2 Chronicles 7:3 – “When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement.  They worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

Good Morning!   I am Longing for His Fire!   This generation has not seen the FIRE of God.  Many of those who have are growing weary, and some are seeking to blend and assimilate into the modern culture that has infected the church.  What is the answer?

Prayer, total surrender, and persistence are vital, but something leaped off the page in 2 Chronicles 7:3.  “When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the LORD’S splendor over the temple, they got down on their knees with their faces downward to the pavement.”   Daniel 7:10 speaks of a “River of Fire flowing out from the Father’s Throne.” The Fire of God!

The awesome presence of God is needed today!  We don’t need more or new programs.  We need the FIRE of God!  

• The conditions God identified to Solomon (vv. 12-15) are prevalent today.  
• The conditions of Noah’s day are visible today.
• The conditions Paul, Peter, and James identified as characteristics of the Last Days are visible today.

What do we do?  What did we need?  We need intercessory prayer, repentance, restoration, renewal, and revival that can only come through God’s FIRE!  The FIRE that purges out the dross.  The FIRE that awes!  The FIRE that transforms!  In those verses, God gave the solution, the remedy, and the pathway to victory.

“IF” That’s the key, the catalyst, or the entryway.  “IF My people…”  It is not a change by the unbelievers that sets the revival and restoration in motion; that is secondary.  It is God’s people, those who profess Him, who do several things: they humble themselves, not being humbled, but humbling themselves.  Then, in that state of humility, surrender with Prayer to God.

• Praying with a Seeking Heart.
• Seeking to please God.  Seeking to manifest Christ in everything.
• Seeking to have the Living Christ manifest in every detail of life.

It’s not just praying a prayer but praying from a particular condition that brings about God’s result.  In that state, we are to repudiate (renounce, reject, and turn from) our sinful practices and our lack of diligence and commitment.  It is then that God gives His promise of forgiveness, healing, and restoration.  It is in that condition that we can expect the FIRE to fall.

LORD, send the Fire of God!