Our God Is a Consuming Fire

Notes from our Great Impact Sunday service.

Proverbs 17:3 (KJV)

• God is known as a consuming fire.
• Our hearts are tested and purified through the fire of God.
• When you face problems, it is because God is refining your heart like gold in a furnace.
• Our hearts are in the hands of God, and He uses the fire to purify and transform us.

Proverbs 23:7

“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.”

• A person is not defined by what we see physically, but by what is in their heart.
• You know a person through their heart, not through their appearance.
• God looks at the heart and desires to refine it.

Matthew 7:13

• The way to God is narrow because it requires spiritual commitment.
• Following the ways of people is easy, but following God’s way requires discipline and obedience.

Psalm 51:1-8 (NLT)

• Allow God to work on your heart.
• Ask God for cleansing and renewal.
• God is interested in a pure heart and a right spirit.

Matthew 5:20

“Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”

• God is not only looking for outward actions, but a transformed heart.
• True righteousness comes from within.

John 15:1-4

• The Lord is not looking for quantity but quality.
• God cleanses every branch that produces fruit so it can produce more.
• God removes anything in us that does not reflect Him.
• We must remain connected to Him to bear fruit.

Galatians 5:22-23

• The Fruit of the Spirit.
• We measure our relationship with God through the fruit produced in our lives.
• The fruits in our lives come from the heart.
• God is in the process of cleansing us so that He can produce His fruit in us.