Seeing the church announcements on video during the Saturday night service, I noticed the call to a new prayer meeting. Prayer is important; it is the beginning of every good thing. Group prayer is even more important. I purposed to attend. What happened at the prayer meeting far exceeded my expectations! I walked into a new move of God and left with new peace, hope and life action. Nancy, Donya and Verna were present. They had just returned from the Lakeland Florida Revival. They were over flowing with the coals of revival. I did not know they were going to be there; I just obeyed God by attending the meeting.
After the worship, before Nancy and Donya spoke, the Lord pulled back the shades from my eyes and let me feel the magnitude of the hunger I felt for Him – for the real Him free of the hypocrisy and self-centeredness of man. The hunger I felt went deep and penetrated the whole of my life. It surprised me. I did not know my hunger was so big. Perhaps it was an intercessory feeling expressing a corporate hunger. If it was, still a huge hunger for God was also in me.
After Nancy and Donya told us of the miracles, fire and anointing they experienced in Lakeland, Florida we all prayed together. Following our prayers a second worship, led by again by David, issued us into personal prayer by those carrying the coals of God’s revival to Kerrville - Nancy, Donya and Verna. When it was my turn, Nancy began praying that I would receive the fire of God. I was seeing, via the Holy Spirit, that I didn’t understand the fire of God. I didn’t know what it meant to have the fire of God, so I asked Nancy, “What is the fire of God?” I had no more gotten the question out than a vision came to me. I saw, within me – in my inner most being - a ball of flaming orange fire much like a close up video of the burning sun. It was God within on fire. The fire was burning so bright it consumed everything in its way. The fears I had from past emotional injuries were like small bunches of dried paper easily and permanently consumed by the fire. The fire was burning up any inhibition still present in my flesh. These hindrances were small in comparison to the energy in the fire – like paper to flame. My flesh was no longer in control, Satan was no longer in control, the fire of God within had a life of its own.
Who could stop or put out the fire of the sun? Certainly satan cannot do it. The God within was finally free and He was a living consuming fire. Nancy stopped praying but the Holy Spirit still worked within me. I lifted my hand toward her (I was lying down) and said, “I am not finished. I need more!” The Holy Spirit continued speaking, showing me that I was depleted from caring for Clare, my adult disabled daughter. I was dry, without energy or ability to keep going. I knew I was weary but I didn’t know I was so completely emotionally exhausted.
As Nancy continued to pray for me, I saw me, in another vision, move out of the way, which wasn’t hard because I was completely spent. In this vision God took over, moving into the place I had held, taking complete control over Clare’s care. I thought I had done this repeatedly over the last 17 years since her head injury, but obviously, I had not. This time it was a complete and permanent removal of me - a total yielding to God. He became, alone, in charge of Clare’s care. The two largest strongholds of the enemy over me were broken Monday night – at least they were broken in the Spirit – certain victory was established.
I am writing this message to encourage any and all to come to the next Impact prayer meeting where the new Wind of God is blowing and the release of His River of Living Water is flowing. Don’t miss it. Don’t delay. Come quickly and drink His seed of life and receive the seed of a burning coal which will ignite the fire of God within you. Come now.
