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originally posted by: Out6of9Balance
Just wait until I found our god.
"God's not going to fill us with His fullness if our will is not in agreement with Him. I'll tell you an example that happened to the late prophet Bob Jones. Bob was in a meeting years ago, many years ago, decades before he passed on to be with the Lord when he was more immature. He was in a meeting full of the Holy Spirit, now I've been in a meeting with Bob before where he's praying for people and miracles are happening, demons are coming out, the power of God is just hitting people, I've seen it with my own eyes. He was in a meeting like that and almost everybody in the whole church after Bob was done praying for them was out on the floor in the Spirit. People had been healed, delivered, all kinds of power flowing, Bob went back into the green room, a number of pastors were there, now I can tell this because Bob told it, Bob told on his self cause he didn't want anybody else to make the mistake he made OK?
Bob's back in the green room, there was a pastor there who said: "Wow Bob that was awesome the way God used you to prophecy, heal the sick, cast out demons, just think Bob, pastor so and so over there, he's the one that's always saying that your a false prophet". Now watch, Bob said, this is Bob Jones own confession, he said: "I had an unsanctified part of my heart where my pride was offended by those that were criticizing me and before I knew it here's what came out of my mouth..." Bob said five words: "His ministry isn't going anywhere." That's what he said. Bob said after I uttered those words, the word of the Lord came to Bob, cause Bob said when I was sitting in the green room the presence and the power of God was still resting on me. He said five words: "His ministry isn't going anywhere." The word of the Lord came to Bob and said: "You just used my power to destroy your brother's ministry, when my power is resting on you the words that you speak come to pass and you just released my own power to destroy his ministry. Now you're under judgement. For every word you spoke your going to be sick a month. If you ever speak against your brother again I'll take you home early."
Bob said that he immediately became ill, so ill he was bed-fast for five months. They had everybody that was anointed coming through Kansas City, they all prayed for him, everything, nothing made him better, five months to the day he got out of bed and for the rest of his life you could never hear Bob ever say any unkind word or criticism EVER about anybody. Now what can we learn from that? God will not fill us with His Holy Spirit until our hearts and our wills agree with God. If we're wounded, angry, offended or we have other stuff going on, selfish ambition, God cannot and will not, because He's a loving God, give anybody that level of power. Cause what we say will come to pass. So do you understand now? He wants the church to be filled with the fullness of God. God wants to have sons and daughters on the earth who can speak words and storms stop. God wants us to be able to speak and creative miracles happen but He's not going to release that level of power and presence until our hearts are free from gossip, complaining, backbiting, murmuring, finger-pointing, criticisms, judgements, and debate."
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originally posted by: LoveSolMoonDeath
Imho it's a mistake to try to change others. We are powerless to make durable changes on anyone but ourself. But, if you thrive to be the better version of yourself, being happy and at peace, then maybe others will want those gratifications too, growing the willing to change.
In essence don't preach, listen and be a light.
"I don’t respect people who don’t proselytize. If you believe that there is a heaven or hell, or that people could be going to hell, or not get eternal life, and you think it’s not really worth telling them this because it would make it socially awkward…and atheists think people shouldn’t proselytize, just keep religion to yourself… how much do you have to hate somebody to not proselytize? How much do you have to hate somebody to believe that everlasting life is possible and not tell them that?" ~ Penn Jillette
Claire Kuchever: What if you had to tell someone the most important thing in the world, but you knew they'd never believe you?
Doug Carlin: I'd try.
Gimme the track get back and let me rip this up no jive no shuck
as I truck loads of funk for your rump so pump your fist and
come and get a bump of this
Witness a kid don't even own his own soul playin' the other role
just to be down with the foe I can't understand a coward giving
up his power when you're livin' in the last hour twelve o'clock
Jesus is comin' back schedule is tight I gotta keep my suff intact
slack is wack it's time out for the hack stregthen up your back
You think you got rights, well I had 'em too
But I gave 'em all up when I died for you
You can't come to me cause you're good enough
Since the fall of man I'll call your bluff
I don't want to see you suffer any more
So go ahead friend, open up the door
That leads to freedom from guilt and pain
Got nothin' to lose everything to gain
Give it up
To the one
Who gave you
His own Son
He's patient, he's kind. He's really patient and kind and forgiving. This is my own experience.
originally posted by: ElGoobero
a lot of us are in a dilemma; we watch people self-destruct and we know what they need to do to right themselves, but if we get in their face they will reject us and our advice. and its easy to fall in the 'soul patrol' trap where we think we need to go around correcting people when we need to correct ourselves.