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December 2013<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"RobertRobert Hotchkin<\/strong>\u00a0serves as a leader and itinerate minister with the XP Ministries team. He is a passionate lover of Jesus and powerfully ministers the love of Christ to all those he encounters. In Calling Down the Fire<\/em>, Robert shares how the Lord wants to use you<\/em> to help birth the coming move of God, to empower you to call His fire into the earth. It begins by knowing His heart and His love for all people and all places at all times.
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Many proven prophetic voices are declaring a great move of God that is burgeoning and about to break forth. This is a move that will be marked by the fire of God sweeping across the earth, burning up the things of the enemy and of the flesh to reveal the presence and power of the Lord and His Kingdom in notable and remarkable ways. It won\u2019t just be a burning bush here or there, but entire cities, nations and regions set ablaze with the reality of God so that everyone everywhere has a chance to tangibly encounter Him and know His love, His goodness, and the reality of His salvation. The earth will<\/em> be covered in the bright and brilliant burning reality of the knowledge of the glory of the Lord. This move will break out in so many places in so many ways it will seem sovereign \u2013 as if it came out of nowhere. While I believe it will look sovereign, I don\u2019t think it will be sovereign. I believe that even now the Lord is speaking to many about this coming move so that we can partner with Him to birth it, to call it forth, to declare it and to pray it into existence. Since Day Six of creation, the Lord has loved partnering with His sons and daughters to accomplish His agenda in the earth. He worked with Adam to call forth the names of the animals on that sixth day, and ever since He has worked with His beloved to call forth His plans and purposes in the earth. Amos 3:7 makes this clear when it says, \u201cSurely the Lord God does nothing unless He reveals His secret counsel to His servants the prophets.\u201d<\/p>\n

I believe that the Lord is speaking to many right now \u2013 yes, about the coming move of God, but also about how we can partner with Him to birth this move of holy fire in the earth. The Lord is seeking those who will listen and who are willing to be taught how to call down His fire.<\/p>\n

In Luke 9:51-55 we read a brief but enlightening story of when the Lord and His disciples were walking across the desert. Jesus planned to visit a Samaritan village, but the people refused to have anything to do with Him because He was headed to Jerusalem. When James and John heard about this they approached Jesus and said, \u201cLord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?\u201d (Luke 9:54) It is interesting that Jesus does not reply to them, \u201cYou can\u2019t call down the fire of God\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t want you to call down the fire of God.\u201d No, Jesus says to His disciples, \u201cYou don\u2019t know what your hearts are like. For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men\u2019s lives, but to save them.\u201d<\/em> (Luke 9:56) James and John wanted to call the fire of God down upon the Samaritans to punish them for turning them away. But what Jesus wanted was for James and John to know God\u2019s heart for the Samaritans, His love for them. Because if they did, they would not want to call the fire of God down upon the Samaritans, but instead upon the things of the enemy that had caused the Samaritans to take offense, stealing from them a visitation of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are not to call the fire of God down in anger or offense, but in love. We are not to call the fire of God down as a judgment against men, but as a judgment against the things of the enemy that keep men from knowing the fullness of God.<\/p>\n

We see a powerful example of this in 1 Kings 18. Israel had turned away from the Lord and embraced false gods. It seemed an impossible situation until Elijah stood on Mount Carmel full of the revelation of God\u2019s heart for the people. Elijah knew that while Israel had turned away from the Lord, the Lord would never turn away from Israel. With this revelation of the everlasting love of God, Elijah cried out for the Lord to make Himself known to His people in that place and in that hour (1 Kings 18:36-37). Immediately the fire of the Lord flashed down from heaven (1 Kings 18:38) and the \u201cstrongholds\u201d of the enemy were destroyed. The people realized that day that the Lord was God, and the nation of Israel returned to Him.<\/p>\n

The fire of God is His burning love for all people and all places for all time. Elijah knew the heart of God for Israel, that\u2019s why he was able to call down the fire of God. When we connect to God\u2019s heart, when we know His love for people \u2013 no matter what they\u2019ve done, where they\u2019ve been, or how they\u2019re behaving \u2013 we can call forth the fire of God upon the things of the enemy that are stealing the fullness of God from them.<\/p>\n

The Lord wants to use you to help birth this coming move of God. He wants to empower you to call His fire into the earth. And it all begins by knowing His heart and His love for all people and all places at all times.<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s pray this month for the body of Christ and XP Ministries, that:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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  1. We will know the heart of the Lord like never before \u2013 the height, the width, the depth, and the breadth of His love for all people and all places at all times.<\/li>\n
  2. We will be a people who are unoffendable \u2013 that no matter how we are treated, we will refuse offense and continue to love.<\/li>\n
  3. We will make love our highest aim, and love others as we are loved by the Lord.<\/li>\n
  4. We will call down the fire of God upon the altars of our lives, asking the Lord to burn up every wicked, arrogant or selfish thing in us.<\/li>\n
  5. We will be His \u201cburning ones,\u201d ablaze with His love and calling the fire of God down upon anything of the enemy that would steal the fullness of who God is and what He has for anyone we encounter and every place we go.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Resources<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Want more? Then may we suggest:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

    \"Man<\/a>Man of Fire<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 CD Set from Patricia King
    \n<\/em>In Scripture, we are promised that Jesus came to baptize His church with the Holy Spirit and with fire. In this 2-CD message, Patricia King and Stacey Campbell share about a coming move of God that is about to break forth in the earth, where the Lord will manifest as the Man of Fire to sweep us up in His all-consuming love and set us ablaze with His presence, power, plans and purposes. Those who encounter the Man of Fire will be \u201cburning ones\u201d for the Lord who light up the world with the reality of God and His Kingdom, shattering darkness everywhere they go.<\/p>\n

    We at XP Ministries thank you for your prayers, partnership, and financial support. May you be richly and abundantly blessed.<\/p>\n

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