1. Fire From Heaven Amos 5:1-17 (NIV) A Lament and Call to Repentance
Hear this word, Israel, this lament I take up concerning you:
“Fallen is Virgin Israel,
never to rise again, deserted in her own land,
with no one to lift her up.”  
This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Israel:
“Your city that marches out a thousand strong
will have only a hundred left; your town that marches out a hundred strong
will have only ten left.”  
This is what the LORD says to Israel:
“Seek me and live;
do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal,
do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile,
and Bethel will be reduced to nothing. ” Seek the LORD and live,
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them,
and Bethel will have no one to quench it.  
There are those who turn justice into bitterness
and cast righteousness to the ground.  
He who made the Pleiades and Orion,
who turns midnight into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea
and pours them out over the face of the land— the LORD is his name. With a blinding flash he destroys the stronghold
and brings the fortified city to ruin.  
There are those who hate the one who upholds justice in court
and detest the one who tells the truth.  
You levy a straw tax on the poor
and impose a tax on their grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,
you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards,
you will not drink their wine. For I know how many are your offenses
and how great your sins.  
There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes
and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times,
for the times are evil.  
Seek good, not evil,
that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good;
maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy
on the remnant of Joseph.  
Therefore this is what the Lord, the LORD God Almighty, says:
“There will be wailing in all the streets
and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep
and the mourners to wail. There will be wailing in all the vineyards,
for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.

2. Prelude
2 Kings 1:1-6 (NIV) After Ahab's death, Moab rebelled against Israel. Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.” But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?' Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!' ” So Elijah went. When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, “Why have you come back?” “A man came to meet us,” they replied. “And he said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, “This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” ' ”

3. Bad Attitudes
2 Kings 1:7-12 (NIV) The king asked them, “What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?” They replied, “He had a garment of hair and had a leather belt around his waist.” The king said, “That was Elijah the Tishbite.” Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king says, ‘Come down!' ” Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men. At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!' ” “If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men.

4. Respect
2 Kings 1:13-18 (NIV) So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!” The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, “Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.” So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king. He told the king, “This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!” So he died, according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. As for all the other events of Ahaziah's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel?

5. Bad Attitude
Luke 9:51-56 (NIV) As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem. And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him; but the people there did not welcome him, because he was heading for Jerusalem. When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, “Lord, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them ?” But Jesus turned and rebuked them. Then he and his disciples went to another village.

6. Excerpt
Amos 5:4-6 (NIV) This is what the LORD says to Israel: “Seek me and live; do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing. ” Seek the LORD and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

7. He Will Set Your Fields On Fire - The Chuck Wagon Gang
There’s a call that rings from the throne it springs to all who are astray. Saying come ye men and your load of sin down at the altar lay. Many do not heed for the chain of greed still crushes their desire. Be assured my friend if you still offend he will set your fields on fire. He will set your fields on fire, if to sin is your desire. You have heard, Jesus call, heed it lest you soon must fall. Let the lord your soul inspire if you join the heavenly choir. And rejoice with him as the sun grows dim when he sets this world on fire. Take a friends advice make the sacrifice completely turn from sin. Taking up the cross counting earth as dross Let Jesus live within. When temptations come keep on facing home to Satan never hire. But rejoice and pray on the last great day

8. Bad Attitude
2 Peter 3:1-7 (NIV) Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. Above all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, “Where is this ‘coming' he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens came into being and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

9. Respect
2 Peter 3:10-15 (NIV) But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells. So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless and at peace with him. Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

10. Fire From Heaven