Keepers of the FLAME
Keepers of the FLAME
by Pastor De Wet Steyn
"Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame." – Rom 12:11 The Message
"Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord." – Rom 12:11 NIRV
We must be keepers of the flame. We must constantly walk, live and move in a Spirit of revival. The Bible says that our God is a consuming fire. If He is a fire and living inside of us, then we must remain on fire also.
In Leviticus 6:13, the Bible says: “A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.”. The priests in the tabernacle had to make sure that every day the fire on the altar is burning and that it never goes out.
God never called us to carry the whole fire, just carry your flame.
In the book of Acts, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, everyone had a personal flame that came and sat on them. It is your responsibility to kindle your flame and never let it go out. When we do this, collectively we can carry the fire of God. In the Old Testament, the priests had to be present and attentive to make sure the fire never goes out.
We can learn a great lesson from this--in serving God there are no off days. If you are a believer in Jesus, then you are in full-time ministry because our relationship with God is a full-time job. If the priests failed, then the fire would go out.
A fire left to itself will always eventually die out.
In Redemption Family Church, every second weekend of the month we are going to have what we call Keepers of the flame weekend. This weekend will consist of three services, Saturday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night.
Keepers of the FLAME weekends are times when we come together with the purpose and intention to pursue the presence of God and stir up the spirit of revival. The goal is to create a time and a space where we can have a constant and sustained atmosphere for revival.
The idea was birthed after my wife and I attended a Pastor’s Intensive hosted by a church in Arizona. The story behind it is beautiful. Several months ago, a wonderful couple started to attend our church. Last year, 2021, they attended a conference at this same church and was touched radically by God. As they continued to attend our church, the wife gave me a book that was written by the pastor in Arizona and said, “I think you should read this."
As I read this book, the Lord really started to minister to me, and from that point I started following the ministry of the author's church. I love their services and intercession. By watching online, they announced that they would have a pastor’s intensive to help pastors understand revival and how to create a sustained atmosphere for revival, and I told my wife we need to go! So, we did.
In that two-day conference we encountered God and it was just one amazing supernatural experience. They prayed for us and we received impartation. We are mantled and mandated to carry the spirit of revival and bring it to our city and our region.
Many people look at 'revival' as just a couple of weeks of extended meetings (nothing wrong with it, if it should happen, we would embrace it) but we want to see a sustained atmosphere for a mighty move of God and revival in our region that is consistent and continuous. This move of God must remain until the return of Jesus!
If you are hungry for God, if you are praying for revival for our region, if you have a desire to see revival break out, then I want to invite and encourage you to come join us every second weekend of the month starting in July.
Let me share with you one last thing. Romans 12:1 says “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
The fire of God doesn’t fall on empty altars.
It is when there is a sacrifice on the altar that the fire of God falls.
One reason we don’t see the fire of God in our churches today is because we have empty altars. Going to the altar is hardly preached anymore. We present ourselves as living sacrifices. This is not a popular message. And it goes against what many people want to hear today.
Many are looking to hear a gospel message that only talks about the blessing, favor, prosperity and all the good things the Bible has to offer. Now listen, I am all for it but that is only half the gospel. We must preach purity, sin, hell, sanctification and consecration. We must preach about presenting ourselves as living sacrifices, crucify our flesh, deny ourselves and take up our cross daily.
We are called to keep our flame burning. It is time for us to fill the altars again. It is time for us to become living sacrifices and allow the fire of God to fall once again on us and in our churches!
Pastor De Wet
by Pastor De Wet Steyn
"Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame." – Rom 12:11 The Message
"Never let the fire in your heart go out. Keep it alive. Serve the Lord." – Rom 12:11 NIRV
We must be keepers of the flame. We must constantly walk, live and move in a Spirit of revival. The Bible says that our God is a consuming fire. If He is a fire and living inside of us, then we must remain on fire also.
In Leviticus 6:13, the Bible says: “A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out.”. The priests in the tabernacle had to make sure that every day the fire on the altar is burning and that it never goes out.
God never called us to carry the whole fire, just carry your flame.
In the book of Acts, when the Holy Spirit was poured out, everyone had a personal flame that came and sat on them. It is your responsibility to kindle your flame and never let it go out. When we do this, collectively we can carry the fire of God. In the Old Testament, the priests had to be present and attentive to make sure the fire never goes out.
We can learn a great lesson from this--in serving God there are no off days. If you are a believer in Jesus, then you are in full-time ministry because our relationship with God is a full-time job. If the priests failed, then the fire would go out.
A fire left to itself will always eventually die out.
In Redemption Family Church, every second weekend of the month we are going to have what we call Keepers of the flame weekend. This weekend will consist of three services, Saturday night, Sunday morning and Sunday night.
Keepers of the FLAME weekends are times when we come together with the purpose and intention to pursue the presence of God and stir up the spirit of revival. The goal is to create a time and a space where we can have a constant and sustained atmosphere for revival.
The idea was birthed after my wife and I attended a Pastor’s Intensive hosted by a church in Arizona. The story behind it is beautiful. Several months ago, a wonderful couple started to attend our church. Last year, 2021, they attended a conference at this same church and was touched radically by God. As they continued to attend our church, the wife gave me a book that was written by the pastor in Arizona and said, “I think you should read this."
As I read this book, the Lord really started to minister to me, and from that point I started following the ministry of the author's church. I love their services and intercession. By watching online, they announced that they would have a pastor’s intensive to help pastors understand revival and how to create a sustained atmosphere for revival, and I told my wife we need to go! So, we did.
In that two-day conference we encountered God and it was just one amazing supernatural experience. They prayed for us and we received impartation. We are mantled and mandated to carry the spirit of revival and bring it to our city and our region.
Many people look at 'revival' as just a couple of weeks of extended meetings (nothing wrong with it, if it should happen, we would embrace it) but we want to see a sustained atmosphere for a mighty move of God and revival in our region that is consistent and continuous. This move of God must remain until the return of Jesus!
If you are hungry for God, if you are praying for revival for our region, if you have a desire to see revival break out, then I want to invite and encourage you to come join us every second weekend of the month starting in July.
Let me share with you one last thing. Romans 12:1 says “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.”
The fire of God doesn’t fall on empty altars.
It is when there is a sacrifice on the altar that the fire of God falls.
One reason we don’t see the fire of God in our churches today is because we have empty altars. Going to the altar is hardly preached anymore. We present ourselves as living sacrifices. This is not a popular message. And it goes against what many people want to hear today.
Many are looking to hear a gospel message that only talks about the blessing, favor, prosperity and all the good things the Bible has to offer. Now listen, I am all for it but that is only half the gospel. We must preach purity, sin, hell, sanctification and consecration. We must preach about presenting ourselves as living sacrifices, crucify our flesh, deny ourselves and take up our cross daily.
We are called to keep our flame burning. It is time for us to fill the altars again. It is time for us to become living sacrifices and allow the fire of God to fall once again on us and in our churches!
Pastor De Wet
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I feel the fire on this! This message brings anointing! LOVE IT!