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  • LESSON 101: REPENTANCE
  • LESSON: 102: FAITH
  • LESSON 103: BAPTISMS
  • LESSON: 104 A, B & C
  • LESSON 105: SALVATION
  • LESSON 106: LIFE & DEATH
  • LESSON: 107 HEAVEN & HELL
  • LESSON: 108 SIN
  • LESSON: 109 TRINITY
  • LESSON:110 GOD THE FATHER
  • LESSON:111 GOD THE SON
  • LESSON: 112 GOD THE HOLY SP[IRIT
  • LESSON:113 MAN (Anthropology)
  • LESSON: 114 ANGELS & SPIRITS
  • LESSON:115 SATAN
  • LESSON: 116 ESCHATOLOGY (End Times)
  • APPENDIX A: VICTORY (booklet)
  • APPENDIX B: LOVE STORY
  • APPENDIX C: THE SAMARITAN RESPONSE
  • LEVEL TWO: INTRODUCTION
  • LESSON 201: STEPS TO MATURITY
  • LESSON 202: LORDSHIP OF CHRIST
  • LESSON 203: RENEWING THE MIND
  • LESSON 204: DISCIPLESHIP
  • LESSON 205: GOD'S DWELLING
  • LESSON 206A: PRAYER
  • LESSON 206B: PRAYER
  • LESSON 207: LOVE
  • LESSON 208: Spirit Soul & Body
  • A PRAYER FOR jULY 4TH
  • A SENSE OF FOREBODING
  • ACCOUNTABILITY
  • ALL AUTHORITY
  • AMERICA MUST REPENT
  • ANOTHER LEGALIZED SIN
  • AT THE END OF YOUR ROPE
  • AS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH
  • BEING MADE A VESSEL
  • BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS
  • BE CAREFULL WHO YOU LISTEN TO
  • BLIND TO THE TRUTH
  • CALLED OF GOD AND ......
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 1
  • CARNAL CHRISTIANS - Part 2
  • CHRISTIAN WARFARE
  • COMPARING CHILDREN
  • CREATED IN HIS IMAGE
  • DARKNESS IN CHURCHES TODAY
  • DARKNESS vs LIGHT
  • DECEPTION
  • DECLARING THE KINGDOM
  • DEPENDENCE ON GOVERNMENT
  • DISCERNING THE WIND
  • DISCERNMENT
  • DIVINE GUIDANCE
  • DRIFTING INTO DARKNESS
  • ETERNAL VALUES
  • EXPERIENCEING HIS PRESENCE
  • FEAR - WHY?
  • GO AND SIN NO MORE
  • GOD STILL PERFORMS MIRACLES
  • GODLESS CHRISTIANITY
  • GOD'S PRESENCE
  • GOD'S SABBATH REST
  • GOD'S TIMING
  • GOD'S WORD IS ETERNAL
  • GOVERNMENT
  • GROWING TO MATURITY
  • HARVEST TIME IS ALMOST OVER
  • HE THAT HATH AN EAR
  • HIS ENEMIES - HIS FOOTSTOOL
  • HOW CLOSE IS CHRIST'S RETURN
  • HOW DISTRACTED ARE YOU
  • HOW TO SHIELD YOURSELF
  • I DREAMED OF TREASURE
  • IDENTIFYING ANTICHRIST
  • IMMORALITY IN THE CHURCH
  • IS THE DEVIL IN HARRY POTTER
  • IT IS TIME FOR GOD TO......
  • JESUS SAID IT WOULD HAPPEN
  • KINGDOMS IN CHAOS
  • KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD
  • KINGDOM THINKING
  • KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH
  • KNOW THE POWER
  • LET THE LIGHT SHINE
  • MAINTENANCE
  • MANY REFUSE TO REPENT
  • MYSTERY BABYLON
  • NECESSARY DISCIPLINE OF A CHILD
  • NOT ALL CHRISTIANS ARE BORN AGAIN
  • AN OMINOUS PROCLAMATION
  • ON BEING A WITNESS
  • POOR, BLIND & NAKED
  • PRAY AFTER THIS MANNER
  • PRAYER THAT CHANGES THINGS
  • PRAYING FOR ENDURANCE
  • PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
  • PREPARE FOR THE LAST DAYS
  • PROOF ISLAM IS OF SATAN
  • PROPHESY GOOD TO US
  • PSALM 91: TRIBULATION PSALM
  • REASON TO WATCH & PRAY
  • RECOGNIZING TRUE MINISTRY
  • REJECTING TRUTH
  • RELEVANCE OF THE LAW
  • RELIGION vs TRUE CHRISTIANITY
  • REPENT MEANS CHANGE
  • RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP
  • SATAN'S STRATEGY EXPOSED
  • SELFISHNESS
  • SHALL DO EXPOITS
  • SHEDDING INNOCENT BLOOD
  • SIN AND GODLESSNESS
  • SPIRITUAL DECLINE
  • STRONG DELUSION
  • STUFF
  • SURVEILLAENCE
  • TAKE A STEP BACK
  • THE ENEMY WE DON'T SEE
  • THE BIBLICAL GOD
  • THE CHASTENING OF THE LORD
  • THE CHILDREN OF GOD vs ....
  • THE CHURCH & TRUTH
  • THE COMING OF JESUS
  • THE CONFLICT OF THE AGES
  • THE CURRENCY OF HEAVEN
  • THE GATES OF HELL
  • THE GOSPEL THAT PLEASES
  • THE GREATEST OF THESE
  • THE ABSOLUTE POWER
  • THE HORROR OF ......
  • THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS .....
  • THE LAST DAYS
  • THE MARRIED WIDOW
  • THE ORIGIN OF CREATION
  • THE OTHER CHURCH
  • THE REFORMATION CONTINUES
  • THE RISE OF LAWLESSNESS
  • THE SECULAR CHURCH
  • THE SEVEN CHURCHES
  • THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LOVE
  • THE THREE HOLY SPIRITS
  • THE TWO SIDES OF GOD
  • THE WALKING DEAD
  • WEAPONS OF OUR WARFARE
  • THE WORKS OF GOD
  • THREATENED WITH DEATH
  • THE TIMING OF EVENTS
  • TO FEAR OR NOT TO FEAR
  • TO HIM THAT OVERCOMETH
  • THE TRAGEDY OF ICABOD
  • TRIED BY FIRE
  • TRUE RICHES
  • TRUTH vs DECEPTION
  • TWO KINDS OF WISDOM
  • TWO NATURES IN CONFLICT
  • TWO KINDS OF ENEMY
  • UNCLEAR PROPHETIC WORDS
  • UNDERSTANDING THE LIBERAL MINDSET
  • WHAT HINDERS GOD
  • WHAT BECAME OF THE NEPHILIM
  • WHAT DOES JESUS HATE
  • WHAT GOD WANTS
  • WHERE IS YOUR TRUST
  • WHY A MINISTER FALLS
  • WHY CHRISTIAN DECLINE
  • WHY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE
  • WHY DO THE HEATHEN RAGE?
  • WHY GOD MADE MAN IN HIS IMAGE
  • WHY IS AMERICA IN DECLINE
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY NO JUDGMENT ON THE WICKED.....YET
  • WHY PEOPLE REJECT TRUTH
  • WHY PEOPLE WORSHIP FALSE GODS
  • WHY PRAY
  • WHY THE CROSS
  • WHY THE LATTER RAIN
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS
  • WHY WAS JESUS BAPTIZED
  • WONDER OF THE SEED
  • YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER
  • YIELDEDNESS
  • YOUTHFUL LUSTS
  • YOUR BEHAVIOR REVEALS .....
  • DO NOT BE DECIEVED
  • WHEN ARE WE CAUGHT UP
  • WHERE IS THE POWER
  • REAL SURVIVAL GEAR
  • UNITY IN CHRIST
  • VISION OF TWO CHURCHES
  • WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
  • WHY SEXUAL PERVERSION EXISTS
  • WHEAT AND THE TARES
  • ON BEING SONS OF GOD
  • WHAT KINGDOM DO YOU DESIRE
  • WHAT IS THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • THE GREAT AWAKENING - Part 2
  • TWO HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
  • PRAYING FOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY
  • WHY CHRISTIANS SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN POLITICS
  • WAS JESUS LATE?
  • WHY THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH
  • WHY DID JESUS COME
  • WHY IS THE CHURCH IN DECLINE
  • WHY CHANGE IS COMING
  • CLARIFYING THE GREAT AWAKENING
  • YOU WILL FACE THE JUDGE
  • FAILURE OF THE PRIESTHOOD
  • WHAT DOES "LORD" MEAN
  • THE ULTIMATE LOSS
  • THE WAY YOU THINK
  • WHAT IS REALITY AND TRUTH
  • THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY
  • WHY IS PATIENCE IMPORTANT
  • WHERE WAS GOD WHEN ......
  • WHY MANY WON'T BE SAVED
  • SECTARIANISM IN THE CHURCH
  • WHY SO MUCH DARKNESS
  • INCREDIBLE DECEPTION
  • THE VALUE OF SALT
  • WHY THE PARABLE OF WHEAT AND TARES
  • WHO IS IN CONTROL
  • We Are Wonderfully Made By God
  • STUDY OF DIVINE POWER
  • TOTAL REDEMPTION
  • THE HARVEST IS RIPE
  • THE PENALTY OF UNBELIEF
  • WHAT PRECEDS THE RETURN OF CHRIST
  • WHO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED IN HEAVEN
  • THE ERROR IN THJE GRACE MESSAGEE
  • FINAL CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE
  • HAS AMERICAN BECOME WORSE
  • WHY CELEBRATE PENTECOST
  • WE HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED
  • IS A FAMINE COMING?
  • THE FOUNDATION OF GOD'S KINGDOM
  • DEALING WITH LEFTIST PROGRESSIVES
  • MAN'S KINGDOMS vs GOD'S
  • MOTIVATION TO PRAY
  • PRIDE - WHAT GOD HATES
  • SEEING IS BELIEVING - OR IS IT?
  • WHY THE DISCIPLES HAD GREAT SUCCESS
  • REVIVAL vs ENTERTAINMENT
  • FACING DEATH
  • AFFLICTION
  • THE CONSEQUENCE OF BITTERNESS
  • THE REALITY OF HELL
  • TIME OF TRAVAIL
  • IN HIS IMAGE
  • BELIEVERS ARE SONS OF GOD
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE
  • EXPOSING A FALSE DOCTRINE - PART 2
  • THE POWERLESS CHURCH
  • WHAT IS ATONEMENT
  • UNGODLY COUNSEL - BEWARE
  • BEWARE FALSE PROPHETS & MINISTERS
  • THE GREAT DISCONNECT
  • WE HAVE A SERIOUS FUEL SHORTAGE
  • WHY SO MUCH CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
  • PROOF OF A DIVINE CREATOR
  • THE DANGEROUS PROSPERITY DOCTRINE
  • SPIRITUAL WOLVES
  • OUR WORLDLY STRUGGLES
  • UNEXPECTED AND UNPREPARED
  • WHAT GOD IS
  • EVERTHING IS BEING SHAKEN
  • NO EXPIRATION DATE
  • WHY JUDGMENT BEGINS AT THE HOUSE OF GOD
  • WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
  • THE STATE OF THE UNION
  • HOW AWESOME IS GOD
  • SELF PRESERVATION
                                                                       WE HAVE A SERIOUS FUEL SHORTAGE

                                                                                                                                                                            By W. G. Guy

          Most people fail to recognize how much we depend on fuel to maintain our entire society.  Without fuel nearly everything stops as fuel is the energy that keeps things going.  Basically, fuel is what lights the fire that produces energy in so many ways.  This applies to providing electricity, allows vehicles of every sort to operate, and more.  A shortage of fuel means that things we depend on will shut down and no longer provide what we so much depend on in this life.

          However, there is an even more important fuel shortage that most people are not giving any thought about.  This critical fuel is called PRAYER.  Prayer is the fuel that powers the church; and intense, fervent, effectual prayer is what brings a true Holy Spirit driven REVIVAL.  Without such prayer the church dries up and becomes powerless – which is the state of the church in this present day.  The evidence is overwhelming when you look at the extreme corruption in our society today.
The following are excerpts from World Challenge – Pulpit Series Newsletter of October 17, 2022, by Pastor Gary Wilkerson, son of David Wilkerson:

Tragically, Christ’s church has been ineffective in turning the tide.  God’s people are too prayer-less and thus powerless at the very moment we should be calling on God with effective fervency.  We’ve grown spiritually anemic, distracted by entertainment and a pursuit of fleshly cravings.

A famous quote, attributed to either C. H. Spurgeon or Archibald Brown, prophesied all of this more than a century ago: “A time will come when instead of shepherds feeding the sheep, the church will have clowns entertaining the goats.”
As moral chaos unfolds, the church continues with business as usual.  Congregations remain prayerless while their leaders lack holy integrity.  Churches substitute entertainment for true worship; the gospel is watered down and preached tepidly, and the people lead lukewarm, compromised lifestyles.

Imagine the church ridding itself of foolish reliance on entertainment, flashy trends and how-to gimmicks for church growth.  Imagine Christians stirring themselves to return to the heart of the gospel, repentance, holiness and being empowered by the Holy Spirit. It is time to pray.  It is time for each of us to appeal to heaven for a revival in the church and an awakening in the nation. (end excerpts)

          For my doctoral dissertation I did a study on revivals, on how revivals began, what occurred, what were the results, and how they ended.  I even had a book published that was a summary of my studies called, AWAKENING THE SLUMBERING SAINTS, published by Fairway Press.  My findings showed that every great move of God and revival began with a group of people praying for God to pour out His Spirit on the people and interceding for the community.  This group was led by a fiercely dedicated individual who inspired a group of others to the cause.  They would not give up no matter how things looked or how long it took to see the results.  Mostly these were a small group consisting of few people.

          All revivals came to an end, some lasting for longer periods than others.  What I discovered was the reason why the revivals ended when they did.  It was the lack of prayer!  When the revivals began, those that were the prayer warriors behind that move of God got to rejoicing so much in the fresh spiritual environment that they were no longer praying for revival, but instead, began to relish in the move of God and rejoicing in it.  They failed to realize that it was their prayers that fueled the fire of God that brought the revival.

          PRAYER IS THE FUEL THAT FEEDS THE FIRE FOR REVIVAL!  Without the prayer, the flow of the fuel stops, and the power is no longer available to keep the supernatural fire and move of God going.

          Many times the “fire of God” is used in reference to a revival or move of God in our midst.  This spiritual fire is associated with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the one who orchestrates revival and the move of God.

Luke 3:16 –  John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

          A signature of the baptism and outpouring of the Holy Spirit is the “tongues of fire”:

Acts 2:3 –  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 

          On many occasions, fire is associated with the manifesting presence of God, such as Moses experienced when he was called of God to deliver Israel out of Egypt.

Exodus 3:2 – And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 

          There have been supernatural outpourings of God in the past where flames appeared on places of worship, yet the fire did not consume the building, but drew the attention of others to that location to see and hear the gospel message.  I had the privilege of pastoring a church in an area that experienced the fire of God fall on a congregation.

          This was in a small rural town in Minnesota with a population of 351 where I pastored an Assembly of God church in the late 1970’s.  In 1978 the church celebrated its 50th anniversary having been founded on a great revival in the area in the late 1920’s.  Also in the vicinity, about six miles out of town in the rolling farm lands, was another Assembly of God church that also was part of this same revival.

          For several nights in a row they held services where the power of God fell and the church building appeared to all the surrounding area to be on fire.  This church was set on a hill that could be seen for miles around and the fire drew people to come watch the church burn down. It didn’t, and people got to hear the gospel preached under a true anointing. Fifty years later I had the privilege of ministering in that church as it was considered a sister church of the one I pastored. 

         This is the kind of revival that is available if we can only get people to pray for another move of God.  

Matthew 21:22 – And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

         We need to recognize that it is this fervent prayer that brings the move of God into our midst.  Preceding the Holy Spirit outpouring on Pentecost the believers were assembled in prayer: 

Acts 1:14 – These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

          Why did the early church operate in so much supernatural demonstration and power:  it was because of continued prayer and seeking the Lord.

Acts 6:4 –   But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 

          Prayers of the gathered saints opened the doors of the prison where Peter was held captive.

Acts 12:5 –  Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

          We should obey the exhortations by the apostle Paul:

Romans 12:12 –  rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

          The words instant in prayer mean to be earnest toward and continually diligent in seeking God for His response.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 –  Pray without ceasing. 

James 5:16 – Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

          As in the case of oil based fuel, when there is a shortage we have to pay a much higher price to obtain what we can get.  There is also a higher price to pay in order to secure the spiritual fuel we need get the power of God moving in and with us.  That higher price is the fact that we sacrifice our personal and selfish pursuits and spend quality time and effort in prayer.  If you want God’s power you will have to pay that price; but it is definitely worth it!    

           Scripture gives us another example of a serious fuel shortage that is described by Jesus when He tells about the ten virgins, five of whom were foolish and run out of fuel.

Matthew 25:2-8 – Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.  And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.  They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:  but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.  While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.  And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.  Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.  And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps (lights) are gone out.

          This serious fuel shortage was more costly to the five foolish virgins than they ever realized.

Matthew 25:9-12 – But the wise answered, saying,  Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.  And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.  Afterward came also the other (foolish) virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.  But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

          It appears from what Jesus said, that having this special fuel is the key to identifying as being one of His and able to join with Him at His return. 

          You have the ability to stop the fuel shortage!  Will you?
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