"The Son, radiant Image of the Father's glory, proclaimed that He had come to cast a fire upon the earth and that He longed for it to burst into blaze. It was in the form of fiery tongues that the Holy Spirit of Pentecost descended upon a timorous group of men and women. Their minds and hearts having been enkindled with a burning love and ardent zeal, those who received the Spirit sparked the astonishing transformation of an unbelieving and corrupt civilization into a community of faith and love.
In our day the divine fire has not been extinguished. The consuming conflagration has not been contained.the proven incapacity of committees and clubs, speeches and surveys, electronics and entertainment profoundly and and permanently to change vast numbers of people for the better has to be conceded. As the experience of the centuries attests, true transformations in the world and in the Church continue to come only about through the intervention of men and women on fire- that is, through saints.
The evidence is overwhelming. It is alo widely ignored, for it contains an otherworldly wisdom that this world does not welcome. indeed at this very moment, deep and lasting changes in the Church are being brought about by a faithful few who are burning interiorly as a consequence of the deep prayer given by the Holy Spirit, who renews the face of the earth in ways other than our own. These quiet, humble, unassuming individuals seldom write position papers, and are not likely to appear on controversial television talk shows or to attract frontage headlines. They are not identified with an "ism" and they care nothing for a life of luxury or notoriety...they are like the saints that have always been...the burning ones are the unflickering light of the world, the savory salt of the earth, the lively leaven in the mass."
- Thomas Dubay, FIRE WITHIN
“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!"
Luke 12:49
There is a fire that is burning in the hearts of those who hunger and thirst after the "All Consuming Fire", and this fire is being released across the earth, in the hearts of saints everywhere. There is a breakthrough coming as everyday people who are tired of "same old same old" are diving deeper, acknowleding the call to prayer and the desire to imitate Jesus, their dried out souls are perfect kindling for the Holy Spirit to ignite the fire within them, to set ablaze their inner man. A generation tired of tv shows, movies, and all manner of entertainment, who are beholding Jesus in all His magnificence are burning, hungering, and thirsting for the only One who will ever satisfy us.
Today beloved, if you are wondering what has been missing, if you are hungering and thirsting, shut down those distractions, get away into your prayer closet, confess your dryness and emptiness, ask for His Spirit to be poured out without measure and get ready to receive it.
In our day the divine fire has not been extinguished. The consuming conflagration has not been contained.the proven incapacity of committees and clubs, speeches and surveys, electronics and entertainment profoundly and and permanently to change vast numbers of people for the better has to be conceded. As the experience of the centuries attests, true transformations in the world and in the Church continue to come only about through the intervention of men and women on fire- that is, through saints.
The evidence is overwhelming. It is alo widely ignored, for it contains an otherworldly wisdom that this world does not welcome. indeed at this very moment, deep and lasting changes in the Church are being brought about by a faithful few who are burning interiorly as a consequence of the deep prayer given by the Holy Spirit, who renews the face of the earth in ways other than our own. These quiet, humble, unassuming individuals seldom write position papers, and are not likely to appear on controversial television talk shows or to attract frontage headlines. They are not identified with an "ism" and they care nothing for a life of luxury or notoriety...they are like the saints that have always been...the burning ones are the unflickering light of the world, the savory salt of the earth, the lively leaven in the mass."
- Thomas Dubay, FIRE WITHIN
“I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!"
Luke 12:49
There is a fire that is burning in the hearts of those who hunger and thirst after the "All Consuming Fire", and this fire is being released across the earth, in the hearts of saints everywhere. There is a breakthrough coming as everyday people who are tired of "same old same old" are diving deeper, acknowleding the call to prayer and the desire to imitate Jesus, their dried out souls are perfect kindling for the Holy Spirit to ignite the fire within them, to set ablaze their inner man. A generation tired of tv shows, movies, and all manner of entertainment, who are beholding Jesus in all His magnificence are burning, hungering, and thirsting for the only One who will ever satisfy us.
Today beloved, if you are wondering what has been missing, if you are hungering and thirsting, shut down those distractions, get away into your prayer closet, confess your dryness and emptiness, ask for His Spirit to be poured out without measure and get ready to receive it.
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