FIRE SAFETY - Youth Aflame 12-8-99
INTRO: If a fire were to break out in your house, the first thing a fireman would tell you NOT to do is go back inside for any of your "stuff". The house could fall in on you and consume you! If we don't follow natural laws, we can easily endanger others or ourselves…

1.      LUKE 10:59-62 (read)
God desires complete sacrifice, leaving behind our old life and becoming new in Him. (2 Cor. 5:17)

2.    When we turn back to our old ways, we are going against His spiritual laws, and in turn, we can become consumed.

3.    If we want the FIRE OF GOD in our lives, everything must be left behind…we can't expect God to wait on us when He is moving ahead!

3 WAYS TO KEEP FROM GETTING SPIRITUALLY BURNED

1.      AVOID FIRE EXTINGUISHERS! (Sin, peer pressure, rebellion against authority {{including parents, teachers, pastors etc.}}, pride, complacency, laziness…the list goes on)

2.    FEED THE RIGHT KIND OF FIRE! (Don't throw fuel on the old fire, throw fuel on God's fire {{prayer, the Word, spending time in His presence}}

3. BECOME GOD'S FIRE "PERSON"! (Use your gifting…allow God to use you for His glory…reach out to those around you)