Dr. Michelle Burkett is an anointed counselor, equipper, and leader in the Body of Christ. Ministry is no stranger to her as she was raised in a family of respected ministers and has served the Lord faithfully for decades. She diligently stewards her professional counseling practice and currently directs Patricia King’s Women In Ministry Network, Voice4Victims, and the Everlasting Love Academy. As a dynamic preacher of the Word and committed to Kingdom life and advancement, Michelle has blessed many locally and abroad with her insightful messages and revelations of the Word.
The Bible reveals a wonderful, profound truth: Our God is a consuming fire and God is love (Hebrews 12:29 & 1 John 4:8b).
The world often views natural fire as a force of destruction to be feared, but God the consuming fire is the most intense expression of His holy, passionate, unrelenting, and transformative love. His love-fire is a glorious, holy transformation of how we experience every moment. This isn’t a flame that destroys us; it is a supernatural shield—a profound, protective reality that acknowledges every broken piece of our world while wrapping us in the warmth of His heart. When you are fully immersed in His “love-fire,” the external trials that seek to overwhelm you lose their power to burn, because you are already alight with a much greater flame.
The Nature of the Consuming Fire
God’s love is not a flickering candle; it is a roaring, immutable blaze that consumes everything in its path. This fire is His essential holiness and purity. It is His LOVE that consumes anything that hinders the depth of our relationship with Him — anything that steals life from us.
- Purification, Not Destruction: Just like the refiner’s fire, His love-fire gently but firmly burns away the “dross” in our lives – the pride, the fear, and those false identities that have been clung to for too long. His fire doesn’t destroy who you are; it reveals the masterpiece, the “gold” that He placed within you from the very beginning! (See Malachi 3:2-3)
- A Jealous Love: We often misunderstand His “jealousy” (Deut. 4:24), but this is not the petty insecurity of man. This is a fierce, covenantal devotion. Our Father refuses to allow His children to be buried under lies or idols that only lead to exhaustion and death. He gave everything so that you could have ABUNDANT life. A life of restored relationship with HIM. He doesn’t want you to settle for a cheap imitation of His love or the life He died to give you.
- The Experience of the Flame: When we resist and continue to hold tight to things that must fall away, this fire can feel like judgment. But to those who surrender to the consuming fire of His love, the fire is pure freedom! It is joy. It is real security. It is a mighty, unfailing love that wraps around your heart and refuses to let go, drawing you ever deeper into true life… into Himself.
Walking Through the World’s Fires
This world will throw its “fires” at you – persecution, disappointments, and trials that feel like they might consume you. But you walk through the fires of this world differently when you’re already enveloped in the flames of the All-Consuming Fire — when you have “fastened Him upon your heart as a seal of fire forevermore” (see Song of Songs 8:6-7).
True faith doesn’t demand a life without flames; it is a deep, abiding trust in the Father’s heart right in the middle of the fire. Think of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego standing before the furnace because they would not bow to an idol. They knew their God was a Deliverer, but they tapped into the very core of His love… and reached for something deeper, trusting His goodness, when they declared, “But even if He does not…” (Daniel 3:17-18).
They were thrown into a furnace heated seven times hotter than usual. But these three were already at home in a much greater flame. They were consumed by their devotion to the one true God… because they had already embraced the All-Consuming Fire — they had allowed their “dross” to be consumed – they had become fire. No fire of the world could destroy them.
King Nebuchadnezzar looked into the furnace and saw four men walking in the fire, loose and unhurt, and the fourth looked like the “Son of God.” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the world’s fire unscorched, and they did not even smell like smoke (see Isaiah 43:2).
We are beautifully human, and there is the tender reality of pain. The fires of this life can cause pain that is deep and raw. But know this: being “unscorched” doesn’t mean you are unfeeling. It means the world’s fire cannot reach the sacred core of who you are in Christ. Just like that “fourth man” in the furnace, God isn’t watching your suffering from a distance. He is a Father who steps directly into the intensity with you, holding you close.
The world’s fire is aimed at destroying our hope, God’s love-fire refines us like gold. The world’s fires cannot touch our eternal inheritance. Our hearts are sealed in His love.
A Prayer of Surrender:
Precious Father, my Heart’s Desire, I choose to yield to You. I open every hidden chamber of my soul to the beautiful, holy fire of Your love. I don’t want to just stand near the flame; I want to be lost in it. Burn away the “dross” of my fears and my self-reliance until all that remains is You.
Lord, when the world’s fires feel intense, remind me that You are the “Fourth Man” walking beside me, and that Your grace is a roaring ocean that overcomes every spark of worry. Turn this pain into a platform for Your glory, until I emerge reflecting only the radiant light of Your face. I am Yours, and I am safe in the fire of your love. Amen.
Ultimate Passion – An mp3 download from Patricia King
During a conference, Patricia King was sharing a powerful message on the cross when the Spirit of Prophecy came upon her. She began to not merely teach on the cross, but to prophesy from God’s perspective the message of His love for each and every one of us. While this was occurring, Steve Swanson was also flowing in a powerful worship anointing adding sounds from heaven to the unfolding of this amazing revelation. A teaching. A soaking CD. This CD cant be categorized, but has to be heard!
Dunamis Made Simple – A book from Patricia King
In Dunamis Made Simple, Patricia King fully acquaints you with the many aspects of God’s dunamis. Through biblical insights , testimonies , and practical applications, you will not only learn about it, but you will also discover how you can position yourself to activate and operate in Holy Spirit’s dunamis power.
The Bride Makes Herself Ready – A book from Patricia King
Here comes the Bride and it’s YOU! How Amazing, but what does that really mean? Patricia King leads you to answers through revelation from scripture. She offers insight from Hebrew wedding traditions and biblical feasts and festivals to help you understand in a deeper way Jesus’ all consuming love for you. You are invited to respond to that love, prepare yourself to be His bride, and step into the place of bridal devotion, abandon, and intimacy with Him now and forever more.
How Awesome Is This Place – A teaching MP3 from Patricia King
Did you know that in Christ, YOU are actually the House of God, the Temple of the Holy Spirit, and a gateway into heaven? Did you know that the angels ascend and descend upon your life? It is time for every believer to wake up and realize that God is not only with us, He is in us longing to work through us exceedingly abundantly beyond our wildest dreams.
As Patricia King releases scriptural truths, you will realize more fully who you are in God and who God is in you. You will awaken to the fact that you are the tabernacle of God, an awesome place that He can release His Kingdom through and affect everything around you. How Awesome Is This Place is about you, and Christs amazing and powerful presence in you. Oh, how awesome is this place!
Covered In His Glory – A teaching MP3 from Robert Hotchkin
You were made to be covered in the glory of God. You are meant to carry and release His living presence everywhere you go. As you listen to this message, you will learn how you can move from glory to glory and see your life transformed – so that through you, God can transform the entire world around you!
God longs to cover the earth with a tangible experience of His glory, and He wants to use you to do it! In this message, Robert Hotchkin builds from a revelation out of the original Hebrew to share how God is inviting you into His presence to reveal greater degrees of His glory to you
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