Waiting for Fire...

Have you been waiting for a baptism of the Fire of the Holy Ghost in your town? Here is an encouraging excerpt from Leonard Ravenhill's book, "Sodom Had No Bible", that I found to very true in my own life...

War always brings disruption...In the holy war against te devil and his works, can we be choosey in our obedience? Can we pray when we like? Can we seek the fullness of the Spirit when we are so disposed? NO! If we are aware that now is the time for God to do a new thing, then precedents will be shattered. This brings us to another hurdle...

The Price of Waiting...

We need this waiting to get it clear in our minds that Holy Ghost visitation

would not have to fit into our preconceived theological orbit.

 

We need the waiting:

 

*for humiliation and for time for a confession of our

too-long-a-time satisfaction with our own works

 

*to get our spiritual eyes refocused on the holiness of God and the lostness of men

 

*to linger until we have a broken and contrite spirit

 

*to prove we can master the claims of this materialistic age in which we live

 

*to hear again the living voice of the living God

 

*to show our utter disregard for our own efforts and our complete dependence

upon the living God for deliverance in this sin-dominated age

 

*to convince our skeptical friends that we love the will of God,

that we long for the favor of God,

and that we seek the power of  God with more zeal than we can put

into our business lives and with greater hunger than we have for food

 

*for a sorrowful confession of sin and pleading of cleansing thru the

blood of Christ.

In the divine presence, vows would be made to right wrongs and to

remain submissive to God's revealed will.

 

I believe then the Spirit would fall.

 

~Leonard Ravenhill