 The
fire bride is a bride who is on fire. What does fire do? It consumes. What does
it consume? It consumes dross, chaff, and all things that will not stand the
test. In the end, nothing of the flesh is left, and only God, our consuming fire
is left. He is all that is seen, He is all that exists. The bride has become
united, one with Him.
Is being on fire comfortable? Does it cause
pain? Does a person readily submit themselves to the flames? The fire begins
with love, and it works in us a calling, a wooing to come higher, closer to Him,
to His ways. It's almost like the insects at night that are drawn to the light.
They are drawn by a force beyond themselves, their own understanding, and this
force brings about their own death.
What is "The Fire Bride"?
The fire bride is one who is aflame with God, in turmoil with her own
shortcomings, her sins, her faults. Perhaps in her past she has played with
fire, strange fire, the fire of idolatry. Surely she has struggled with
different fires, fires of the soul, and fires of the flesh. How could God choose
her, and forever set His seal engraved on her heart? Failings, disappointments,
anger, jealousies try to interrupt the flow of love between them. If the bride
could only understand - He knows and sees all this. All He wants is her love.
His love is big enough to cover all her weaknesses, her needs, her ailments. He
has already made full payment, full provision.
She sees, she begins to understand His ways, His love, and as the flame begins
to burn more intensely within her, she runs to Him and cries out, "Help me, oh
my God!" As she runs, the flow of the air feeds the fire, making it grow. The
faster she runs, the intensity of the fire grows, causing the dross and chaff to
be more quickly consumed. She is being burned alive!
The Heart Aflame
And then, a transformation begins to happen. She cries out, "More fire! More
fire!" She is beginning to see Him like never before. Her heart cannot be turned
ever again to the old enticements of her past. The intense heat of the fire has
tried her heart. It is becoming transformed into gold, precious gold, a kind of
enduring gold that will never be consumed by any other kind of fire. It is pure.
It is holy. It is complete in Him. It is Him.
Her life, now, is completely lost in Him. Her
heart is now not hers, but His. Her will is His. She is His totally and
completely, forever.
He Has Rescued Us from
Ourselves
There is a hunger arising in us today. We want to run to Him. We want to
experience His fire, but we are afraid to run into His flaming arms. We are
afraid of the pain, the process of getting there. There are things in our hearts
that we want to hang onto. Will He ask this of me? Can I keep this? And as we
ask these questions, we realize we have hidden treasures that should not be. We
struggle with condemnation because we know we should not consider these things
as treasures. We know we should want Him, want Him alone, and we don't, so we
come to the conclusion that surely we don't "qualify". Hopelessness tries to
take us on a downward spiral, but, something happens. In the midst of our
struggle, our discouragement, a Man is standing in front of us. He is pure
light, pure cleanness, pure sight. As He looks on us, He captures us with His
heart, so tender, so huge with love. Our eyes are drawn away from our faults,
and now, all we can see are His eyes, with His heart communing with us, through
them. Ah, He has rescued us from ourselves. We begin walking toward Him. Walking
becomes too slow...He is so wonderful! We begin running, the match is lit, and
we become aflame with passion for Him. We become the Fire Bride!
Many Blessings!
Michal Ann Goll
Ministry to the Nations
www.MichalAnnGoll.com
Quote - "As a face is reflected in water, so the heart
reflects the person."
~Proverbs 27:19
Prayer –
Dear Papa! How we need you! We need to see Jesus like never before. We're asking
You to come, and capture our hearts, capture our eyes. Enfold us in the deep
pools of Your love! Take us into that place of transformation, where we see
ourselves truly, as we are, but then also see ourselves, aflame with passion for
You. Burn off the dirty robes of condemnation, sin, fear, and rejection, and
clothe us with Your light of illumination! We are running to You in desperation!
Light the fire in our hearts that will never succumb to any lesser flame!
In Jesus' Name – Amen
Applications –
This is where the rubber meets the road for
each one of us! I encourage you to re-read this word. But I want you to stop
when you come to the part that reads, "Will He ask this of me? Can I keep this?"
Some of us will immediately know there is work to be done here, because that
question has already been at work.
Compromise has been trying to gain entrance,
and perhaps already has. This is where we need the help of the Father. To think
there could be something that we would "try to make a deal" with God to keep is
a stench! Ouch! That is the truth, and we all know it deep down inside. But,
here is where the love of God enters. We need to bring these "deals" before God,
and ask Him for His help. We need to repent, and ask Him to reveal to us more of
His loveliness. The more of Him we drink in, our appetite for the "deals" will
diminish, and we will come to hate anything that would stand between us and
having Him fully and completely.
Don't give in to condemnation here. Let Him capture you! He is eager and longs
for this to happen. It is so simple...just begin walking toward Him. Once you
begin, you will not be able to hold yourself back - He is so wonderful! You will
run, and you will be ablaze with a heavenly fire!
If you have been helped today through this word, consider printing out 5 copies
to give to people who maybe don't have e-mail capacity, perhaps to some of our
elderly brothers and sisters in Christ.
Be blessed and encouraged this day!
Michal Ann Goll
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"Releasing
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by Michal Ann Goll
$6.00 Audio Cassette
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$10.00 Teaching CD
On this teaching, Michal Ann, who considers
herself an "ordinary person" says:
1) "I'll tell you what God has done for me . . . God released me from
intimidation!"
2) God wants to release all His People from fear of man, failure, shame, and
intimidation.
3) I had a 3-week Angelic visitation. I heard Jesus sing to His Father, "Where
is My Bride, oh My God?"
4) We've sung all kinds of songs, then we walk out and forget what we sang.
We've shaken His hand, but do we know Him?
5) "Can a man take fire into His bosom and not be burned? Fire can be a Hedge of
protection or for purging."
6) "THE LORD IS REQUIRING US TO SUBMIT TO HIS FLAMES TO BECOME A FIRE BRIDE. TO
BECOME A FIRE BRIDE, FIRE MUST CONSUME OUR CHAFF."
7) Since you are forever engraved on the "Lord's Arm." If the bride could only
understand that His love is big enough to cover ALL her failings, weaknesses,
her needs, all her ailments. He's already made full payment.
8) As the Bride runs to the Lord crying, "HELP ME!", the air fuels the fire,
burning the dross off--when she sees this, she cries out all the more, 'MORE
FIRE, LORD!'"
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