roc_rus

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Keep up the good work freedom2007, and don't let anyone talk you into believing a faithless, powerless gospel...because that is a lie of the devil that he wants you to believe...as well as all of us. God's Word is absolutely ALL POWERFUL in the face of anything the devil has. The devil is limited to this carnal realm (1 Corinthians 10:13), but we have God's supernatural power (2 Corinthians 10:4) to kick the devil's butt anyday of the week and twice on Sunday! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah, I love to woop the enemy. I too have bee delivered form demonic forces that kept influencing my life. It works, but we only doubt and judge what we don't know or never experienced ourselves. That does not make it unreal. It happened in the Word by Jesus himself. Jesus said we will do greater things than He. i thank God for my liberty and now I can help liberate others.

This is how I have experienced interpretation of tongues. First of all it has to be Spirit led. If the Lord is speaking through someone in a language unknown to me, be it foriegn or what is called the unknown tongue, and it is for the congregation or church as a whole, or me personally. I hear in the Spirit in English. I mean my natural ear hear what everyone else hears but it seems to be transformed/interpreted in my spiritual ear, as if it is plainly being spoken. I prayed for this gift, I have never had problems speaking in tongues but my understanding was unfruitful to me. Now when I am praying in tongues a understand what my spirit is praing for or saying or asking most of the time. I hope this is clear enough. If not let me know

I have the gift of prophecy, actuall I walk in the office of a Prophet. But if you have told you already have it, it just need to be trained/perfected. What all do you know about propecy? I have learned that it is not what we think or perceive it to be. And when God needs this gift to be used and you are willing it will work. We can quench the Spirit also the gifts working. I have discerning of spirits, divers kinds of tongues, interpretation of tongues (these are the ones I operate in frequently) I have never (that I know of) been used to for the others.

I agree, people get so cought up in what people know about them or see them do, that diregard the allseeing all knowing God. I believe the church body has lost the thing called accountability. We do not address (lovingly of course) the things people do that bring shame and disregard the church and Christ. As long as they come give offering pay tithes and look happy its ok. I mean if no one addressed the wrong I was doing and they know all about it, I would likely keep doing it and think it was ok, if I was a new convert. But you have those that have been int he faith long enough to know. They take what they want from the Word of God and leave out the rest.

I thought I would somethings to what everyone else is saying. I am going through exactly what you are speaking of. The thing with me is I was already saved in Christ when I faultered with my own weakness. Because somethings were never addressed after I gave me life to God, they resurfaced at stressful moments in my life. To make a long story short I said somethings about a very close sister in Christ (we lived together for 6 years, and have not went a day without talking to each other since we met). The very people I called my self venting to (also sisters in Christ) decided to go t her and tell all I said and omit what they said. After they felt they had done the right thing they decided to call ameeting with the pastor of our church, themselves, me roommate and myself to confront me. Well the Lord prepared me and said to take responsibility for what I said repent to Him and apologize to the one I spoke about, without accusing them of what they said which would only do more damage and bring up more hurtful things. They all said they forgave me and thee loved me and was concerned about how I would react to this and not to stop being their friend/sister. Well they all abandoned me. My sister no longer speaks to me, we no longer live together, and she will not let me interact with her children (my nieces) at all. But I chose to forgive them. Christ has forgivien me for doing much worse to Him, why would I harbor something so mediocre towards people I really love. Yes the devil speaks that they abandoned me when I really needed them, they never loved me, they don't care that they have turned your life upside down and torn apart your family.... But we are all human, mistakes happen, we can all be used by the enemy and them be accused of the very use he used us for. Love covers a mutitude of sin, my love is greater than their sin and vice versa (some people take a while to learn this). But we are to imitate Christ until these things no longer take thought but are automatic. Yes it hurts, at times I get lonely ALL my friends in Christ have turned from me, but this does not define who I am. I had to forgive myself first off, then forgive them. And remember our fight is not with flesh but the spirits that cause the flesh to do things contrary to Christ and His teachings. Do the opposite of what the devil wants you to do (this is a process), if he says to not speak to them-I speak, don't pray for them-I pray, to curse them-I bless them. It is all based on our willing mind and heart. Read books on forgiveness, Charls Stanley has a great one called The Gift of Forgiveness. This really helped me understand what forgiveness is and what unforgiveness can do to you, it takes a conscious effort and the UNCONDITINAL love of Christ. I hope this helps at all

First off hello all, new here. What I believe is that God wants the signs and wonders to follow His believers. If this were not so He would not have stated so in His Word. Becasue He says it we desire it. I often ask my Father what is it that the present church has lost that the first church had? And to say these miracles would not work or would be explained away in our cultrure is denying Gods ability to out wit/out think/out operate His creation. It is lack of belief and our intimacy with God that has hindered us really tapping into what He is calling us to, and our so called advanced society is what has us occupied with all the wrong things.