire forming in the sky

when the people of Israel were wandering through the desert.

We see picture after picture of God

wanting to send his fire from on high.

And that same God that did it then wants to do it again.

When God wants to dwell in and move among his people,

he pours out the fire of power.

It's happening again.

Someone say it's happening.

I dare you to tell somebody right there next to you,

say it's happening.

It's happening again.

Hallelujah.

The prophet Joel said,

and this shall come to pass afterward,

that I will pour out of my spirit on all flesh.

God has a desire to pour out his spirit upon all flesh.

Doesn't matter who they are.

Doesn't matter the color of their skin.

Doesn't matter their background or their dial.

God wants to pour it out.

He wants to pour it out on the Methodists

and the Catholic and the Episcopalian.

He wants to pour it out on the religion.

He wants to pour it out on the atheist.

He wants to pour it out on,

I wish I had a witness.

I wish somebody would get fired up today.

He wants to pour it out on the Muslim,

on the Islam, on the Buddhists, on the Hindu.

Is there somebody there that believed

that God wants to pour it out on every man?

Come on, come on.

Somebody worship him.

Somebody magnify Jesus.

Come on, if you got the Holy Ghost,

just let the Spirit of God burn.

I need you to get a revelation

that the fire wants to fall.

Yes, it does.

Halabama, come.

We are on the cusp of seeing a great outpour.

We are on the cusp of seeing something marvelous.

And the only question is,

will you let the power fall on your life,

in your heart, in your home?

Will you let that fire burn?

I want it to burn.

Clap your hands if you want that fire to burn in your life.

I want it, God, I want the fire to burn.

Amen!

The next parallel we see is that fire

always follows the wind.

Fire follows the wind.

Someone say the wind.

Come on, help me say it.

Say the wind.

It follows the wind.

In a wildfire, the wind plays a critical role

in spreading the fire,

because what the wind does,

it begins to fan those flames.

It begins to provide those flames the oxygen

and the direction that it needs to continue burning.

It starts to drive that fire across the landscape

to the point where it's no longer the fire that's in control.

It's the wind that is driving the fire.

Oh my God.

It's the wind that is directing traffic and telling fire,

no, he whistled, no, you go over there.

And the fire begins to follow that way.

And the wind begins to blow to the north or to the south.

And the fire is submitted to the wind.

Oh my God.

And I begin to see a parallel in the spirit.

Likewise, the fire follows the wind.

Hallelujah.

Oh, the wind signifies the presence of God.

And the fire signifies the power of God.

Why?

Because you cannot see the spirit of God,

just like you cannot see wind in its natural form.

All you see are how the trees blow,

but you can't with your naked eye see the wind.

It is invisible much like the spirit or the presence of God.

But fire, someone say fire.

Fire is different than wind.

Why?

Because you can see the fire.

I wanna show you a powerful spiritual principle here today.

We have to make up our mind

if we want just to be a church of all wind,

or do we wanna have the wind and the fire?

Because I'm here to tell you today,

there is a big difference.

The Bible says in the upper room,

on the day of Pentecost,

that there was a rushing mighty wind.

Amen?

And it began to sweep through as they were praying

and as they were seeking God and worship

and in their prayers.

But it wasn't just that the wind began to blow,

and that would have been nice.

Ooh, you felt that?

Maybe the hairs on the back of their head,

you ever feel like a draft come through

and the hair that tickles you like, ooh, that felt nice.

It felt good, especially on a hot day.

And that would have been nice.

Even if the story had ended there, sister,

and all it did was blow the wind.

God just blew on them.

And that would have been nice.

They all would have felt goosebumps.

Like, man, wasn't that a powerful service?

God moved, yes he did.

Everybody felt something,

but God doesn't just wanna move in our midst.

Brother, he wants to manifest in our midst.

And so what begins to happen,

as the wind begins to blow,

what happens after the wind comes the fire.

All of a sudden they begin to speak with them.

They're, shalom.

And then the fire sat upon each and every one of them.

Oh, hallelujah.

God began to manifest in their midst.

I've come to tell you here today, church,

as God is my witness,

feel the beat and the pulse of your pastor today.

I do not wanna be just a believer or a church of all wind.

I don't wanna just come Sunday after Sunday,

city group after city group,

meeting after meeting,

and all we're talking about was the wind.

I don't just want God to blow on us.

I want the fire to manifest in our midst.

The fire is the manifestation of the Holy Ghost.

I wish I had somebody

that is gonna preach with me here today.

I'm not just talking about what you feel.

Ooh, that was not.

I'm talking about the blinded eyes being open.

I'm talking about people getting up.

I'm talking about miracles, signs, and wonder.

I'm talking about people being baptized with the Holy Ghost

and the evidence of speaking with other tongues.

If you want the fire to fall,

if you want the power of God to manifest,

I dare you right now just to praise him for a few moments

and say, God, manifest your power in our midst, God.

Some believers, they're all wind and no fire.

They make a lot of noise,

but they don't have no manifestation.

Amen.

Manifestation is fruit.

Manifestation is souls being saved.

Manifestation is people being discipled.

Manifestation are eyes being opened

both spiritually and physically.

Manifestation is the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

We can't go from service to service

and people aren't getting filled with the Holy Ghost

speaking with other tongues.

If there's somebody here today,

if you haven't spoken in tongues for a long time

or ever at all, God wants to fill you with his spirit today

so that you can speak with a new tongue.

Oh, don't leave this service.

And some of you have been visiting,

some of you have been getting close.

You gotta get close to the fire.

You gotta get right there.

Can God touch you in the pew?

Absolutely, yes, he can.

But sometimes God needs us to step out of our comfort zone,

put us ourselves in a place where we can be prayed for,

where we can feel the fire and we can feel the faith.

And we feel something begin to rise up within us.

And then God will take a hold of your lips

with stammering lips.

You begin to glorify God,

joy unspeakable and full of glory.

That's what the Holy Ghost begins to do.

Oh, I don't just wanna be a church of all wind and no fire.

A lot of churches are all wind and no fire,

all wind and no fire.

You know why God shows up because we praise him.

The Bible says he inhabits the praises of his people.

So almost any church, if they have enough praise

and they attract the president,

you get some wind blowing in there.

But my question is, where's the fire?

Where's the fire?

Where are the miracles?

Paul said, I did not come to you with the persuasive words

of men's wisdom, but with the demonstration

of the spirit and power.

So we need miracles to break out,

not only here in this service,

not only here when we gather on Sundays,

but all throughout the week,

wherever the Lord places you,

you wake up every morning, whoo, hallelujah.

I'm just about done brother.

But you wake up every morning and you say,

Lord, not my will, but thy be done.

Hey, thy will be done.

You know what that's really praying?

That's saying, what that's really saying to God is,

blow wherever you, send the fire

wherever you want it to go, God.

Send the fire wherever you want it to go.

And wherever the wind is blowing,

I'm gonna follow the wind because where the wind is blowing,

there's gonna be fire.

And I want fire to be there.

God might speak to you, say, you know what?

Go talk to that person.

Why?

I've never talked to them before.

I don't even know if they're open to them.

You know what?

Just start something up with them.

Begin to ask them questions, get to know them.

Buy them a cup of coffee.

Just treat them a little bit.

And then just start to build, ooh, hallelujah.

Build a little fire there and see what I will do

in your life.

If we want the fire to spread,

then we gotta get our hands out of our pocket

and just waiting for God to do something.

No, God wants to use you and he wants to use me.

But instead of just, we got too many people

just watching God move.

I don't just wanna watch him move.

I wanna be in the middle of the move.

I wanna be right there where the fire is burning.

I want your city groups.

We've got seven that we're gonna launch

in just a couple of weeks.

Stay here for the remainder of the series.

By the end of the series,

we're gonna pray for all of our city group leaders.

We got seven city groups, home-based groups

for prayer, Bible study, and fellowship.

Praise be to God.

And you know what I want?

You know what I believe God wants to do?

God wants to take the fire that is in here.

Woo, hallelujah.

And he wants to take that fire into your home.

Woo, Jesus.

And he wants that fire to burn

so that people watch it.

Let me ask you, can God fill a soul

with the Holy Ghost in your house?

Yes.

I'm gonna ask you that again.

Can God fill a soul with the Holy Ghost in your house?

Yes.

I remember there were, I'm almost,

I remember there were times growing up,

my dad's a witness because he would host

prayer meetings in our house.

Prayer meetings.

So many prayer meetings, I got sick of them.

How much prayer do we need?

It's Friday night, man, TGIF.

We're having prayer meetings again.

Prayer meetings, prayer meetings, prayer meetings.

And I would just stand there and I would sit,

I would kneel and I would look at other people

and I didn't know what was going on.

Why is everybody crying?

I was a kid and I would see people

just begin to see God in prayer in their home.

And it would just be praying and praying.

And I remember that people would get

the Holy Ghost in our house.

Isn't that right, Bishop?

They would get the Holy Ghost.

Ha-da-da-da-da, I'm talking, speaking to neighbors

about what in the world is going on

in the Rodriguez household.

Ha-da-da-da, just receiving the Holy Ghost in our home.

And we had many meetings like that.

See, I was born in that.

I experienced that.

And I think we've got to a place in our life,

I don't know, I'm not gonna get into all the, you know,

psychological reasons as to why we're not, or spiritual.

All I'm saying is, let's put all of that to one side

and say, if God can do it, then?

If God can do it for that brother,

if God can do it for that sister,

then God can do it for me.

Oh, ha-da-ba-ba-ya-shah.

Because this is what I know.

The fire, my last point, is never satisfied.

The fire is never satisfied.

Proverbs 30, 16 says, the fire never says enough.

Whew, that's a powerful verse.

The fire never gets to a point where it says,

you know, that's enough revival for now.

You guys have done good enough.

Say to the light church, pat yourselves on the back,

pat yourselves on the back, man.

You've been here 11 years, you've made it,

you know, that's enough fire.

No, the Holy Ghost never says enough.

Because the fire wants to continue splitting.

Fire has an insatiable nature.

It's always consuming and it's never satisfied.

In fact, the more it consumes, the more it wants to consume.

Whew, that's why when a church catches fire,

when a family catches fire, when a married couple catches fire,

when a single adult catches fire,

when a young person, a young man or lady catches fire,

there ain't nothing that the devil can do about it.

There ain't no devil in hell.

Whew, shine the, there ain't no witch,

there ain't no warlock, there ain't no spell.

Nothing can come again when a believer catches fire

because that fire continues to burn.

Oh, hallelujah.

The devil is not trying, you think the devil,

the devil's not trying to make you a drug addict,

the devil's not trying to make you this

or that all he wants you to do is to let your fire go out.

Because if your fire goes out,

then that will lead to all sorts of other things.

But we've got to let that fire burn.

When describing the Lord, no wonder the Bible says,

for our God, watch this,

for our God is a consuming fire.

Somebody stand up on your feet today

and let's give God a praise.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

I feel it right now, somebody, I feel it in the Holy.

Come on right there where you're at.

I just want somebody to begin to pray in the spirit.

Something is happening right now.

Halleluiah.

Oh, hallelujah.

Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.

We need the fire to break out.

When the Holy Ghost fire begins to burn,

it never says enough.

Oh, I hear the Holy Ghost saying,

you have two revivals marked on your calendar this year,

but I got news for you.

I got more than just what's gonna happen on those.

Don't limit God to just two weekends throughout the year.

God said, I want to burn in your church, in your life.

In your life, if you let the fire burn,

it never says enough, it wants more.

You know what happens when you win one soul?

You wanna win another one.

Whoo, my God.

You know what happens when you see one person healed?

You wanna see someone else get healed.

You know what happens when you pray someone through

and they get the Holy Ghost?

It's contagious.

You wanna see somebody else get prayed through

into the Holy Ghost.

What happens is, I want the fire begins to burn,

brother Ben, once that fire gets on you

and it starts moving through you,

you don't want it to stop.

He said, Lord, let this fire burn.

Let it burn.

Let it go where it wants to go.

I want more of you, God.

I want more of your power.

I want more of your glory.

I want more of your, oh God, I want more miracles.

I wanna see it.

Is there somebody that wants to see this place filled up?

Yeah.

If we want this place to fill up this year,

which I believe God's going to do it,

somebody needs to let the fire move you to win,

to soul win.

Brother Ysaac, God's gonna save your friend, Kong.

You've been giving him Bible studies

and you've been consistent with that.

I congratulate you for being consistent

in those Bible studies.

And I'm telling you right now,

I prophesied that Kong's gonna get baptized in Jesus' name.

He's gonna get baptized in Jesus' name.

And then when he gets baptized in Jesus' name,

you know what's gonna happen, right?

He's gonna tell his mom.

And then his mom's gonna get baptized in Jesus' name.

And then his mom's gonna find out,

you know how the story goes, right?

And then the fire keeps burning.

And then it jumps from one family to another family.

And then years from now,

Ysaac used to be like, I only witnessed to one person.

You're gonna meet people 20, 30 years from now

if the Lord should tear it.

Let's say because you witnessed to my mom or my uncle,

he spread the gospel and then the fire burned over here

and then it got over here and it'll just blow your mind.

God's gonna give it to you in Jesus' name.

God's gonna give it to you.

Some of you out there, I don't know all their names,

but I've seen you begin to talk.

I've seen your friends, the people you brought to church,

the folks that you're connecting with.

And so maybe I have it,

but I know that God has placed people around you.

And I believe today we're gonna create an atmosphere

at this altar.

We're gonna create some holy fire.

We're gonna create an atmosphere, an atmosphere of faith.

Because what we want is like

what happened on the day of Pentecost.

The people of God, they began to,

they were waiting on God.

And then the Lord shed that fire

and something got a hold of them.

Right there where you're at,

I just wanna declare this over you,

over your family, a great revival.

I speak it over your sibling right now, over your brother.

I speak it over your sister.

I speak it over your mom.

I speak it over your dad.

I speak it over, if you've got living grandparents,

I speak it over them right now in the name of Jesus.

Let me prophesy for a moment.

Hallelujah.

Okay, brother, give me a little more right here

on the monitor.

I speak it over you right now.

I speak it over you.

La la la la la la la la la la la la.

I speak it over your unsaved,

your grandmother, your grandfather.

If they're living right now, I speak it over them.

I speak it over your siblings.

Whether they live here,

whether they live in another country,

I speak it over them right now.

We've got apostolic churches all over the world, brother.

They don't need to get saved in this church.

But if we can start spreading some fire,

whether they get baptized in Mexico,

they get baptized in the Caribbean,

and no matter where they are,

we're spreading that fire in the name of Jesus.

You can get on Zoom, brother.

You can get on Zoom.

You can get on FaceTime

and watch your whole family get converted

in the name of Jesus.