Developing your Prophetic FruitAnd Keep the FIRE BURNING !!!

1. Prophetic Fruit – How to Develop it !!!

2. The Fire of God – How to Keep it Burning !!!

3. Practical Exercises

4. Anointing Fire Tunnel

Develop your Prophetic Fruit !!!1. Gal 5:22-23

1. KJV: But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

2. MSG: But what happens when we live God's way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard--things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity.

3. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates (saturate, seep, soak, spread through out – eg Mat 13:33 – like Leaven) things and people.

4. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments, not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely.

5. Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. Among those who belong to Christ, everything connected with getting our own way and mindlessly responding to what everyone else calls necessities is killed off for good--crucified.

6. Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives. That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.

2. Luk 11:1-13 – but note verses 10 to 13

1. THUS: the FIRST FRUIT is LOVE…

2. NOW: We can verify whether the LOVE we have is from the flesh or from God.

3. The Love from God – called the Agapé love – also called Godly Love (or even charity in the old KJ) – See 1 Cor 13.

4. 1 Joh 4 – especially explains this Godly LOVE – as Perfect Love and we will only have it when it comes from the Spirit of God. No other way

5. 1Joh 4:6-8 (KJV) We are of God: he that know God hear us; he that is not of God hear us not. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that love is born of God, and know God. He that love not know not God; for God is love.

6. THUS: we need to develop the TRUE FRUIT which is of God, and not the fruit of the Flesh.

7. Good Tree brings forth Good Fruit, and a bad tree brings forth bad fruit: See Mat 7:17-19, Mat 12:33, Mat 21:19 (Cursing of the Fig Tree) & James 3 & Jam 5:7-8

Develop your Prophetic Fruit !!!

1. IF/WHEN we walk in God’s LOVE (by making a quality decision to develop this FRUIT) We automatically have all the other FRUITS – Because they all WORK from the BASE OF LOVE !!

2. So let’s compare the Love from the flesh (which is satan’s evil nature dwelling in all of us) to God’s perfect LOVE that dwells in us through the Holy Spirit !!

Develop your Prophetic Fruit !!!

FRUITS Love from the flesh Love from the SpiritLOVE LUST, Conditional (Eros & Phileo) Agapé - 1 Cor 13 - Forgiving, Caring, Mature,

StrongJOY Temporary Happiness A KNOWING that everything is ok, regardless of

circumstances, It is Love’s STRENGTH (Neh 8:10)PEACE Meaning absence of Trouble SECURITY – in the midst of trouble

PATIENCE / Long Suffering

White-knuckle tenacity (holding on for dear life, persistence)

ENDURANCE and still loving others

KINDNESS Putting up with problems Love's CONDUCT – Moral BehaviorGOODNESS WORKS programs Love's Character

FAITHFULNESS / Loyalty

Getting into a RUT Love's CONFIDENCE - Building TRUST & Integrity

MEEKNESS Becoming a doormat (Inferior, Timid)

Humbleness - meaning Full Power under FULL CONTROL. Not Weak !!! God will step in for you (Num 12)

GENTLENESS Being easily manipulated and pushed around

Love's Humility – Strength – KNOWING WHO you are in God/Christ (Can turn the other cheek or walk the extra mile) Mat 5:37-48

SELF CONTROL Keeping things bottled up, not allowed to say what you feel

LOVE's VICTORY !!!Sound Mind (2 Tim 1:7)

FAITH Whishing, hoping maybe someday Heb 11:1 – A FIRM KNOWLEDGE and KNOWING exactly how things are gong to work out, even before it can be seen !!!

Keep the FIRE BURNING !!1. Mat 3:11 and Luk 3:16

1. Mat 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

2. There are three sorts of baptisms:

1. That of water;

2. That of the Holy Ghost; and,

3. That of tribulations and afflictions, represented under the notion of fire.

3. We can observe further, that Jesus went through these three baptisms as well (eg Mat 20:22):

1. That of water, he received from the hands of John.

2. That of the Holy Spirit he received from the Father.

3. That of fire, Which He went through on the Cross.

1. There are many different kinds & illustrations of Fire in the Bible…

1. There is a Fire Burning in your Bones (Jer 20:9) – to Prophecy, Speak God’s words

2. Fire of POWER (Acts 1:4-5,8, Acts 2:1-4) – unto being Witnesses for God (Living with that strength of the Holy Spirit – Desire or Passion)

3. The Fire to Cleanse us from sin and the Fleshly nature (Isa 6:5-7)

4. The Fire – A Call to Ministry (Ex 3:1-22, Isa 6:8)

5. The Fire – of God’s Love and Compassion - also called His ZEAL (also a form of Jealousy) (Ps 79:5, Exo 20:5, Joh 2:17, Psa 69:9, Ps 119:139, Isa 9:6-7,Mat 9:36, Mat 14:14)

6. Angels (messengers) – Ministers of Fire (Heb 1:7)

7. Fire of Revival !!! (Isa 57:15, Isa 40:28-31, Psa 138:7)

2. All this about Fire – is because our God, is a Consuming Fire (Deut 4:24,Heb 12:29, Rev 1:14&19:12)

3. Thus, we have no need to be afraid of this fire. It is there to cleanse us, and God Promises that He is with us, through the Rivers, and through the Fire (Ps 66:12, Isa 43:2)

Keep the FIRE BURNING !!

1. SO: how do we keep this Fire of God ALIVE and ACTIVE in our hearts and lives ??

2. Rom 12:11 (MSG) Don't burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master,

3. As Paul says to Timothy in 2 Tim 1:6 – put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.

4. Allow people that are full of the Spirit to lay hands on you, and pray for you

5. Be filled with the Spirit over and over again (Acts 4:23-31)

6. Stir up the faith again and again, and strengthen yourself in God like David did (1 Sam 30:6)

7. Pray in the Spirit – speak in Tongues

8. Worship in the Spirit & Seek and Speak the TRUTH of God’s Word

9. Spend time in God’s presence

10. Seek His Face and His LOVE

11. Listen to what He says to you.

12. Believe in Him, trust Him, Rely on Him !!!

Keep the FIRE BURNING !!