Rhapsody of Realities November 22nd 2025, DON’T LOSE YOUR FIRE

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome DSc DSc DD

Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord (Romans 12:11 AMPC).

The tendency of fire is to burn out. So, for fire to be sustained, it must be fuelled. The same is true of your zeal and passion for the Lord and spiritual things. Read our opening scripture again; it says, “Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.”

In other words, be consistently ablaze for the Lord. It’s your responsibility. Be a burning and a shining light. Some may criticize you for it; they may call you a “fanatic” or an extremist. Others may outrightly ridicule you and persecute you for your spirituality, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re doing the right thing, fulfilling your purpose in Christ.

It’s the will of God for you to live in a continual state of spiritual incandescence, always radiating His presence. He wants you burning with the Spirit and manifesting His life and power every day and in every place. The secret is staying filled with the Spirit: “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God” (Ephesians 5:18-21).

Constantly fellowship with the Holy Spirit and meditate on the Word. Pray often, especially for those in your world; your cell members, your leaders, your church family, your friends and loved ones, and those with whom you work or do business. Write their names down and continue to prevail in intercession for them.

There’s something about prevailing prayer; it’s one of the ways to sustain your holy glow, the fire of the Spirit that keeps you fervent and passionate about the things of God. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve studied or how much you know. It doesn’t matter what the Lord has told you; you must stay in fellowship with Him through prayer; otherwise, you could lose the spiritual fervour that should accompany your knowledge.

There’s a passion, a divine glow that comes from consistent, earnest prayer, and without it, your spiritual energy could wane. So spend time in heartfelt intercession, and you’ll always be lambent in the spirit.

PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for igniting my heart with passion and zeal for the things of the Spirit. I remain steadfast and burning with the Holy Ghost, serving you with joy and power. I’m ever aglow, fervent in spirit, giving myself continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

FURTHER STUDY
Romans 12:11 TPT
Be enthusiastic to serve the Lord, keeping your passion toward him boiling hot! Radiate with the glow of the Holy Spirit and let him fill you with excitement as you serve him.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 KJV
Pray without ceasing.

Colossians 4:12 KJV
Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

Luke 9:29 KJV
And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment [was] white [and] glistering.

DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-Year Bible Reading Plan
1 Peter 1:1-21 & Ezekiel 27-28

2-Year Bible Reading Plan
John 13:31-38 & 1 Chronicles 22

DAILY AFFIRMATIONS:

I am a child of God, born of the Word which lives and abides forever. I no longer live by blood but by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit of God tabernacles me, and Christ is glorified in my body. I live in health and strength always. The Lord is the strength of my life; therefore, even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for God is with me. I have been granted unrestricted access to the unending, boundless, incalculable, and inexhaustible riches of Christ—wealth too deep for any human to search out. Poverty is not a part of my life, for I am an heir of God. The silver is mine, the gold is mine, and the world belongs to me. My gates are open continually; they are not shut day or night, receiving deliveries of wealth from the nations.

The Lord has magnified me and increased my greatness. I have divine access to wealth untold. The Holy Spirit shows me the secrets of life, revealing how to produce wealth, make profit, and remain established in wealth and health. I am making progress, rising like an edifice, higher and higher, irrespective of challenges, persecutions, or hardships in the world. When others are cast down, my testimony is that there is always a lifting up for me. I dwell in never-ending, superabundant wealth. I am being remembered in many places for good. My blessings cannot be explained by human reasoning. I have money everywhere. I am a big-time Kingdom financier. The supernatural intervention of God is evident in all my affairs. I am mightily blessed by the Lord!

I am a blessing, a carrier, and a distributor of God’s grace to my world. Through me, God displays His manifold wisdom and excellent greatness. My home, workplace, neighbourhood, city, and nation are blessed for my sake. I am an offspring of the Word, and the Word has pre-eminence in my life. I reign and rule by the Word in the mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Christ is my wisdom. I am filled with all the fullness of God—loaded with power, glory, might, and grace. Divinity is expressed through me, and I display the perfections of Christ in sound health and a life that is sickness-free. My joy is full, and the joy of the Holy Ghost gives me daily strength and vitality. I have an indestructible life. My faith is alive and working, producing health in my body in the mighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Speak in tongues.