I wanted what was in the Bible: The Baptism of Fire and Power | Two Minute Daily Devotional

David Hathaway · Jun 18, 2026 · 2m

I was only 14 when I was baptised in the Holy Ghost. What I wanted was what was in the Bible, the baptism of fire, of power. I knew that when the fire came down on 120 people in the Upper Room, they became fiery evangelists – and immediately Peter held the first evangelistic crusade of the early Church!

You see, they were searching for God, waiting expectantly! And on the day of Pentecost, the miracle happened – the same Holy Spirit that had transformed Jesus, the same dynamic power that turned Him from the carpenter’s son into the Son of God, the same power that raised Him from the dead –…