The Altar the Fire Fell

The ordinary ground where you make your living is the ground God wants.

Common ground turns to holy ground when God claims it.

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.Exodus 3:5

Look up from your work long enough to see the harvest.

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.John 4:35

We must have a sense of urgency.

Nobody hears without a preacher, and no preacher goes without a sender.

How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?Romans 10:14

The Gospel work is worth all we have.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.Matthew 13:44

Lay it down first, then look up for the fire.

Pray, give, go and let God handle what happens after that.

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.Acts 13:3

Fire has never come down on an altar with nothing on it.

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.1 Kings 18:38

God’s wrath was turned away because a sacrifice was accepted.

Jesus is the payment, and the whole world has a right to hear about it.

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.1 John 2:2

God never built His house to be a family room for the few.

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.Isaiah 56:7

Give the Lord, your calendar, your vocation, your reputation, your time, your talent and your treasure.

Pray daily for our missionaries and pray for how you might join them.

Sacrifice all to God and allow Him to decide how He will use it.

Be faithful with the Gospel message on our mission field this week.