UNANSWERED PRAYER

Consider if we may be falsly assuming the ball is in God's court.
For example, asking for His help when we are not doing what we need help in doing.

BORN AGAIN OR JUST SAVED?

http://69.6.236.221/bornagain.htm

THE MOTHER LODE

http://69.6.236.221/thoughts.htm

TRUE OR FALSE?

There are those who think the Charismatics have gone over the edge.
And indeed they have--the edge of their comfort zone and now have the Comfroter.

LOVE THY NEIGHHBOR

Tradilanal churches regulaly remind us to love thy neighbor, but does the include leding them to Christ, baptizing them in the Holy Spirit. healing their sickness and castong out demons?praying for the sick, and casting out demons?

TESTIMONIES

If you are looking for a Holy Spirit filled church, go where they are twstif;ying to ot.It i
s not found in ritual or tradial churches.

They may lusttily sing "Trust and Obey" but in practice it is "no way"/

REPENTANCE IN THE MODEREN CHURCH

Repentance?

THE HOLY SPIRIT BAPTISM

is being obedience to Jesus
is proof of the resurrection
is the power to carry out the Great Commission
is going from knowing about Christ to knowing Christ
it is going from the natural to the supernatural
It is being able to cast out demons
It is having proof of being born again
It is being able to speak in tongues
It is a being able to ove neighbors more effectively
it is being able to heal the sick
it is to follow Christ’s example
it is to follow the disciples example
yet it is not popular in the denominational churches

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Sermons that are seasoned to suit the tastes of the hearers raises the question of who cooked them up.

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

It is the baptism in the Holy Spirit!
It is where we get beefed up to do the Lords's work and get a stake in the supernatural.
Sadly. too many Christians are spiritual vegetarians.

cast out demons!

What follows is a transcript of an internet dialog I had with a seventeen your old male from Trinidad/Tobago Island in the Caribbean who used the nickname of Lucifer 666.

What had occurred prior was that I encountered him through a chat program on the internet. Initially, he was abusive and offensive. Suspecting I was dealing with a demon I began counterattacking and commanding the demon to leave him.

In our next internet exchange he began to switch from attacking my story to asking me questions. Next, he asked for my permission to add my name to his contact list.

Finally, I told him that God loved him. The next day I received the following: He had changed his name from Lucifer666 to Repent-Tri.
Repent-TriHey, believe this! Some of the things you said to me had an affect, dude......now I am more open...thanks....Oh, your website is really good.
HalThank you for making my day. I suggest your explore my website since it reveals a part of what I have learned in the past twenty five years of living and experiencing. Have a good day. God love you.

Repent-TriI know He loves me now, because I asked Him "Lord, do you love me?" and you know what happened? He said, "I died for you." Now that is love!
Hal - laterHow are you doing?
Repent-TriHey man! I am doing really great since I opened up to the man above.
HalWhat have you noticed that is different?


Repent-TriMy total view of life. Life now really seems like a calm ocean
Hal I didn't get a history of our chatting since you weren't on my contact list yet. However, I would like to share your story with my Bible class. Will you give me a little history of your background and a "before and after" of your change? What name by which I can address you?
Repent-Tri.You can call me "Repent".

HalHi Repent! Have you considered sending me the story of what happened to you so I can share it with my Bible class? I surely would appreciate it.
RepentI would most definitely but not right now. You could just start by saying even that non-believers can experience the hand of God. Well, I will try to send it to you by Monday.
HalI look forward to it. Be as detailed as you wish since the details add to the impact.
RepentWell, my story is simple. I was a rebel...a total anti-everything. I lived without a care in the world, as though nothing mattered to me. I lived this life for about three years......then one day I met you. I tried in every way to corrupt you and make you believe that God does not do much for us. However, the next day I woke up a different man. I suddenly started to see that all this time the devil had control over me. I think the Lord sent you to me to show me that I was leading a life that was going nowhere. I thank you for that. I wish you a ling and happy life, and continue to spread God's word PEACE, LOVE, EMPATHY!!!
HalThank you for that wonderful encouragement . Do you now consider yourself to be a Christian?

Repent Honestly, I now consider myself a son of God.
HalMay I suggest you find a church that will help you grow in your new found faith?
RepentI live very far from you.
Hal But surely they have churches where you live.
RepentI am attending an Advent college. I can join in with them. HalAs of this time I have had no further contact with him. What this taught me is that I can cast out a demon far away without the person even knowing I am doing it!: * * * * * * *For how I learned to do this go to the healing classroom.

QUESTION

Although a church may ritualistically exhort their congregation to love their neighbors as themselves, do they do any more than what non-Christians do? Or do they do what non-Christians can’t do?

To heal the sick, cast out demons, and baptize in the Holy Spirit, even among their own members?

QUESTION

Can I claim that I have an open mind if I am playing what I already believe in the background?

TRUE OR FALSE?

Most denominational churches are costing down hill in membership vecause they may have the form of religion but are denyinng the Holy Spirit's power to do othrwise.. Their leadership is just hoping the wheels don't come off on theri watch.

WHAT CHANGE?

If we are more threatened by change than we are challenged by growth , we will vegetate.

LOOKING

The reason so many young people are not able to find themselves is because they are looking for the wrong person. And they are looking in the wrong place. If they first find the Lord, He will then show them who they are, what they are, their potential as His children, and why God created them in the first place. In trying to find themselves they are looking for someone who is lost, and when they have found themselves, it will have proven to be a dead end.

DIVISIVE ISSUES

Those mainline churched that reject tongues because it is divisive better not preach on the rapture.

COULD IT BE?

Could it be that so many christians are turned off by Pentecostals is they do not think their own faith is worth getting all that excited about?

frustration

Evangelicals may find it frustrating in their efforts to make the church at large evangelical.
However, charismatics find it eqully frustrting to get evangelicals to become full goospel Christians..

CHRISTIAN LIFE STYLE

There are those who may consider being charismatic as merely a different life style. Nneverthelsss, Jesus had to be crucified and resurrected to mwke it possible.

JUDGEMENT

AAfter all, Judgement, like repentance, are good tioucs if a church is outgrowing its facilities,

THE JIDGEMENT SEAT OF CHRIST

Romans 14:10
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ


For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.


When have you heard a sermon, a teaching, or even the mention of this event??
Yet how we stand will determine our eternal rewards.

BEING CHILDLIKE.

Christ said we must be as little children to enter the kingdom of God. That is to say, we are to have the unquestioning faith of a child. It does not mean we are to be retarded in our spiritual growth. We are to become holy as God is holy.

JUST ANOTHER MIRACLE!

Nickolas was six when the disease hit. The doctors at the Children's Hospital could not identify it. A worldwide medical e-mail search identified only four similar cases. In the meantime, the disease was eating it's way into Nicholas's brain. The doctors did not know how to stop it. Nick's mother was terrified. Her only hope was prayer. She prayed with Nickolas on her lap. Nickolas knew very little about Jesus, but he was extremely interested. Nick became a shut-in. Bacteria were his enemies. He was not allowed out of the house. No school, no pets, no friends, no picnics. Nick's family and friends started a multinational prayer circle. Then the first miracle occurred; the doctors identified the medicine they needed to fight this new disease. As a result, Nick became a research subject for the National Institute of Health. His treatment, including injections, required three hours a day. His mom never left his side. She bought him a computer which inspired Nickolas to e-mail fellow shut-ins. This led to the development of a foundation called Healing Kids Foundation which provided computers for kids in seven countries. (www.healing kids.org). The family moved back to England for medical cost reasons. Then the second miracle occurred. Nickolas was introduced by phone to Hal Weeks, a Coronado, California, resident who has a healing ministry at http://home.san.rr.com/healing. He prayed with Nickolas, now age nine on the phone. Hal gave Nickolas a "prescription." It will not cost you anything, It has no adverse side affects, and you can't overdose it. say "thank you Jesus." The disease, which had blinded Nickolas in one eye, stopped. Three days later the London hospital could find no evidence of the disease. They reported this to the National Institutes of Health. The N.I.H. did not believe it and asked for Nickolas to go to the N.I.H. in Bethesda, Md. for further tests. They confirmed the London report. Miraculously, Nicholas' disease was gone. The disease began in Nicholas four years ago. In January, 2002 The disease disappeared after Hal Weeks prayed --in the name of Jesus -- on the Transatlantic telephone with Nickolas. He is now a healthy, happy, ten-year old, has a girl friend and heads a foundation serving seventy-seven children in seven countries. (Sort of a second miracle.) He now goes to school, has a pet rabbit and is learning to play the piano. The Make a Wish Foundation has granted Nickolas his A wish .....to meet Robin Williams in Hollwood. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, God. This was supplied by Clark Shelby. His email address is: cshel4u@aol.com

MANCHURIAN CANDIDATES

Believe it or not! Satan has Manchurian candidates. Whenever the devil is allowed to infest them with a demon they are at risk of becoming a Manchurian candidate.

OBEDIENCE

Obedience is the highest form of worship.

INITATIVE

When it comes to serving God initiative is not a virtue but obedience is.

A COVER UP

what we choose to do for God can be a cover up for the things that He tells us to do but which we do not do.

PART OF MY MINISTRTY

Dear Hal, The lady you prayed for six months ago is ......whose name is confidential since she wishes that her name not be used in your testimonial. She is a seventy-year old lady who was diagnosed with cancer by her doctor and given six to nine months to live. You prayed for her when her sister called you up on the phone. After your prayer, she felt totally different. Her test results came out negative. The cancer was gone! She even went on a cruise. She now can live a normal life now. No one would know she had been so sick before. Her friend, Susan

A QUESTION

If we find it necessary to shout at our children to get their attention, we should ask ourselves if our Heavenly Father has the same problem. Allowing us to experience trials is one way He shouts.

A TESTIMONY OF HEALING

I didn't know much about the Christian healing tradition before I found it alive and well, tucked away in Room 7 at St. Paul's UMC. Intrigued (and without medical insurance), I wanted more, so I talked to Hal Weeks. Moving away from friends and family had been difficult, and settling in California presented a level of stress that had taken its toll on my health. Flu, anxiety, migraines, mysterious aches and pains, and despair, presented many wonderful opportunities for healing. Hal suggested I attend his prayer and healing class--what did I have to lose? Besides any misconceptions, I thought.So I went a few times, first to observe, then to take a leap of faith and see what it really was all about: I asked for healing. It is important to ask, I learned, for healing as much as with any of God's gifts. It is important to be sincere and come before Him with the faith of a child.That is when things really started to happen! I had been sick with a sinus infection, miserable and achy, and I just couldn't kick it. I approached Hal and asked for healing prayer. He put his hand on my head and prayed. In moments, the clogged sinuses drained--as did a sense of depression I recently had been battling. Gone, just like that! I marveled on my walk home how beautiful the world looked, as if I had forgotten. And I noticed in the days and weeks that followed this small miracle that I was getting stronger--my body, my immune defenses, my mind and my spirit. I knew this was for real
I soon had a chance to see how powerful God's healing Spirit is. Firsthand, I experienced the phenomenon I had seen (with much skepticism, I admit) performed on television so often that it was almost cliché: falling under the power of the Holy Spirit, bam! flat on the floor. If it was a gimmick, it was surely rooted in something real, wasn't it? I was about to find out. It's not just falling--what I felt was much more powerful than that. Hal had been praying for healing for me, for some relatively minor physical complaint. I don't even remember what it was--but Jesus sure saw something in me that needed attention. As we stood there, Hal's hand on my forehead, his prayers dissolving into something unintelligible. I sensed Something barreling toward me like a train, I could almost see it coming. Then that "Something" hit me right in the gut and literally threw me down. (my thanks to the person whose hands caught my head just before the moment of impact!) There I was, on my back, not able to move or speak. I didn't feel heaviness; on the contrary, my body felt very empty, very light, like a shell, but I was stuck to the floor and couldn't get up. But I didn't want to. I had become aware of a golden glow in front of me, formless, but if you asked me to describe it, I would say it was like a beautiful smile. I reciprocated. Then I started laughing. I couldn't stop, nor could I stop the tears that, to my surprise, were streaming down my face. What a joy! What a wonderful sense of peace had suffused my entire being! Hal helped me to my feet and, as he steadied me, patiently explained to the class that this was a normal reaction, "Holy laughter" I think he called it. It certainly was! Later I began to realize what had happened that evening. It came in small recognitions--that I felt no fear, that I was more capable of compassion. That my heart felt bigger and my eyes could see more, and that I felt a vital, personal connection with God, as well as gratitude most profound. As my understanding of the transformation grew, fearlessness and compassion grew in me into something I wanted to share, something I felt compelled to share. It was as if, instead of struggling on footholds up a craggy rock face, I was suddenly boosted up to the mountain top with two feet firmly planted on the solid rock. From that place, the next thing to do--obviously--was to help others up, to share the power of God's love in banishing the fear that so often cripples us, to let people know, in gestures and actions as well as in words, that everything is all right there for you, the love, the promises, the healing, the joy. You don't have to struggle, you don't have to hurt. All you have to do is ask. He will answer with a smile.

BE A LOANER

When we speak in tongues we are loaning our speach mechanism so He can be heard.

TONGUES CONTRVERSY

One reason that tongs is so controversial may be that the devil hates it because it is so powerful a weapon in spiritual warfare. He is the auhorr of confusion.

THE PURPOSE OF LIFE

Our lifetime on earth is a God-given opportunity to prepare ourselves to be kings and priests in his eternal kingdom.

But how many of us are playing hokey?

CHRISTIAN BELIEFS

Our Christian beliefs may be only a claim unless we are influenced by them and act accordingly.

DIVINE HEALING IS FOR TODAY

Dear Hal,
Hi! My name is Liza Daligdig-Peralta. I
called you on January 6, 2007 to pray for my heart condition. I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure (CHF) in November last year in which I was hospitalized for 5 days. My heart ejection fraction was at 15% which was very, very low. I was given some heart medications but these were very low dosages. The normal heart ejection fraction is 55% - 60%. I believed that when you prayed for me that I received my healing. I had a heart "muga" test on Feb. 26, 2007 and the result of my heart ejection fraction was 52%. I had another heart "muga" test on May 3, 2007 and the result was at 51%. I thank God for bringing my heart back to normal. My doctors said that this was such a tremendous result. I called it a miracle.
So I want to thank you very much for your prayer. I know that Jesus is so good. I thank Jesus that He listened to your prayer that day when I called you to pray for me.
I cried when I think about you today. I am just touched knowing that there is someone like you that God is using to help a lot of sick people. The Bible says that the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
Thank you again, Hal. God bless you and take care.


Dear Hal,
Yes, you can share my healing experience regarding my heart condition with others on your website. I want you to know that I thank the Lord Jesus for your ministry.
Also, I want you to know that yesterday, I called you on the phone to pray for my sprained ankle that was hurting very badly. I could not walk before I called you. In fact, my husband had to carry me the whole day on Monday. After you prayed for my foot, the pain subsided and I was able to walk and go out to dinner with my husband last night. Today, my ankle feels so much better.
I so believe that the Lord Jesus still heals in our present generation. He is faithful and so interested in healing the sick.
Thank you again, Hal. God bless you and take care.
Liza

HEALING TESTIMONY

Following is an email that I received:

The short story:
Dear Hal, about one week ago, we phoned you from here in Pennsylvania to ask you to prayer for my wife Sheryl who was passing blood. She was even in pain at that moment which was quickly relieved by the mercy of God because of your prayer. By the next morning there was no longer any evidence of the condition.

The full story:
On Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002, I phoned Cheryl in the evening. She informed me that she was passing blood. When I came home that night, I saw the dark red blood myself. The next day we contacted a medical doctor, who wanted us to make arrangements for both an endoscopy and colonoscopy. On Monday, Oct. 7th, we went to a different medical doctor for his opinion. After examining Cheryl, he immediately changed her diet from raw foods to cooked and put her on zantac thinking she had gastritis and/or a bleeding ulcer. And he personally called the doctor who would do the endoscopy and subsequently the colonoscopy for her. Two days later she was scheduled for her endoscopy. After the procedure, I (Dan) went to talk with the doctor. He told me he found nothing! I specifically asked him, “You found no bleeding ulcer?” He answered, “No.” I asked another question: “Was there any stomach irritation?” “No,” he answered and said again: “I found nothing.” Then he added that he did see dried specks of blood like coffee grounds, but had no idea where they came from. I told him, “Maybe the Lord healed her.” He replied, “Maybe.”The next day, we returned for Cheryl’s colonoscopy After it was finished, I was again sent back to talk to the doctor about his findings. He said, “She is normal. There is nothing wrong. Are you sure she was bleeding?” I said I was sure because I had seen the blood for myself. He said three times that she was “normal.” Thus the medical examination confirmed that she was totally healed.

- Dan and Cheryl Corner -

PROOF TEXTS

There is no such thing as a proof text to those who reserve the right to interpret it in the context of their own presupposition.

GOD'S FORGIVENESS

Repentance is the key that opens the door to God's forgiveness.
\you just cannot have one without the other.
And so many Christians try to pick the lock.

BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Pentecost Sunday or Pentecost someday?

SOMETHING TO PONDER

Here is a scripture you may care to ponder.

Luke 11:9-13
I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

Notice that Jesus is speaking to children of God who are filled with the Spirit.
What then are they told to ask seek and knock to receive if it is not the power measure of the Holy Spirit? Pentecost?

Hal

PENTECOST SUNDAY

The cost of Pentecost was the cross. Yet in many churches it is the day of Pentecost lost.

CHILDREN

For parents to expect obedience from their children, they must set an example of their obedience to their Parent -- their Heavenly father. Just as our children must do things they dislike, parents should demonstrate that they are willing to do for their Father some things that they may not like doing. Christian parents who are only doing for God the things they like cannot expect their children to do otherwise.

GOD'S COMING ATTENTION-GETTTER

The events described ithe book of Reveleation that will occur before Christ returns shows the extremea God will be going to in order to get the world's attentionin.

Why then are there those today who are not listening before it is too late?

BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Here is a website ON A VITAL C HRISTIAN GIFT I discovered that I thought might interest some of you.


http://www.debwebonline.com/Mercy_in_Jesus/baptism.html

sAPTI

PERHAPS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT

Our commission

Jesus as a man became,
to take my blame,
to bear my shame,
and heal the lame.
And we're to now proclaim,
In His Holy name,
and by the Holy Spirit's flame,
...........the same.
May it be our aim.

Hal Weeks, California

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The Big Question

What purpose do we serve,
If we never have the nerve,
to share our faith
,...without reserve?
For fear we'll turn whoever off,
That some will turn away and scoff.
But keep it bottled up inside,
Because of pride.
We're to be forever bold,
Until our story's told,
...and sold.
And then we'll know a joy untold,
And later get a crown of gold.
So we're to go our way,
And say our say,
Without delay,
...today.And it will pay,
When we go away,
Someday.
..to stay,...I pray.

Hal Weeks, California

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DRAGON NATURALLY SPEAKING SOFTWARE PROGRAM

This text is being dictated, not keyed. It is made possible by a software program called Dragon naturally speaking which I am using.
It is especially useful for me since that my age, which is 94, overcomes some of the limitations of mye macular degeneration.

Dragon naturally speaking software program

FREE PHONING ANYWHERE

There is a freesoftware program that enables calling anyone anywhere in the world for nothing. It Is called Skype

Try Skyp.com

PLEASE COMMENT

That there are no comments posted makes me wonder if everybody agrees with me or not, which is very unlikely. So I ask you to add your comments to the posts.

FATHER ABRAHAM'S IMPATIENCE

Islam

SHOW AND THEN TELL

If the church wants to promote their beliefs they need to demonstrate that they can do something those who are not Christians cannot do.

Such is heal the sick, cast out demons and other supernatural signs and wonders.

OUR BELIEFS

Our beliefs may save us but it is our works that earn the perks.

CARNALITY

When we constantly give priority to the temporal over the eternal, the material over the spiritual, and time with the world over time with our Lord, we are establishing habits that, the longer they are practiced, the harder they will be to break. In time, they will be unbreakable -- and fatal!

BIBLE STUDY

If we are not aplying our Bible study, there is no tpoint in doing it.

BUSINESS

Being retired, I am often asked what I do to keep busy. It is as if our goal in life is to be constantly engaged in some activity. Is it any wonder, then, that so many Christians cannot find time for Bible study, Bible classes, or fellowship with God? One of the devil's most effective weapons is to encourage our worldly busyness. Be reminded that the enemy of the best is something good.

UNANSWERED PRAYER

If we are asking God to do something for us and it does not happen, we might try asking Hm if we can do something for Him first.

FOLLOWING JESUS

Following Jesus is a walk where the first step is to get to know Him. Then the walk is learning to follow His example.

THE LATEST WORD

I believe the Holy Spirit was sent to indwell us as ,among other things, to be our Updater and Bible supplementer. He will never contradict His word but will fill in the gaps where the Bible is silent. The spiritual gift of the word of knowledge is His instrument.

BIBLE STUDY

Bible study that starts with no clear goal in mind is merely an intelectual exercise.

We should first seek to find out what we are called to do and then study up on what we need to know to do it.

GOD'S WILL

Since the natural makes us comfortable, and God's supernatural makes us uncomfortable, naturally most churches willfully avoid the supernatural. Naturally, that means they are not in God's will and never will be.

GREEk AND HEBREW STUDY

Those Bible students who study Greek and Hebrew must feel it gives them an edge over the less enlightened who consider the available translations sufficiently accurate for them.

They must feel it gives tham an edge to be able to say, "however, in the Greek" over others.

On the other hand, those who depend on the Author, the Holy Spirit, their Teacher, for their understanding would do well not to say so since they would be cosidered presumptious.

CHURCH TRADITION AND RITUAL

Church tradition is a spiritual straightjacket and ritual make it comfortable

SPECULATION

Speculation is a poor substitute for the Spirit of Truth's interpretation.

DOCTRINAL BASLANCE

Although Scripture does not use the word "balance," we are to be in balance. We are in balance when we are in the perfect will of God. We are not all called to the same work, so no one can judge whether someone else is in balance or not.

STAIRWAY TO hEAVEN

.STEP 1: I am a sinner.

STEP 2. But I can be forgiven of my sins.

STEP 3. I believe Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins and then went to Heaven.

STEP 4. I need to turn the management of my life over to Jesus Christ.

STEP 5. I need to invite Jesus into my heart and into my life.

STEP 6. I need to confess Him before men.

STEP 7 . Start climbing!

password to Heaven

Jesus is Lord!

BLESSINGS

When God first blesses us in a new way, we may be full of praise and thanksgiving. If we are not careful, we will come to think of what we have received as something we had deserved and take it for granted. It may then be necessary for God to take it away for a time until we get recalibrated.

THE "MODERN" CHURCH DEFINED

The modern church avoids the supernatural signs and wonders such as healing, the gifts of the Holy Spirit,especially tongues and casting out demons. And sometimes even declaring then no longer available.

THE LAND OF MIRACLES

http://www.howtoheal.org/

Her is a website that has testimonies of miracle healings. Check it out!

BEGGING

There are times that God must foreclose on those things that we have bought into beyond what He has afforded us to pay for. Walking along the brink of bankruptcy on a presumed faith that results in begging for financial support is not stepping out in God's faith. It is ambition. If God ordains something to be done, He may not provide the means up front, but He will never be late in supplying it. God's provision does not require begging. If we find it necessary to beg, we have gotten ahead of God. Having to beg is the evidence that we have stepped out in presumption -- not faith.

ATTITUDE

Since it is our thoughts that decide our attitude, control of our thoughts is vital to enjoying the abundant life that Christ came to bring us. No matter how difficult controlling our thoughts may seem, our peace of mind depends on it.

PRECONCEPTIONS

To be able to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, we should be able to find at least two biblical references to support every belief, or discard it. To hold to a belief for any other reason is one aspect of being enslaved. That is why it is important to read the Scriptures daily. It will show us the things in our doctrinal closet that need to be discarded. Scripture says, "Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind." This is a command and is therefore something we must do! This requires us to examine our traditional beliefs, our preconceptions, our prejudices, and bring every thought, idea, and mind-set to the Holy Spirit for judgment. This requires us to allow Him to delete from our theology anything that is contrary to whatever the Holy Spirit wants to do in and through us. The computer literate might think of their preconceptions as a write-protected file. If our preconceptions can make us deaf and blind to the new things of God, they also can make us deaf and blind -- but still subject -- to the wiles of the devil.

SPIRIT-FILLED?

Some claim to being spirit-filled but there is no evidence that they have turned on the ignition or stepped on the accelerator.

PENTELCOST

With Pentecost the supernatural becomes natural.

tHE GREAT CHIRADE

To equate trying to doinng and to wquate doing to accpmplishing.

TO LET GO AND LET GOD

Lift up holy hand and sing in the spirit -- tongues.

PROOF OR SPOOF?

To prove we are a Christian, do somethhing a non-Christian can't do.
For example, singing in the choir e won't cut it.
But performing signs and wonders will do it.

THE CLAIM VERSUS THE PROOF

`To claim that we are a Christan, and therefore that we are born-again, and therfore that we are filled with the Holy Spirit proves nothing.

To demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit - signs and wonders - proves we have been baptized in the Holy Spirit whuch proves we are born-agaun, which proves we are a Christian.

Q.E.D.

GOD'S RETIREMENT PLAN

.......it's out of this world!

TRUE OR FALSE?

A sermon which convicts and exhorts - exports.

THE "ONE" MECESSARY BAPTISM

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Romans 6:3
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6(Whole Chapter)
1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

THE "ONE" BAPTISM

Romans 6:3
Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
Romans 6(Whole Chapter)
1 Corinthians 12:13
For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

THE DEFINITION OF A BELEIEVER?

14 ¶ Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. 19 ¶ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

GOD'S SILENT TREATMENT

If the church is not hearing God these days, it needs to listen up and then do what it is told.

TRUE OR FALSE?

1 ¶ Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the trut

CHRISTIAN ROOTS

Are our Christian roots our mindset or the launching pad for ongoing spiritual growth?

BIBLE PROOF

There is no such thing as a proof text to a closed mind.

BETTE4R OFFF CHARISMATICS

Charismatics do not claim to be better, but from experience, they have found they are better off. In any case, it cost Jesus the cross.

OBEDIENCE TO GOD

A life without obedience to God negates its purpose for being created.

HONESTY?

If I want something, I say I need it, if I do not want it, I say I do not need it.

PROVING YOUR A CHRISTIAN

To prove your a Christian, do what it takes being a Christian to do.
See Mark 16:15-20

Doing what any non -Christian can do may be pleasing to God but it does not prove your faith.

THE UNHOLY TRINITY

Me, myself, and I.

PRESUPPOSITIONS

Presuppositions can be a firewall to the truth.

the missing supernatural

The church of Jesus Christ minus the supernatural equals the modern luke-warm church. And is therefore unreproductive.

WORSHIP STYLE

The woship style of some Pentecostals may not be our cup of tea butChrist ahd to die and be resurrected tomake what they have available.

PERSONAL BIBLE INTERPRETATION

Private Bible interpretation is an Escapte route to avoid being convicged.

LORD JESUS?

Jesus is Lord only as long as, and insofar as, we do what He tells us. Otherwise, we are only giving Him lip-sevice.