Holy Ghost Outpouring

Sherri · #1 06-28-2009, 11:17 AM

Eddie is preaching on the Holy Ghost today in all three services. We are right now between the 2nd & 3rd, with a 4th going on simultaneously by video. So far, we've had about ten receive it. I'm excited to hear what the final count is! God is SO awesome.

berkeley · #2 06-28-2009, 11:22 AM

Praise the Lord!

jaxfam6 · #3 06-28-2009, 11:28 AM

That is great new Sherri
thanks for sharing

Monkeyman · #4 06-28-2009, 11:30 AM

AWESOME!!!!!! we had 10 kids receive the Holy Ghost in our camp, now we have a rally tonight, please keep us in prayer!!

Sherri · #5 06-28-2009, 02:41 PM

Final count this morning - 21!!!! Praise God! I actually think there was at least 22 because I was praying for one lady who was speaking in tongues clearly, but she didn't think she received it, so we didn't count her. I just told her to keep praying and she would get what she is wanting.

Eddie just has a knack for explaining it and making it something so desirable. I love the way he does that!

seguidordejesus · #6 06-28-2009, 03:31 PM

You should have told them they HAD to have it and lots more would have received, dontcha know!

TIC

Sherri · #7 06-28-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by seguidordejesus

You should have told them they HAD to have it and lots more would have received, dontcha know!

TIC

We have found out (again today!) that the ones who have the hardest time receiving it are the ones from any kind of Pentecostal background. They have it built into their brains that they have to "tarry" or beg. That's the way I was taught too, and it took me forever. People who don't have a clue just hear about it and come up there and get it!!

mfblume · #8 06-28-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Sherri

We have found out (again today!) that the ones who have the hardest time receiving it are the ones from any kind of Pentecostal background. They have it built into their brains that they have to "tarry" or beg. That's the way I was taught too, and it took me forever. People who don't have a clue just hear about it and come up there and get it!!

That is unfortunately true.

berkeley · #9 06-28-2009, 06:24 PM

Were I am from "tarrying" was only for something like an answer from God to a situation or a healing, etc.

People don't tarry for the Holy Ghost. It is not the norm. Visitors have received Him during song service. There was no one there laying hands on them and yelling in their ears.

Other times people received Him as soon as hands were layed upon them. And others it takes a few minutes.... very few.

I heard about it on a Wednesday at bible study, and received Him four days later in a red hot altar call on a Sunday evening.

There are only two cases that I know of personally where people have tarried.
One born and raised in church. We heard him speak in tongues at youth conference, but apparently he didn't hear himself. That happened to me upon initial reception. All the noise around me was gone. I could not hear the people who were surrounding me in prayer. All I could hear was myself crying out to God in English.
And next thing I know I hear myself speaking words that were not English... then all of the background noise came back in the split of a second... people rejoicing with me.
Anyway, the other case were a man "tarried," this took place for a year or a year and a half. We were in revival and the evangelist walked up to were the man was sitting. He took the man by his tattoo'd hand and said something like "how long are you going to allow your past to keep you from receiving smething from God." I'm probably telling it better than it happened LoL, anyway, that man with a history of drug abuse and dealing, gang affiliation, etc. received the Holy Ghost that night!

Other than those two, I don't know anyone else who has had to "tarry."

Jermyn Davidson · #10 06-28-2009, 06:46 PM

My Dad's church had tarrying services every Sunday afternoon before Sunday evening service.

We had many receive the Holy Ghost in those services.

However, I received the Holy Ghost at a fellowship service at another church where my Dad had preached the sermon, but another preacher and my Mom were the ones that helped me pray through.

I think tarrying services are very valuable and it is a shame that most churches don't do this any more-- including my Dad's church.