WHY DO WE FEAR THE FIRE OF GOD? - A Prophetic Word

By the Holy Spirit through Mary Lindow

In one of His most confrontational statements Jesus said, 

“I have come to bring fire on the earth.”

There are times in the Scripture in which fire is a symbol of judgment but in the great majority of references fire is used to point out God’s divine presence. His words make it clear that the meaning behind His words, “I have come to bring fire” refers to something more than a cozy flame to cuddle up to!

In this unique statement from Jesus the fire He is speaking of is not literally fire as in flames but a spiritual representation. He is speaking of the burning, exciting, dynamic presence of God in the lives of people. The fire that illuminates His incredible presence, produces unlimited power, burns away the dross and impurities and attracts people to Him.
That is the Fire of God.

THE FIRE OF GOD IS NOT GIVEN TO MAKE US COZY… 

…But holy, and to stir us up. 

When Moses saw the burning bush God first warned him that he was standing on holy ground, and then told him of the great thing He was about to do, to release Israel from the captivity of Pharaoh (Ex 3).

When Isaiah was in the temple and it filled with smoke of the burning holiness of God, his awareness of being unclean came first, before God equipped him to be His messenger. When God’s fire comes to the hearts of men and women their spirits are freed from the awful bondage of idolatry.

When God’s fire comes, the enemy will be destroyed. That is why we should pray,
“O, Lord -send the fire. Your fire. Send your consuming, changing, restoring, victorious fire!”

WE SING ABOUT THE FIRE OF GOD IN MANY OF OUR HYMNS. 

There is a song I have known for years that says,

“Oh, Lord, you’re beautiful. Your face is all I seek. 

For when your eyes are on this child, your grace abounds to me.

O Lord, please light the fire, which once burned bright and clear, 

Replace the lamp of my first love, that burned with holy fear.”

Lord, send your fire! 
May we sense and know Your burning, exciting, dynamic presence in our lives and among Your people.”

“OH HOW YOU FEAR THE FIRE!” - A PROPHETIC WORD

“It is as if you think that I might truly do something unloving to burn you or disfigure you!

I am a God of fire! Yes! But a HOLY fire! 
A fire that burns away wood, hay, and dead scraps lying around 
in your heart. They are littering the places that I want to bring My Glory into!

When My Fire pursues you it drives away any voice or lust or 
any other enemy of your soul!

You will come to a place where 
you no longer need to have the splash of fanfare or the 
rumblings of the earth to know that I Am in your presence!

Instead. 
The Fire brings you to a place just like it did Moses!
 He saw My Holy Fire in a bush on a hill.

I spoke to Him and told Him He was on HOLY ground!

"Is not my word like fire," declares the LORD, 
 

"And like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?”
 Jeremiah 23:29

I was a still, small voice, speaking out from inside of a fire!


Listen! 
I am calling out to you!

Be quiet! 
Silence the noise around you! 


Get quiet with Me. 
Put away the busyness that you get caught up into!

After the “Fire” a still small voice. 


1Kings19: 12

My Passion Fire is calling out to You!

I have things I want to whisper into your spirit-man!


I have words that will sustain you through all of the
 fiery trials and tests you will inevitably pass through!

“If this is so, 
 Then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials.” 
 

2 Peter 2:9

If you want the Fire of I the Living God to be evident
 in your ministry, whether it is in the marketplace, the home,
or abroad, Listen to My still small voice. 

It will in turn resound like a roaring ocean to those whom 
you will minister to.

“O Lord of hosts, 
 How blessed is the man who trusts in You!”


Psalms 84: 12

Trust. 
The issue that everyone on earth deals with day in and day out. 


Putting your trust in things that last for only a season or a few years can be very risky and very disappointing.

I have told My people to trust in ME with ALL of their heart
 and I will make their paths straight.

Yet - continually they put
 their trust in people, and idols made of gold, positions of power, 
and in themselves and invented doctrines of seasonal passing!

Lasting blessings can only come from trusting in Me. 
 

The real issue is that you don’t really think that I will do
 what I say I will do! 

So... You take it into your own hands! When you finally lay down your need to control those all around you and trust in Me, then you will be blessed! Blessed with safety, peace of mind and above all, 
blessed by My pleasure in your resting in My plan.

“See to it that you do not refuse HIM who is speaking!” 
 

Hebrews 12:25

Oh how many times My people have said to Me, 
 “Later Lord! I will do it Later?” 


You exhort others to obey quickly and yet you will drag your
 feet and put Me off until you “feel” like following through!

“It is the LORD your God you must follow, 
and him you must revere. 


Keep his commands and obey him; 
serve him and hold fast to him.” 


Deuteronomy 13:4

Do not refuse Me when I speak to you when I send you to do
 something in My Name! 

You might fear for your own reputation, 
but a life could be hanging in the balance! 


You do not have the luxury of “denying your King!”

If you wish to be caught up into higher dimensions in My Spirit, 
and, if you long for the “deep that calls unto deep", be faithful 
to ACT when I give you a command!!”

Psalm 119:57
 "You are my portion, O LORD; 
 I have promised to obey your words."

Psalm 119:60
 "I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands."


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"LOT'S WIFE - A DIVIDED HEART" - THE WORLD TRAPPED BY PLEASURE, PAIN & POWER

By Mary Lindow

How can we explain this wave of the loss of spiritual discernment and power?  

How does the seductive darkness steal the very heart out of the Christian experience?

One thing is for certain: it doesn't happen suddenly or overnight. 

People lose their love for the truth by degrees. 

Little by little they lower their standards and compromise their faith, until nothing remains except a dead, empty, angry and bitter form.

Some, like Lot's wife, will be so married to the world   so enmeshed in its delicious intellectual and sociological "oneupmanship" that they cannot let go in time. They will suffer with terrible and shocking consequences over the things which they loved more than they loved God.

Others, like Lot, will awaken just in time to choose very quickly and decisively. Without taking a backward glance, they will move out in complete obedience to the will of God. My friends, This is the choice everyone faces. 

Lot's wife suffered terrible consequences when she played with the word of a holy God.

She was dragging her feet and resented having to leave the life she had grown to adore in every way. The offense of looking back upon the luxury, sensual and "modernized" lifestyle that she had grown to love, exposed her divided will. It also revealed the fact that her heart was still bound up with the affairs of a corrupt, and condemned social order. 

Two voices were competing for her faithfulness and steadfastness in the face of temptation.

The voice of heaven–the voice of God calling her to liberty, purity, and salvation. The other voice, the voice of the darkness–the voice of popularity and pleasure, the voice of Sodom. Slowly the voice from beneath gained a foothold in a badly bent conscience, and Lot's wife stands as a tragic example of a divided heart.  

Jesus said, "Remember Lot's wife,"

and He said it to those who were going live through the final traumatic moments of earth's history. He is saying it to the believer ( you and I ) right now–"Remember Lot's wife." We need to hear it again and again. The message that says "Obedience is better than anything else, in revealing our love." Jesus said so. "If you love me, then keep my commandments." 

Disobedience is worse than anything because it is an act of disloyalty in its very nature.

It says, "I can handle this. I'm clever and informed!" But that's not what being obedient requires. It's willingly and honestly walking away from anything that keeps you from allowing your heart to be "re-created" and cleaned. Don't risk the "look back" - upon the pleasures of being in the "vibe" of the humming world machine. The result will be the loss of the "homing device" of God's directional Voice, and the absence of the Holy Presence of the fullness of God's Spirit. 

Whisper this prayer and verse with me, into the ear of God. 

"Create, form in me a new, clean heart, O God, 

filled with clean thoughts and right desires. 

Don’t toss me aside, banished forever from your presence. 

Please! Don’t remove your Holy Spirit from me. 

Restore to me again the joy of your salvation, and make me willing to obey you. 

AMEN

~Psalm 51:10-12

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"A DIFFERENT SEASON - A SIMPLIFIED WALK - A WORD FROM THE LORD

by Mary Lindow

I HAVE AN UNUSUAL STIRRING IN MY SPIRIT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT AS I WRITE THIS MESSAGE.

The Lord is revealing a sound in the earth coming from the hearts and deep cries of so many of His people right now. Perhaps it might even be yours as you read. There is a cry of hunger for His sure, safe presence in difficult times and in changing times.

A NEED FOR QUIET 

The world and it's voices of influence, humanistic subtleties and constant technology and it's sounds bring about an overload of weariness to all people, and there is a greater need for a place of rest for the warriors of truth who are very aware of the pressures that have not stopped mounting for many years now.

THERE IS MUCH TREACHERY OCCURRING IN THE EVIL PLANS OF DARKNESS AND THE PEOPLE HELD CAPTIVE BY IT THESE DAYS! 

It can bring a real sense of despair, broken-heartedness and shock when you encounter this type of thing and when it attempts to destroy your hope and confidence in what the Lord Jesus has set you apart for to express in His Power and in His name.

WHY OH WHY ALL THE DELAYS? 

I don't know fully why it seems as if good people who are sincere and pure hearted seem to go through more persecution and repeated difficulty than those who seem to be the ones perpetuating the majority of it!!

SO MANY RIGHT NOW ARE NEARLY AT THEIR WITS END 

WAITING FOR GOD TO RELIEVE THEM OF SORROW, 

DISILLUSIONMENT AND BATTLE FATIGUE!

"My soul faints with longing for your rescue, 

But I have put my hope in your word."

Psalm 119:81

THE ENCOURAGER HEARS YOU! 

"You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted; 

You encourage them, and you listen to their cry."

Psalm 10:17

What is this verse saying to you and I right now? 

It is saying that the Lord Himself will encourage us! That is why we must continue to fight for that place of Divine refuge! That "get away from it all place" of hungering and longing for His comfort.

He knows our hurt, our loneliness, our scorched and heart torn issues! 

He understands how agonizing and bled out we can get when it seems as if battle after battle we begin to wonder if something might be wrong with us!

"Hope delayed makes the heart sick, 

but when dreams come true, 

there is life and joy." 

Proverbs 13:12 (NAT)

NOTHING CAN SATISFY DRY LIPS LIKE WATER! 

We are in a time where no persons opinions, no one's books, no one's TV shows are going to satisfy that craving, that need for a thirst quenching drink of companionship with God.

We long to hear words from someone that tell us everything is going to be all right! That our children will be safe, our homes protected, our basic needs provided! And yet! Nothing out there satisfies us fully!

You see Dear Beloved of the Father,

THE SEASON OF GREAT HUNGER FOR THE SIMPLE WALK WITH JESUS HAS BLOSSOMED!

Only time spent with him like a dear, dear friend, will fill the gaping ache you have. He will speak, He will comfort, and He will show you what is true and what is false in the days ahead if you will return to that Place of companionship with Him. Away from the opinions of men and the noise of this life.

"Every word you give me is a miracle word- how could I help but obey? 

Break open your words, let the light shine out, 

let ordinary people see the meaning. 

Mouth open and panting, 

I wanted your commands more than anything. 

Turn my way, look kindly on me, 

as you always do to those who personally love you." 

Psalm 119:129-131 (The Message)

A PROPHETIC WHISPER TO YOUR HEART FROM THE SAVIOR 

To know of My ways, you must know ME! 

To Know Me, you must spend time with ME. 

To spend time with Me, you must purpose, to put aside the lists of things you have to do, before you can spend time with Me. 

Order you days first in My Presence, and watch the desires of your heart be fulfilled. Man and his counsel will always fall short of the full truth of My Wisdom. I have blueprints and a Master plan for so many things yet to build upon in your life.

Come. Let us talk again together. 

You are the temple, the house of My Holy Spirit. I desire to build you up in spiritual strength as you walk in prayer conversations with me. I will fulfill your longing for peace and direction as you step up again into a heavenly trust and rest.

People will change, man will fail you, friends will turn, if they are not seeking My Voice above the clamor of the day. And you My child will fail others, if you listen to your own voice of reason and intelligence. As you turn to Me, you will see My compassion poured out upon you and you will then have My power of pure godly compassion and Wisdom-driven grace to pour out on others.

I too, long for you as well! Seek Me - with all of your heart, your longings, your heartaches, your dreams. And I will be there with arms of strength to rescue you from Despair.

"You will seek me and find me 

when you seek me with all your heart." 

Jeremiah 29:13

"The LORD is good to those, whose hope is in Him, 

to the one who seeks Him." 

Lamentations 3:25

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“A Child’s Voice and The Presence of God”

Mary Lindow

When our first son Joel was born, my first thought when I heard him begin to cry was that he sounded like a baby lamb “bleating” for his mother. That sound caused my heart to soar into a moment of overwhelming elation. I was a Mother!! And, “life” had cried out from the new being, birthed from my own body. 

When our second son Timothy was born, I was even more aware than my first birth of the supernatural event taking place. I was being entrusted by God to raise up children to be “Voices of His Promise" on the earth. 

After 33 years of Parenting and watching our two sons develop into strong leaders, husband and having children I would like to share with you the gift of that “sound” or the "legacy" of a generational sound being passed down through three generations. The next part of this message will be, just that. 

A few years ago I was preparing a podcast and our Grandson James-David who was seven years old at the time ( he is 11years old now and still has that perceptive heart, is a drummer and plays piano and sings) was listening to me edit the audio. His Daddy, (Joel) is a gifted musician and vocalist as well and has sung and played for this little boy since he was born. When I had finished recording the message that I was preparing I then asked little James if he would like to hear some music I had been working on for a potential new recording project I was starting to put together. I played the musical piece for him off of my computer where I had been working on it. When it finished, he said to me, “Grandma! That music sounds like God music. It made me feel so happy in my heart!” 

Of course, it made me just burst inside of my own heart with great tenderness toward this perceptive child! Then, he told me that he would like to make a podcast too, just like I did! I asked him what would he want to say and to whom if he “did a podcast". 

His words were, “Grandma. I want to speak to the people who are sad and feel alone and tell them God is there and He loves them.” And so… I let him tell me what he wanted to say, …And I recorded him speaking it, as the music that I wrote, played along with his message. Little did I know, that God had timed the music and that little child’s heartfelt prayer to match in not only timing, but in melody and beauty. The music ended just as he did, and he sang out all on his own at the end, without any of my prompting. He had heard the music only twice.

I will not tell you much more… 

…But rather let you hear for yourself, the “Heart cry” of a child, and the spontaneous expression of praise that came out of this moment. I have played it for a few other friends, and the presence of God fell upon them, and there was weeping and a stunned amazement at not only the impact of the message, but also the reality of;

“ A little child shall lead them” type of truth hitting them right between the eyes! (And… into the very middle of their hearts.)

May the “Voice” of God speak to you and move you to worship as He ministers to you through this pure and simple child’s message and prayer. It is God’s gift to the weary, the lonely, and those who hunger for more of a simpler and holy life hidden in the Palm of His hand, saturated in His word. share it with you young children or those who are longing for a sweet and non-commercial moment of holy and pure worship.

“Their children will be mighty in the land. 

The generation of the upright will be blessed.” 

Psalm 112:2

Perhaps you might know of someone who needs to hear the “Voice of God” speaking to them in innocence and pure Grace.” Pass this on to them as a gift, from Heaven.

In His Shadow, Mary Lindow 

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"THE GREATEST ENEMY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH" - DEMEANING ANOTHER GENERATION OF LEADERS

by Mary Lindow 

It is highly recommended that you listen to the audio version/podcast of this message and join in with the prayers lifted up on behalf of the Body of Christ

There is a dangerous trend blooming much like a dandelion in the body of Christ that needs to literally be nipped in the root, and in no way approached with a cowering spirit! Somehow it's now a trending youthful "call from God" to be a cutting edge voice that is sent to “correct” the current Fathers and Mothers in the body of Christ. Hmmmm.....

I DON'T CARE HOW POPULAR OR TRENDY ANY MOVEMENT IS or, any individual who is a gifted speaker is. If they have been given the privilege to address the body of Christ on any stage, in any pulpit, in any gathering, they are to be judged and held accountable by those in leadership for their actions and their choices when they speak to others.

I AM ADDRESSING SPECIFIC SITUATIONS where a young-(ish) man or woman is allowed to speak in a meeting and begins to demand that the crowd responds according to their commands. There should NEVER be even the hint of demeaning another generation of leaders publicly, or a shaming and finger-pointing message aimed at somehow "breaking the people" and getting them to be stirred up to do something. Whatever that "something" might be, if people are shamed into action, then it is truly not God's will or God's plan. 

WHO GET’S TO ADDRESS PEOPLE FROM THE PODIUM?  There's a lot to be said about not quickly allowing a novice or newcomer to your team to have absolute access to speak into the hearts of those who gather to hear of the specific (and most hopefully) -GOD ORDAINED vision that you, as a leader, have been commissioned and assigned to serve and honor! In 1 Kings 12 - Rehoboam rejected the advice of the "older men" who had stood with Solomon, listening instead to the "young men who grew up with him". It divided the Kingdom. HEAR that.

Pride can cause a novice who is actually termed "a new planting" meaning, “still not having put down roots”, to defend themselves and their more "potent" message. Pride can cause them to look down on others. If you allow it, pride will rob them of the most treasured mentoring relationships in their lives. 

WHEN ANOTHER GENERATION MOCKS THE WORDS OF GOD. Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some childish boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here you old bald man!” He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled the forty-two the boys.-2 Kings 2:23

THE WORD FOR "CHILDREN" IN THIS VERSE IS TRANSLATED AS PERSONS OF THIRTY OR FORTY YEARS OF AGE , and though these are called "little, they were so well grown as to be able to go out of the city by themselves without anyone to guide them, or to take care of them and they were at an age capable not only of taking notice of Elijah's baldness, but knew he was a prophet. They were able to know what good and evil was and, from a malicious spirit inside of them, they mocked at him. Some Jewish writers say they were called "Naarim", which means "children” because they had shaken off the bond that was keeping people close, the commandments, and "little", because they were of little faith:

THEY MOCKED HIM, AND SAID TO HIM, “GO UP, YOU BALD HEAD! GO UP, YOU OLD BALDY!”  Meaning, not up the hill to Bethel, where his coming was not really welcomed since most of the people were idol worshippers, and maybe these children were sent out to intimidate him with their jeers to keep him from entering the city! They had heard about Elijah going up to heaven so they jeeringly told him to go up to heaven after him, and then they would have gotten rid of them both! “Who needs that old man telling us what to do?!”  

At the same time that they were mocking him for his baldness, and making a funny story of the wondrous works of God, the taking up into heaven of Elijah, which by behaving so disrespectfully to a “White haired head”, a prophet of the Lord, was terribly wicked, and therefore opened the door to an external attack from a destructive force. Two full-grown she-bears, who consumed them. 

Folks, there are consequences for mockery and deception!

BEFORE A MAN OR WOMAN CAN LOOK DOWN ON ANOTHER, they must first assume he or she is better than the person they are speaking against. A proud man or woman is suspicious of everyone else. A humble man or woman is more suspicious of their own heart than anyone else. The proud heart will detect defects in others before him. But a humble soul sees the evil in his/her own heart before they see evil in others.

CONCEIT AND PRIDE ARE THE GREATEST ENEMIES TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH! Newly acquired knowledge often leads to pride rather than wisdom. This is often true with the novice. There is no surer way to fall into sin than to allow pride to lead us into putting confidence in ourselves rather than God. This type of pride always leads to destruction, because it robs us of God’s power to stand against temptation.

WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH AS MEMBERS OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS DONE BY THE POWER OF GOD. The novice begins thinking that what he/she accomplishes is his/her own doing. The people in Corinth had been developed in every way as well, with the knowledge of God, but pride in what they knew was about to lead to their destruction!

KNOWLEDGE CAN BE MISTAKEN FOR MATURITY, but true knowledge is designed to bring us TO maturity. When we parade our freedom before others in an effort to reveal how much we know, we reveal our immaturity and are treading on dangerous ground! Knowledge put on PUBLIC display leads to revelry and scattering. 

TRUE KNOWLEDGE BRINGS THE RESTFUL DISCIPLINE OF SELF-CONTROL. Paul’s knowledge of God led him to lead a disciplined life for the benefit of himself and others. 

HUMBLING OURSELVES IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THE ROOF OFF TOWARD GOD,

AND THE WALLS DOWN TOWARD OUR FELLOW MAN. 

Once offences have been committed, whether intentional or unintentional, they must be dealt with! “I was wrong. I am sorry. Will you forgive me?” are healing words that only a humble soul would use. Whenever you find a man or woman willing to humble themselves before God and man, you have found a person who will be exalted, because “humility comes before honor.”

REMEMBER THAT SOME MEN’S SINS ARE OBVIOUS, 

AND ARE EQUALLY OBVIOUSLY BRINGING THEM TO SERIOUS JUDGMENT. 

"The sins of other men might not be apparent, but are dogging them, nevertheless, under the surface. Similarly some virtues are plain to see, while others, though not at all conspicuous, will eventually make themselves felt."

1 Timothy 5:24-25

 "Don’t reprimand or publicly talk down to a senior leader in your church, honoring him as a father by first showing respect and humility. Treat the young men kindly as brothers, and the older women as nurturing mothers. Treat the younger women as sisters, and nothing more."

1 Timothy 5:1-2

  

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