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I am curious. since we have a few threads on Pentecost and tongues. In my life I have heard messages that did not agree with my spirit. Not that the message was WRONG, but it seemed they had something to say and used tongues/interpretation to get the message out.I am just wondering, in your church has a message and interpretation (usually the same person) been given out in an assembly that did not agree with your spirit?When we speak of power, we seem to accept shouting, tongues and interpretations as a display of His power. What is a demonstration of HIS power?As a child I saw a broken bone, a compound fracture healed instantly.and once as a PK sneaking out of a revival meeting, I decided to investigate the mysteries of a hearing aid battery I had found. I used an ice pick and punctured the battery, acid sprayed out into my eyes and I went blind. I screamed, of course, and one of the LWWB ladies, preparing food for after church, heard it, grabbed me took me right into the church interrupted the alter call and my dad and the evangelist prayed and immediately I could see.I wonder about all that when we talk about the power of God. What do you consider a demonstration of the Power of God? Forgive me, but I find many people accept 'tongues' as the power. Sorry to be so scatteractic, but it seems to me we have replaced the power of God with Glossolalia. Speaking in tongues is wonderful and Godly, but it is the only thing I know that can be counterfeited, and attributed to God. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

I have also been in services where tongues, interpretations and prophecies do not agree with my spirit. In my experience prophecies seem to be abused more than tongues and interpretations. My biggest concern is when pastors or visiting speakers are the source.We don't single out tongues and interpretations when praying for the Gifts.of the Spirit but leave it to God to operate however the Holy Spirit operates with the Gifts. We also are sure to join the request with the prayer for all things to be done decently and in order without our flesh messing things upI believe we always need to teach that the greatest power of God working through us is when we can walk in the fruits of the Spirit and see people born again. I love the Holy Spirit operating through people in the Gifts of the Spirit but feel we should always be more passionate about souls in our lives, preaching, teaching and prayer time.

Eddie, I agree and know that sometimes a Word can be given that is for somebody else and not me or other people in the room. However, there are times that I have heard things that do not agree with my spirit and I would be spiritually dull and far from knowing God's voice if I agreed with what was prophesied. Usually the things that have been the farthest from the voice of God have been from people who claimed to be prophets or prophetesses or who promote their ministries based on how they have the spiritual Gifts.

A great pastor, Jake Richie, once gave me an insight into tongues (there was a man in the church that would often give out tongues that didn't seem to fit in). Bro. Richie told me that tongues would typically go WITH the them of the service, and not interrupt what God had been doing. For instance, if the ministry is about worship and the Lord is working on people about their worship, it would be unseemly for the Holy Ghost to suddenly switch gears and say something like, Tonight is your last chance to be saved, etc. NOT that that is not a valid point, but as you might imagine, it would pretty much throw the worship theme out the window.

Not exactly what I am saying Eddie. It is the internal soul felt message, this does not seem real or is NOT real. NOT, 'this is for or not for me.' I have heard many messages that weren't for me, but I KNEW it was real and for someone, and praised the Holy Spirit for being real. those have been real IMHO. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/