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My sister and I make these things called firestarters.
They are simply rolled up newspaper, dipped in melted wax and then cooled. We made them as girl scouts and now make them for
our dad who uses one to start every fire. He places one firestarter at the base of his split logs and lights both
ends. Soon there is a roaring fire without having had to crumble newspapers or use any small kindling. We joke about these
firestarters having ruined a good eagle scout because now Dad won't start a fire without one. I was making these and attaching
scriptures to them and giving them away at a local flea market. I made thousands, and became known as the Firestarter
Lady.
Today, Firestarter Publications publishes what we hope will indeed start a fire in peoples hearts.
Our
hope and prayer is that the eyes of your heart might be open to the Holy Spirit of God. That He would light a fire within
you to know Him and serve Him and that you too would become a firestarter
One day while making my firestarters I was
looking into the melted wax and I said to myself, "It looks like blood." I was surprised by the response that I heard in my
spirit. "Yes it is blood. You are a firestarter and you will have to be covered in my blood and then be used to start other
fires." I knew that the only blood I was covered with was Jesus so I quickly got a piece of paper and the following is what
I wrote. This coincides with the directions on how these are made. The newspapers are rolled and tied in place, then scored
and separated into smaller pieces then dipped in wax,cooled,scriptures tied on and then given away to be burnt up in a fire.
START WITH NEWSPAPER
The older the better. Prints of activities of earth, The flesh. Daily life. All the headlines
state what we think to be important in life. What others are doing or not doing. What the weather is doing or not doing.
SEPARATED
AND ROLLED
in Jesus love. We are called out to be separate. To be set aside for the purposes of Christ. We are rolled
and formed in such a way that it will be easy to be severed. Christ molds us into His image so that we can be seen by others
as His ministers of fire. Hebrews 1:7
TIED
with cord, held in place, bound by our commitment to Him.
SEVERED
Cut, pulled apart from the world and what we thought was a part of us.
11 Cor 6:17/ Hebrews 7:26
DIPPED
in
His blood, red hot wax fuses us, coats us, permeates us. Stay in this until we are soaked through. Soft, pliable, red, perfumed.
HARDENED
Cooled, made ready for use. If left too long inactive on tray they pick up clumps of unwanted wax making it hard then
to apply the scriptures. So are we if we remain inactive for too long. It becomes hard for us to apply Gods word to our lives.
After having been in the hot wax or the fire of life. It's temping to get comfortable when in the cooling process because
it is such a relief from the fire.
WORD
His word is then attached, tied on and
APPLIED
After being
permeated with His blood, His word becomes a part of what we are, who we are. We now have a new purpose. Not just being able
to start a fire but to start other minds thinking on God's word.
SENT OUT
In order to affect others. Firestarters
are ready to be given away. We can be a witness as we go to others with His word attached to us in such a way that it is a
part of our lives.
BURNED
Used to light other fires, In doing so we are completely
CONSUMED
By giving
yourself away you die to your flesh. You let your desires be consumed by the fire. There is less of you and more of Christ
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