Morning by Morning—Daily Prayer Journey with Tommy Hays: Holy Fire Fall on this Day of Pentecost!

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Holy Fire Fall on this Day of Pentecost! - Morning by Morning, May 31, 2020

Morning by Morning, May 31 - Holy Fire Fall on this Day of Pentecost!

Good morning, Lord Jesus. Embraced by my Father, centered in Christ, and ready to be set ablaze with the Holy Fire of Your Holy Spirit, I look to You and listen for Your leading on this Day of Pentecost. ...

"When the Day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability" (Acts 2:1-4).

"Pentecost" -- from the word meaning "fifty" is one of the most significant and ancient Biblical feasts, marking fifty days after "Passover." Every year at Pentecost, called "the Feast of Weeks" or "Shavuot" or "the feast of the Harvest," all the men of Israel were called to come up the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the goodness and provision of God (Leviticus 23:15-16). In the Jewish tradition, it also marks the time of the giving of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai.

"Pentecost" is the New Testament name in the Greek language for this significant Jewish, Biblical feast of honoring the presence and the power of God, fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost and now continually being fulfilled in the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of the Living God in the hearts of God's people throughout all the earth. The Law of God is no longer merely written on tablets of stone and given to one man, as in the days of Moses on the mountain. But now the Law of God's love is shed abroad and poured into the hearts of all who would humble themselves and call on You and trust in Your name to be filled with Your Spirit. "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us" (Romans 5:5).

Father, we thank You for the "Passover" of the Blood of Jesus that cleanses our hearts through repentance and humility and faith. And we thank You for the "Pentecost" of the great outpouring of Your Holy Spirit who comes to baptize us in Your Holy Fire to be an expression of Your power and love through our lives as Your people in our world.

As You said, Lord Jesus, in calling Your first disciples to watch and wait with expectant faith and hungry hearts for the coming of this holy day of the Holy Spirit: "Wait for the Promise of the Father. 'This,' He said, 'is what you have heard from Me; for John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.... You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth!'" (Acts 1:4-8)

Today is that day for us! Today is the Day of Pentecost! Let this be the day of our Personal Pentecost!

Come, Holy Spirit! Come in Your Fire and Your Power! We need You now more than ever before. We need the power of the Love of God to be shed abroad and poured out into our hearts to be witnesses of Jesus and our Father's heart in the power of Your Spirit in the midst of our world.

Even as we wake up this morning to reports of burning fires in cities across America, may Your Holy Fire burn in us. The Fire of God in the Love of Jesus speaks up against injustice and prejudice, against cruelty and evil in every form -- even if, and especially if, evil is expressed through governmental power and authority. But the Fire of God burns in our hearts to speak up and stand up in faith, in truth, with courage and with love -- not in violence and vengeance of the fires of Hell that come only to steal and kill and destroy. It's the Holy Fire of our God who is a Consuming Fire of Truth and Love that conquers all -- not the unholy fires of the flesh set ablaze in anger and rage expressed in chaos, wickendness, and sin (John 10:10; Hebrews 12:29).

Come, Holy Spirit! Let the Holy Fire of God consume the unholy fires of our flesh -- here in our own hearts, here in our nation, and here our world. You're the Holy Fire who burns in the temple of our hearts that will never go out (Leviticus 6:13 fulfilled in 1 Corinthians 6:19).

Holy Fire fall! Holy Fire burn! Holy Fire consume us and consume our world, that "the knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea!" (Habakkuk 2:14) Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and mighty, heaven and earth are filled with Your glory -- the Lord God Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come! (Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays

My Friend, may you be set ablaze and baptized afresh in with Holy Spirit with God's Holy Fire in His Power and Love today and every day to be a witness of Jesus wherever you are and everywhere He sends you, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!