Gwennie
Child Of God
I can do all things with christ
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Post by Gwennie on Mar 15, 2006 12:46:25 GMT -5
Hi everyone. HI RICHARD!!!!!!!!! I barely get enouph time to chek my e-mail and poke around sisters anymore,but I am gona make an attempt. I have to get closer to the Lord.
WE are very involved in our church now. Another reason we are busy so much. We work in our cHurch food bank on Monday;s an Tuesdays. We serve 51 family's a week. Chuck is taking over as Director of the food bank in May. He just got elected Decon last month.
Nice to see you all.
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Post by Richard on Mar 15, 2006 22:02:38 GMT -5
Thanks Gwen for stopping by it get lonely around here when most of the time it is just me. We have new members but they don't post. Congratulations to Chuck on becoming a deacon. I was elected a deacon two years ago and then re-elected just two weeks ago. Hope to see you around more.
Richard
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Gwennie
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Post by Gwennie on Mar 16, 2006 12:11:15 GMT -5
That's awesome Richard. What kind of church do you go to?
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Post by Richard on Mar 16, 2006 14:31:51 GMT -5
I attend a nondenominational church and have been there for 6 1/2 years before that I was a baptist for 19 years.
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Post by Barb on Mar 16, 2006 19:59:12 GMT -5
Now I do stop by on occasion to see if I hear an echo. hahahahahha Glad to have you back Gwennie. You know Rich I was raised a Baptist and now for years have been non=denominational myself. See how small the world is?
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Gwennie
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Post by Gwennie on Mar 16, 2006 23:47:25 GMT -5
I am not sure if The assembly of God church is considered nondenominational or not. We are very spirit filled. I know the babtist don't get into all that. I know that because We have a good friend whom we call Jim the babtist who helps out int he food bank. He gets all red in the face when someone talks about speaking in tongues an such LOL He goes to the babtist church in our town. Occasionally we get together with the babtist church and do corpret prayer. I am happy to be back!!!!
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Post by Barb on Mar 17, 2006 10:28:53 GMT -5
I am Church Of Christ who many believe is charismatic but not so. I believe they get it confused with Churchs of god and Nazerenes. We believe and take the Bible literally and as complete and total truth. I would say many things are simular to the Baptist except we take communion every Sunday.
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Gwennie
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Post by Gwennie on Mar 17, 2006 16:45:53 GMT -5
We ntake the Bible for exactly what it sais too. I would hope. How do you all feel about the babtism of the Holy spirit?
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Post by Richard on Mar 17, 2006 18:49:17 GMT -5
I believe in the baptistism of the Holy Spirit. Do I speak in Tongue? No not yet that is not one of the gifts that I have been given yet not to say that someday I will. I used to laugh at people who spoke in tongue and would even argue with them that tongues did not exist but now God has changed my way of thinking since I have been with my present church. As you know the Baptist don't believe that tongue exist in today's time.
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Post by Barb on Mar 17, 2006 21:16:23 GMT -5
I believe "tongues" was the ability to speak in other languages and not nondiscript speech known as the "gift." I feel if God has new revelation for Christians then it will be for all His children and not a select few in a select few churches. Was it Peter or Paul in the NT that said there is no longer any need for 'tongues"?
The apostles were given these gifts by baptism of the Holy Spirit in the OT and that also included raising the dead. Unless there is someone today who can raise the dead then I am afraid I don't believe in it. I do believe the Holy Spirit lives and abides in us though giving utterance to God through our prayers.
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Post by Barb on Mar 17, 2006 21:18:13 GMT -5
P.S. Does that make me a Baptist? hahahahahahahahahaa
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Gwennie
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Post by Gwennie on Mar 18, 2006 18:14:12 GMT -5
No but I do beg to differ with you. I speak in tongues and so does my husband and 15 year old daughter ;D Heres what I feel. I feel every Christian Is babtised in the spirit but just doesn't know it. I read Knowing God Intimately by Joyce Meyer. It helped me to understand all of this. For the longest time I had lot's of dought then I went to a church where lot's of people prayed in tongues. I was real curious about it. I did alot of study. I still had alittle dought tho. As long as you have that you can't know how to recieve it. I finally beleived with all my heart and I prayed and prayed for God to show me how. One day I was in deep prayer and it just spilled out of my mouth like a forign launguage I'd known my whole life. There is know way you can fake this. I even tried that. Now I can pray in the spirit any time I want to. CHuck recieved his in church up at the alter. Everyone was praying and some of the deacons layed hands on him. He was sweating so bad that his shirt was soaking wet,He was shaking like a leaf and He said he saw the brightest light he'd ever seen and suddenly he just started to pray in tongues. Praying in the spirit is the most awesome!!!!! experience ever!!!!! If you beleive just pray and ask for it. Read that Book Richard it helped me alot.
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Post by Chuck on Mar 25, 2006 22:36:36 GMT -5
Yes I do believe in the speaking of the Tongue. Like Gwen told you how I received the Holy Spirit. I thought I was dreaming one night but the next day Gwen asked me if I always speak in tongues in my sleep. Now like I said I was sleeping and I was wondering how she know I was doing so. That really confirmed it for me that I was Baptized in the Holy Spirit.
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Post by Chuck on Mar 25, 2006 22:44:35 GMT -5
Thank You Richard and should I say congrats to you also. Yes I am so bussy these days it is hard to think. I have even been having trouble getting to sleep. Except these last two days I want to bed before my wife (so I don't hear her snore LOL). Our church is Charismatic.
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Gwennie
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I can do all things with christ
Posts: 41
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Post by Gwennie on Mar 26, 2006 17:17:47 GMT -5
Be carefull Chuckster ;D Chuck either the cat's got thier tongue or nobody wants to talk about this subject
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