"...I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove his sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."  Matthew 3:11

Why do we not hear more about this today?  I am ever thankful for the baptism of repentance!  But oh how I long for more of the added baptism of fire and passion for the things of God.

Could it be that the element of power is missing from the church today because we are not teaching and desiring more of the baptism of the Holy Spirit?

It requires faith to come in repentance to the waters of baptism.  Perhaps the hope that the power of God will re-visit our hearts will require yet added measures of faith - and our simply asking Him to fill us anew? 

Lord, plunge us into the waters of faith and fire in these days when the powers of darkness are all the more challenging!