http://www.fireonyourhead.org Articles to provoke you towards personal and global revival Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:02:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org http://www.fireonyourhead.org/wp-content/mbp-favicon/firesquareredkp8.jpg http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/06/12/finding-holiness-in-love/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/06/12/finding-holiness-in-love/#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:09:53 +0000 Julia http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=6362 "All you need is love," echoes the resounding anthem of what has been dubbed the "Love of God" camp. Images of casually-dressed young people lounging on picnic blankets, "soaking" in God's presence, a sparkle in their eyes and the joyful sounds of laughter flood my mind. On the other side of the chasm, proponents of the "Holiness" Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/06/12/finding-holiness-in-love/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/06/07/keep-the-sword-sharpened/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/06/07/keep-the-sword-sharpened/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:23:54 +0000 Stevie B http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=6176 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/06/07/keep-the-sword-sharpened/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/02/23/reflections-from-testimony-of-oswald-chambers/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/02/23/reflections-from-testimony-of-oswald-chambers/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:03:55 +0000 BryanP http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=5724 "Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man...." -Is. 6.5a There is a place of crisis to which every saint must come, for there is an inherent humanism in all men and women, and even after conversion to Christ there lingers a dualistic nature. We have tasted of the Divine nature, but we have yet Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/02/23/reflections-from-testimony-of-oswald-chambers/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/02/17/is-introspection-a-sin/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/02/17/is-introspection-a-sin/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:19:37 +0000 David H http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=5707 Finally brothers... (Paul is saying to sum up this whole book) whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8 I used to be really introspective. On the outside I was Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/02/17/is-introspection-a-sin/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/01/25/how-to-catch-foxes-that-ruin-vineyard/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/01/25/how-to-catch-foxes-that-ruin-vineyard/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:38:22 +0000 Stevie B http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=5142 "O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom." Song of Solomon 2:14-15 (ESV) I Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/01/25/how-to-catch-foxes-that-ruin-vineyard/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/01/09/the-sense-of-gods-holiness/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/01/09/the-sense-of-gods-holiness/#comments Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:15:24 +0000 BryanP http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/01/09/the-sense-of-gods-holiness/ 'Among those who approach me I will show myself holy; in the sight of all the people I will be honored.' -Lev. 10.3 The nations are perishing and the Church is languishing for want of the knowledge of God. This generation of American souls is largely ignorant of the God of the Scriptures, and we have been too preoccupied Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2010/01/09/the-sense-of-gods-holiness/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/12/28/todays-sleeping-giant/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/12/28/todays-sleeping-giant/#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:49:37 +0000 Gamma http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=5249 by Leonard Ravenhill Solemnly and slowly, with his index finger extended, Napoleon Bonaparte outlined a great stretch of country on a map of the world. "There," he growled, "is a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! If he wakes, he will shake the world." That sleeping giant was China. Today, Bonaparte's prophecy of some one hundred and fifty years ago Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/12/28/todays-sleeping-giant/feed/ 1 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/12/02/the-love-of-the-father-vs-the-love-of-the-world/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/12/02/the-love-of-the-father-vs-the-love-of-the-world/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:37:45 +0000 thatjoelguy http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=5024 "Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For everything in the world—the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does—comes not from the Father but from the world.  The world and its desires Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/12/02/the-love-of-the-father-vs-the-love-of-the-world/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/11/12/the-crisis-of-conviction/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/11/12/the-crisis-of-conviction/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:14:16 +0000 Gamma http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=4976 Editor's note:   Britt Williams is the pastor of Consuming Fire Fellowship, in Woodville Mississippi. The following article is something I came across on Facebook when several of my contacts posted this article on their profiles.  I was challenged and convicted by many of the points, and though we don't agree with every point or feel that some of Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/11/12/the-crisis-of-conviction/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/10/11/cleanse-our-eyes-a-call-to-consecration-in-the-area-of-entertainment/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/10/11/cleanse-our-eyes-a-call-to-consecration-in-the-area-of-entertainment/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:15:29 +0000 BryanP http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/10/11/cleanse-our-eyes-a-call-to-consecration-in-the-area-of-entertainment/ "I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin? .... for that would be a fire that consumes.... and it would burn to the root all my increase." -Job 31.1, 12 I understand that many would brand my faith antique and my convictions archaic for approaching this subject, but that is a Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/10/11/cleanse-our-eyes-a-call-to-consecration-in-the-area-of-entertainment/feed/ 5 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/29/davidic-grit/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/29/davidic-grit/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:56:44 +0000 BryanP http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=4743 "Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions." -Ps. 51.1 The man who comes to the truest consciousness of his own depravity will be the one to cry out from the deepest place for a total cleansing from God. David the King and psalmist of Judah Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/29/davidic-grit/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/27/habitual-sin-holy-ostracism/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/27/habitual-sin-holy-ostracism/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:50:41 +0000 Gamma http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=4733 By Jerry Bolton Recently on Facebook, I posted a video of Dr. John Piper responding to the question "How should Christian friends respond to a friend who has entered a homosexual relationship and moved to a church that accepts it?". During the discussion that followed, I realized there's something much deeper at stake, namely, "How should Christian Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/27/habitual-sin-holy-ostracism/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/24/consuming-fire/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/24/consuming-fire/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:12:11 +0000 Stevie B http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=4670 "But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/24/consuming-fire/feed/ 0 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/22/picture-of-a-prophet/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/22/picture-of-a-prophet/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 05:01:58 +0000 Gamma http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=4695 By Leonard Ravenhill The prophet in his day is fully accepted of God and totally rejected by men. Years back, Dr. Gregory Mantle was right when he said, "No man can be fully accepted until he is totally rejected." The prophet of the Lord is aware of both these experiences. They are his "brand name." Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/22/picture-of-a-prophet/feed/ 4 http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/12/believe-that-you-have-received/ http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/12/believe-that-you-have-received/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:18:06 +0000 Stevie B http://www.fireonyourhead.org/?p=4616 "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." (Mark 11:24 ESV) Every so often, I get told by individuals that they perceive me to be a "faith teacher" in a derogatory way as if studying about, living this out, and writing about it is a bad Continue reading]]> http://www.fireonyourhead.org/2009/08/12/believe-that-you-have-received/feed/ 2