In two thousand years we have travelled from "Silver and Gold have I none, but such as I have give I thee" to sometimes God heals, sometimes he doesn't or you never know what God's gonna do or it's in God's hands. I think if we look at these statements, they are more to comfort ourselves and the person we are praying for. They certainly do not line up with Jesus or the apostles. "Jesus healed them all." We have gone from the power of Pentecost to constantly to praying for revival. So how did we get there??? I don't think the journey really matters. It is where much of the church is today. Divine healing has been replaced by doctors. Biblical counseling under the power of the Holy Spirit has been replaced by Psychology.
There are people who are experiencing the miraculous; but these seems to be the exception not the rule. I am not saying these things to be condemning but out of concern. I am sure many of you who are reading this article how wondered about this just as I have. So what do we do? Are we doing it wrong? Obviously some churches are just dead. The Holy Spirit isn't allowed to move. Some are very good at getting people to Christ. Even fewer are getting people to the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. But do the just get the Holy Spirit and stop there or do they grow in this experience using the Power and walking in the Gifts.
Here is something to think about? Does God want revival? I this a Old Testament (Covenant) practice? After the Great Commission in Mark 16 and the Outpouring in the Book of Acts things changed. I have found in my own life, after years of praying for something to come that something was wrong. I was struggging and not finding victory. I was a spiritual wimp! I then began to realize I had already been baptized in the Holy Spirit and just needed to begin to seek God with all my heart. I begin speaking in tongues often just as Paul say he did and it just transformed my life. I had power. Revelation from Scripture just started pouring out. I was able to move in the Gifts of the Spirit. I was able to move in divine healing towards myself and others. It was amazing. I am not saying this to brag, but to make a point.
All I know is what I used to do didn't work and this does. This lines up with the New Testament. Maybe we are looking for something to come that we already have! I just want everyone to experience what I have and more!!!
There are people who are experiencing the miraculous; but these seems to be the exception not the rule. I am not saying these things to be condemning but out of concern. I am sure many of you who are reading this article how wondered about this just as I have. So what do we do? Are we doing it wrong? Obviously some churches are just dead. The Holy Spirit isn't allowed to move. Some are very good at getting people to Christ. Even fewer are getting people to the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. But do the just get the Holy Spirit and stop there or do they grow in this experience using the Power and walking in the Gifts.
Here is something to think about? Does God want revival? I this a Old Testament (Covenant) practice? After the Great Commission in Mark 16 and the Outpouring in the Book of Acts things changed. I have found in my own life, after years of praying for something to come that something was wrong. I was struggging and not finding victory. I was a spiritual wimp! I then began to realize I had already been baptized in the Holy Spirit and just needed to begin to seek God with all my heart. I begin speaking in tongues often just as Paul say he did and it just transformed my life. I had power. Revelation from Scripture just started pouring out. I was able to move in the Gifts of the Spirit. I was able to move in divine healing towards myself and others. It was amazing. I am not saying this to brag, but to make a point.
All I know is what I used to do didn't work and this does. This lines up with the New Testament. Maybe we are looking for something to come that we already have! I just want everyone to experience what I have and more!!!
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