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ACTS 29 TODAY
coming to the knowledge of the TRUTH
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(LB) OK LET CONTINUE WITH THIS LITTLE TAUGHT SUBJECT …….THE VITAL ROLE OF PRAYING IN TONGUES.
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GODS WAY IS BEST
We may know how to claim our inheritance. We may be
good at declaring, “Healing is mine.Provision is mine!”
But how can we get the tremendous power of the Holy
Spirit that resides on the inside of us — the power that
raised Jesus from the dead — out onto the problems
that face us so those blessings can be manifested in our
lives? And even more importantly, how can we discover
our divine call?
WHY CANT SOMEBODY TELL ME HOW TO FIND MY CALLING
Well, are we so wise that we can find a better way to
answer those questions than the way God gave us when
He designated the Holy Spirit to come and represent
us?
I WILL FIND OUT….JUST GIVE ME SOME TIME (HOWS THAT WORKIN FOR YA)
You see, God didn’t trust us to any of the many
thousands of angels in His service. We’re worth more
than that to Him. No, He went as high as He could go
and entrusted us to the Holy Spirit Himself, who then
came to take up residency in us. So how can we fail
when the third Person of the Godhead creates the
prayer and the other two members of the Godhead see
to it that it comes to pass? I’d call that a foolproof plan!
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God’s Wisdom Against Satan’s Strategies
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The day you decide to lock yourself in your prayer
closet to spend some quality time with the Lord in
prayer — that is the day you will enter Heaven’s
classroom here on earth with the Holy Spirit as your
Teacher. You need that “classroom” if you’re ever going
to fulfill your divine calling.
YOUR FLESH HATES THIS TIME YOU SPEND PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
Remember, God tells us to be as wise as serpents and as
harmless as doves (Matt. 10:16). Why would God say
something like that? Because Satan has an entire
arsenal of weaponry that can only be combatted by the
wisdom of God.
YOU SAY IT WILL MAKE ME WISE?
For instance, suppose Satan walks in the room with
horns and a tail and says, “Pardon me,nice Christian,
while I remove the Word of God out of your heart.” You
would look at him and say, “You’re not getting my
Word!”
I AM HERE TO STEAL THE WORD OUT OF YOUR HEART
He says, “Why not?”
“Because you’re the devil!”
“What gave me away?” he asks.
“Your horns and your tail.” (That’s the traditional way
the devil dresses in Christian folk-lore.)
At that point, the devil says, “I’ll never come dressed
this way again. I’ll go get a sheep skin and put it on.
Then I’ll sneak in unawares and steal the Word out of
you. You won’t even know who’s doing it because I’ll use
religion to seduce you. I’ll use circumstances. I’ll blame
it on the economy. Or I’ll blame it on your husband or
your wife. But one way or another, I will take the Word
of God out of you, and you won’t even know who’s doing
it!”
EXCUSE ME, I NEED THAT ROBE AND FUNNY HAT YOU WEARING
Jesus let us know that Satan only comes for one reason
in three parts: to kill, to steal, and to destroy (John
10:10). And you may as well know — the devil is good at
it! He doesn’t do anything else but those three things.
Killing, stealing, and destroying have been his
specialties ever since his light went out and he fell from
Heaven (Isa. 14:12). And if you misjudge him —if you
don’t take him seriously — he can destroy you!
COME JOIN US I HAVE SOME SPECIAL KOOL AIDE FOR YOU
Now you see why we must be as wise as serpents yet as
harmless as doves. Yet some people say they don’t need
the Holy Ghost’s help in prayer. They push His language
aside and refuse to allow Him to pray the mind of God
for them hour after hour. Who do they think they’re
operating against — a spiritual wimp?
Satan is not an enemy to take lightly. He’s a smart
fellow, and he comes for only one reason: to kill. He
doesn’t do anything else; he doesn’t know anything else.
And if you don’t take care of his strategies by the
wisdom of God, he will succeed in killing everything
good in your life.
HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO DECEIVED
Since this is true, how can a believer consider spending
two or three hours in prayer a sacrifice? What is he
really saying? “I made a big personal sacrifice last
night. I let God pray for me for three hours!”
No, that believer didn’t make a big sacrifice. He just
enjoyed the priceless privilege of praying in the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit created a prayer language on the inside
of him that tapped into the mind of Christ and the
infinite wisdom of Almighty God for his life!
REDEEMING THE TIME…THE DAYS ARE EVIL
It’s beyond my natural understanding how that
supernatural process works. But I guarantee you, I will
use what He has given me!
My Heavenly Father has promised me this, and I can
pass it on to you: If you will faith-fully continue to get to
know God by His Spirit — and an important part of that
process is praying in other tongues — then five years
from now, you will not be the same. You won’t look
back over the years and lament that every day was the
same, one month just like the next, until three and then
four years slipped by, and you ended up just as defeated
and unchanged as you were at the beginning of that
time period.
WOW….5 YEARS AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED FOR THE BETTER
No, if you will pursue God by the Spirit, then at the end
of five years, you will be able to look back and see that
you have experienced spiritual growth. You have
changed for the better. You are getting to know Jesus
Himself as the Holy Spirit reveals Him to you. And you
are well on your way to fulfilling your divine call as it
unfolds before you!
is it over yet
FROM THE PEW TO THE PLANE
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So enter in and know Me by the Spirit,
And I will take you from glory to glory,
feeding you with an inheritance
that causes you
to know how to quench the hunger
and the burnings inside
to know Me after My power.
I will show you these things,
But you must enter into My Presence
and stay there until I have fed you
with your ministry, saith the Spirit of Grace.
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THEY SAID THEY WOULD HELP ME RIGHT AFTER CHURCH GETS OUT
UNTIL NEXT TIME
AMBASSADOR / SERVANT
LARRY
Acts 29 Today 