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Helen: "I believe and have found that praying can so often just be by rote. That's why I think small group prayer meetings are so much more effective than prayer chains. Prayer chains with a long list of needs tend to lead to a laundry list mentality in which the main concern is to routinely...

Your post reminds me of a favorite quote from French mathematician/ philosopher, Blaise Pascal's Pensees: "All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone...The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing." The life of prayer is meant to be a 2-way...

But this is what I really think: everywhere I go, I go, too--and that spoils everything! Seriously, this brings me to the early church's understanding of the gift of prophecy. It is neither prediction nor just inspired forthtelling, but the Spirit's exercise of jurisdiction of the conditions...

I always practice what I post. But God has given me grace to be humble about this, because I don't think I'm half as good as I really am!

The NT teaches many subtle principles of effective prayer, In my experience, the most important principle is this: the more time you are willing to devote to seeking God's face, the more effective your prayer life will be. That principle is one reason why praying in the Spirit is so powerful...

First, there is not a shred of evidence that the Montanists spoke in tongues. I challenge you to find it. 2nd, the label "Montanist" stems from Catholic critics. These Spirit-filled believers referred to themselves as the "New Prophecy." 3rd, you are slandering Montanists through the...

1. THE GOSPEL OF MARK: THE MEMOIR'S OF HIS DAD'S EYWITNESS TESTIMONY There is good reason to embrace the tradition that Mark contains Peter's memoirs. But I recently realized that there are good grounds for taking this one step further and claiming that this Gospel represents the memoirs of...

Dave will apparently say practically anything to divert attention away from the topic of prevailing prayer, a discipline of which he is apparently oblivious. In a separate thread on speaking in tongues I plan to make constructive use of Dave as my apologetic whipping boy!:rolleyes:

And I'm saying that no experience available to us can provide a more electrifying and life-changing encounter with God than the gift of tongues as I experienced it as a 16-year-old. It happened in a darkened amphitheater and one lady who witnessed my outpouring said she was staring at me...

Dave L: "How do you build yourself up in faith if faith comes from hearing the word, and you do not understand what you are saying? This thread deals with praying in the Spirit (in English) and does not focus on speaking in tongues. You are actually inquiring about the purpose and benefits of...

Helen, I'm a Swede who grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My great grandparents moved to Saskatchewan to receive free farms. During the Great Depression, my Dad (age 14) had to move to Winnipeg because his parents could no longer afford to feed him! Somehow he survived and met Mom. But life had...

Most Christians are familiar with Paul's command to "put on the full armor of God (Ephesians 6:10-17)," but are less familiar with this key to doing so: "Pray in the Spirit at all times in every prayer and supplication. To that end stay alert and always persevere in supplications for all the...

Helen, I'm a big Clint Eastwood fan and thought the use of Clint to satirize praise choruses was a scream. I'm just jealous that FH beat me to that avatar and am hurt that no one recognized it as from the epic western "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."

I'm new here and it's late. So I'll just make this general statement about my experience of speaking in tongues as a 16-year old. I had become disillusioned with the Bible because of its perceived many errors and contradictions. Then God ambushed me at a camp meeting altar after a service and...

What if a thread could be started that demonstrated from various biblical texts that postmortem conversion is a reality. Would you evne want to read and respond to such a thread?

First, if you must use Clint as your avatar, you really need to make sure that you share his attitude to modern praise choruses! clint eastwood youtube praise choruses - Bing video Second, Jesus answers Question #25 in John 3:17: "God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world...