1stCenturyLady
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Wow. I agree with prophecy.
Tongues...I'm told some speak in tongues; people I trust. I've seen a lot of persons go up to an altar and try really hard to get this gift. I don't think we should try hard to get a gift -- we either get it or we don't.
Word of knowledge...I could tell you a story...About my own brother.
None of the gifts have ceased. I know you have studied covenants, and not one thing ceased during the Old Covenant - they did circumcisions and sacrifices all the way up to Jesus. And our New Covenant is the same, and the gifts are part of our New Covenant. They will finally cease when we see Christ face to face at the second coming. 1 Corinthians 13:12. What is unique in the New Covenant is the Holy Spirit given to all believers who have repented from all their sin. That includes tongues. There are many reasons why some have trouble, and it usually has to do with past chains of unbelief. Also, some have never truly repented from sinning in the first place to even receive the Holy Spirit. That is the main hindrance in the church. I was in three denominations from the time I was a child and never had one answer to prayer - not one! But one night when I truly repented and wanted to be scrubbed clean from all sin, it was like the heavens opened. I saw a vision - my first - and then I heard God speak to me for the first time. Just one word, but it was like thunder. Then I just started listening intently, and He spoke 8 sentences that seared right through me. From that night on I could speak in tongues, began listening in prayer circles for whom and what I was to pray, and the answers to prayer haven't stopped to this day.
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