I have this stuff happen ALL the time - it's freaky to me... I rarely if ever contribute it to the voice of God though...
Aside from you desiring. as an Apostolic, a Liturgical service, that was the second dumbest thing I've read you saying.
When the strong thought came to me that we were leaving that place, you don't know what was going on in our lives and why God would allow me to know, ahead of time, what was going to happen. And, yes, that was God. You can get into a psychological discussion about it, if you want. I know when God is telling me something.
Well, in the sense that I get strong impressions and lo and behold, they seem to come true, yes it happens to me as well. But then I wonder why God would only "tell" me something that I had no control over in the first place? I will be impressed if God ever tells me to go to a specific place at a specific time and find out it was for a reason, or even more impressive, gives me an actual physical address (that I have no idea where it is until I put it in the GPS).
LOL! You say some of the most off the wall stuff sometimes. LOL!
God told me to call one of my sisters, who I hadn't seen in years, and tell her that I was to take her to church. I called the company she worked for, which had many branches around the city. I wasn't sure which branch she worked at and so I called the 1-800 number. She just happened to be answering the switchboard for the receptionist, who stepped away to use the bathroom, when I called. I repeated to her what God wanted me to say and she began to cry and said, "You have no idea how bad I needed to hear that." That was God, no mistake. He is good and we are the NT church with the gifts of the spirit in operation. There is nothing freaky about that.
Since the mid 1970s there has been a growing restlessness in many evangelical circles with the patterns of worship that had grown out of 19th century revivalism and camp meetings. That style of worship with heavy emphasis on evangelistic preaching, testimonies, extemporaneous prayer, emotionalism, and altar calls may have served the needs of the 19th century church well. But by the last quarter of the 20th century many evangelicals were looking for a deeper and richer worship experience and began leaving evangelical churches for the liturgical services in Anglican/Episcopalian, Lutheran, Catholic, or even Eastern Orthodox traditions.
False doctrine is deeper worship. Isn't that something?
He is making reference to 1 John 4:1 -Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Aside from you desiring. as an Apostolic, a Liturgical service, that was the second dumbest thing I've read you saying.
When the strong thought came to me that we were leaving that place, you don't know what was going on in our lives and why God would allow me to know, ahead of time, what was going to happen. And, yes, that was God. You can get into a psychological discussion about it, if you want. I know when God is telling me something.
That's a bit uncalled for. I did not assume I knew xyz - in fact, I did not conjecture what it meant to you at all - just being honest about bizarre coincidences I'm experiencing routinely, and it does freak me out.
Tis true. I do feel liturgical style is condusive to a spirit of worship, and am comfortable worshipping that
way.
Now hurry up and get your political affiliation changed before it really messes you up!
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I didn't stay... Two years ago I moved from what you are calling a backwater UC church (although it is huge with a beautiful building) to what they called the weak church... But the basic doctrine and some of the preaching from outsider preachers still looks the same. I've noticed that OP (and Christians in general) can be kind of a bloodthirsty lot when it comes to delighting on others going to hell... anyway, I digress... Now there is a church even farther away that is known as 'the backslider church' that someone recommended ...OP/No standards... but it is not really the standards that I have issue with except that I see them as an extension of the us against them mentality that separates us from the rest of Christendom, does that make sense? Let me rephrase... I don't care if I never wear makeup, cut or color my hair, or get my nails done again, ever again... My husband does not have to have facial hair... It's that we mentally and verbally put people in hell for that and see ourselves as more holy than them that bothers me. That extends to any poking fun at sinners. If we really believe that the thousands following Christ to the best of their ability in Trinitarian faiths or who were baptized in titles are going to an eternal tormenting hell there should be weeping and moaning from inside our sanctuaries... Not joking... Can you imagine standing outside a burning building and hearing the screams of those dying and cracking jokes about how you managed to get out and those poor suckers were sure about to be toast? No you can't and that is why I can not believe that one person really believes the OP message... because if they do and their knees are not bloody from praying and their eyes are not red from crying day and night they are a monster.... Nope they don't believe it any more than me but there is something that keeps them anchored... love of the people, fear of being lost... something... something... I've been there, I know.
Whitewashed sepulchers full of dead men's bones.
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This is a valid observation. I've seen same behaviors.
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