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I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Psalm 31:12
” I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.”

What have you done for me today?

That is what is important to many people.   If you haven’t propped them up,  scratched their backs, or given them something.  You don’t exist.

Not so for the Lord.   The “steadfast love of the Lord never changes “.

Jesus, while we were yet sinners,  gave His life, so that we might be able to enter the Holy of Holies.  That we can go to the Father, covered with His blood, Holy, Righteous, Justified, Sanctified. ….Forgiven.

Psalm 37:25
” I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.”

1 John 1:9
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

God is Faithful, He calls us to the same.  No more, No less.

Revelation 17:14
“These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.”

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Lord, help us to be Faithful, prayerful, humble followers.

Two Bills and a Mel: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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WARNING: A STRONG POSSIBILITY SOME WILL BE OFFENDED.  DO NOT READ IF YOUR POLITICS COMES BEFORE THE LORD.

A few years ago Mel Gibson was the rage.  Most handsome,  most desirable. Great story, great actor/director, top of his field.

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Then the Spirit of God got ahold of him, he made “The Passion of Christ ” movie.  He was warned not to, “it’ll loose money, alienate fans, ruin  your career. ”

It made him bigger and more loved then ever.  Then his life fell apart.  (He fell from grace)  Everyone turned on him.

How about Bill Cosby,  well respected comedian, actor /director, entertainer.  I  loved him as a child, “Noah” and so many other  great sketches on his albums.

As an adult I enjoyed the Cosby Show, loved the whole family.   What happened?

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He stood up and said: “Black youngsters needed to pull up their pants, learn to speak English and work hard.”

He received criticism, that was not enough punishment, stuff hidden for  thirty years, now comes out.  Everyone turned on him.  If he did it, he is a sleeze; but why now?  It’s kind of late, isn’t it?

The other Bill, Bill Clinton.  The titular head of a political party.  Lied to the American people,  accused of several rapes, impeached, disgraced.

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He Keeps on keeping on,  Nothing hurts him for long.  Why?  He doesn’t  pretend to be a Godly person, abortion is OK, gay marriage is great, socialism is the plan.

The moral of the stories :

If you try to do the right thing, the good thing, the Godly thing.  The Devil and his minions will push and pull to find your weakness,  (secret sin),   untill they ultimately  destroy your usefulness  for good.

You have to be strong in the Lords love to survive.

How sad when the Righteous have fallen.  There is no mercy from the world for them.

If you believe up is down, wrong is right, black is white.

The world is your oyster. “It’s only sex.” “Everyone lies about sex.”  “His intentions were good.”  “He stands for womens rights.”

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Sorry if that offends some. 

That is how it appears to me. 

Lord, save us from the judgment of the world. May we judge righteously, carefully and Godly judgment.   Help us to walk in the light.

Forgive us and turn us toward You.

Following a book: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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There is a local car dealer that always speaks of “A customer for life”.  How he had read a book with that title forty years ago and has followed it’s direction since, even giving copies to his employees.

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                              (Not his car lot)

Such dedication to a book.  Do you know Christians that are that committed to the Bible?  Do we live by it, have it for our guiding principles,  give copies to those who are coming behind us?

We should be.  The Word of God, the Bible is the inspired Word of the Lord.   We need to know it, live by it, declare it, give it away,  encourage those who show an interest to delve in, ask questions, seek the face of the Lord.

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Thank you Lord,  for drawing us to You, help us to understand, know and share Your love and grace.

Gaggle of geese :

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You can’t see it but these geese are running away from a church bus, that stopped to bring some children to church.

The lack of Gods presence  (in power and deed), is the reason parents send the kids, but run away  themselves.

We need to allow Gods Spirit and power back into our lives, to become fruitful, growing churches.

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Lord, help us to be open to Your Spirit.

he that lacketh these things – TheFix-itShop-FillingStation

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2 Peter 1:9
” But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.”
  
Are you lacking in anything?  I am.  Why?  Because I am not the man of God that I long to be.  Why?  Because I am blind, I have allowed the Old Man to dominate in my life.  I lack the wisdom and willingness to truly follow my Lord.

Self will overcomes selflessness, pride, greed, lust overcomes service and love for others.  What must I do to correct my wrong headedness?

Seek that which I lack:

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he brought forth his people with joy – TheFix-itShop-FillingStation

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“ he brought forth his people with joy”

This is a partial verse from Psalm105:43a, it is referring to the Exodus.  The slaves were set free, they left Egypt with the spoils of their Masters.  They had the Lords protective presence before and behind them.

They had crossed the Red Sea and they saw the Egyptian Army drown, on what a few minutes before,
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  the word of the Lord was precious – The Fix-it Shop – Filling Station

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This is from 1 Samuel 3:1.  ” the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.”

We find Eli the High Priest a man that knew  the Form, Rituals, Duties and Laws of the Lord but didn’t seem to know the Lord at all. 

His sons were ungodly, taking the best of the Sacrifices for themselves, leaving the dregs for God.  Entertaining themselves with the Prostitutes who were in the area.

       The Temple should have had  a warning sign.

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It was a form of godliness, denying the power thereof.

I believe that is why the sons were off track. 

Their  Rituals were dead, there was no life. No truth to their Worship.  It’s hard to be a Servant of the living God, when He is far from you because of your sin and unbelief.

Hannah, had come and prayed for a son, whom she would dedicate to the Lords service.  Her prayer was answered and after the child was weaned, she entrusted him to Eli to learn the ways of the Lord.

It is a wonderful thing that Eli, a man who knew not the Lord, could teach Samuel to be a man that the Lord could and would use. 

Why Samuel and not his sons?  Hannah had given him to the Lord, prayed for him, taught him at home before giving him to Eli. Hannah shared her living faith.

Samuel had an open heart and mind to serve and obey the Lord.

It wasn’t long before Samuel heard the voice of the Lord, who gave him a Word of Knowledge, the Lord told him of the end of Eli and sons.

So  the Word of the Lord was precious, (hidden, not proclaimed), until a suitable vessel was in place.

Today Saints, the Word of the Lord could go forth in Power and Might, if the Lord found suitable vessels in His body.

By the ninth chapter we find:

“the Lord had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came,”

Samuel was an open, obedient, reliable and humble vessel, the Lord told Him many things, before they came to pass.  Wouldn’t that be handy in our lives?  

Has the Lord spoken into your ear?  Would you recognize His voice if He did?  The Lord will speak to those who will listen.  Has He been trying to get your attention?

Is there something in your lo life that is more important than Him?  A person or thing, greed,
lust, pride?

It could be that small sin you won’t left go of.  You feed it when you’re alone.  You don’t want anyone to know, it shames you, you believe you have it conquered, then it sneaks back into the light.

No matter how hard we try, the old man raises his ugly head. How long oh Lord?

Until, you are fully immersed in His Word, desire His presence, allow His leading, guiding, directing your path.

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We must take a page from Samuels book.  Love and Obey the Lord with our heart, soul, mind and strength.

Love one another, be open to say:  “Speak Lord, your servant listens.”

Then we may find Power and Might in our Worship.

When did Jesus receive power?

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When did Jesus receive Power?

I would hazard a guess, that most people think Jesus was powerful from birth, I don’t believe so.

He told His Disciples:
“You will receive power after the Holy Ghost shall come upon you.”

I believe the same held true for Jesus.  You remind me of the water into wine.?  Remember the response Jesus gave:

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I also will keep thee: The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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While reading Wally Fry’s devotional this morning at “Truth at Palmya” about the Church at Philadelphia. This piece of scipture grabbed my attention :

Revelation 3:1
” Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.”

“I also will keep thee”

The Lords promise to keep us as he did the Pharaoh in Abrams time:

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so easily beset us – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Hebrews 12
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; ”

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Why Neglected Caroline and The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station?

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When we moved to North Carolina, (USA), in 1985, I was amazed at all the buildings that were sitting empty and falling apart.  I thought I should do a coffee table book, and have a huge NC on the cover but instead of North Carolina, it would stand for Neglected Caroline.

I bought a Tab 3 last year.  Suddenly I had a camera with me and started shooting.  I also was able to start writing. (Spell check ).  So a blog was born.

Why Neglected Caroline and The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station?

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The Brand – The Fix-it Shop-Filling

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What is my brand?  Help folks, this is who I am.  Is my site? Easy to read, pleasent to look at, informative?

Neglected Caroline,  homes, things, once loved, left to fall apart.

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theunfetteredpreacher.files.wordpress.com :
The Church, Gods people,  love for God gone cold, rituals,  the form of Godliness, denied the Power, left to fall away.

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The State of the Church. ..

The Fix-it Shop-FillingStation :
The place of Revelation and Rebellion against Church Doctrine that inhibits the Holy Spirit of our Lord.

My hope is the Lord will spark a revival in His people. That signs and wonders, miracles will be done, people healed, set free, Jesus Christ lifted up, Glorified.

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Any ideas to make it better?, Friendlier, more inviting?

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“the father of a fool hath no joy.” – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Proverbs 17:21
King James Version (KJV)
“He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.”

My poor father could not of had any joy during my teenage years.  There was never a bigger fool then me, before Christ.  Sex, Booze, Drugs, Rock and Roll. 

I had absolutely no respect for authority,
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the word of the Lord was precious in those days; – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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“the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.”

This is in the time of Samuel, a young boy, dedicated to the Lords service by his praying mother.  He was taught the ways of the Lord by the High Priest  Eli. 

Like many people in the Bible, Eli, just appears in his office, there is no record of how this man, a Levite, a priest attained the office of high priest.

He wasn’t particularly Spiritual, he thought Hannah, the mother of Samuel was drunk, as she was struggling with the Lord, praying for a son.

He  allowed his two sons to mock the priesthood,  taking the best for themselves, rather than dedicating it to the Lord.

In this atmosphere we find Samuel.

” Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him.”

He was preforming the duties of a true priest of God.
Humble,  obedient, reliable, teachable and we find the Lord, revealing Himself.

” Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth. ”

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The Lord can bring life, to the dead. 

When we begin to humbly, obediently, reliably,  serve the Lord, with an open heart, mind and spirit, He will speak,  guide, direct our paths.

He will make our paths straight.

I believe the Lord has always had a remnant, a people who have loved Him, even in the times, like today, when it seems He  is far away, quiet, even silent, leaving us to  mock His way, ignore His principles, precepts, laws.

In every Denomination,  there are those who want to bring God up to date, enlighten Him to todays standards of wisdom and understanding.

Unfortunately many in His Church agree.

They tickle the ears,

“Your OK, God will forgive, He will reward you in your bad behavior.” 

They do not understand the concept of repentance, turning from our wickedness to righteousness.

Don’t expect to hear the Lords voice when you are not living a righteous, holy life.  “Be ye holy as He is holy.” 

The Lord can and will forgive the worst of offenses, when we turn to Him.

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Acknowledge His Majesty, Worship Him in Spirit and Truth, Walk in the light, power and the love of the Lord.

” all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord.”

In obedience to the Lord, the Lord will lift you higher:

” That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it.”

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Lord, help us to Walk in You. Tô love and obey.  ” the word of the Lord was precious in those days; there was no open vision.”  Lord, help us to hear, to see and understand Your  calling on our lives.

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The Truth of the Matter : The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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The Truth of the Matter is,  people no longer accept truth.  The Word is Truth.  How many do you know who don’t accept Jesus as Lord and Savior?   They say;  “That’s your truth, Not My Truth.”

“Don’t you force your truth on me, the sky is not  blue, grass isn’t green, up is down and wrong is right.”

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It  is hard to convince people of the Truth of the Gospel,  without the Power of the Holy Spirit to accomplish His will.

Too often we accept the Gifts of the Spirit of Teaching and Ministering, because they are easy, we just share what we have learned from the Bible and other books.

It is quite easy to impress low information Christians. They have accepted the Truth of the Gospel,  they are hungry for Righteousness,  they have experienced  some of its Cleansing Power, the Blood of Jesus covers a multitude of sin.

They understand the Freedom the Truth imparts.

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How do we reach the unbelieving?

That is our real calling.   The man that was called Legion,  was sent to tell all, what He knew.  All He knew was the Power of the Lord to make him clean, free and Righteous in Gods eyes.

No theological degree, no license to marry and bury, just Revelation Knowledge.

Accept the Bible as Truth,  ask Jesus to Reveal to you the Power and Love of the Holy Spirit.  Ask him to make you a vessel He can use.

READ THE WORD, ASK, SEEK, KNOCK.

The Lord will give you the Gifts of the Spirit that you will use for His Glory.  

I firmly believe,  we do not see a lot of Signs and wonders,  miracles  following;  because we cannot be relied upon to Give Him the Glory.

That is the problem in my heart and I wonder about all who Love and believe, do you think the Lord had an experation date on the Gifts or have we just left them on the shelve because our word is so powerful.

We haven’t really entered the Holy of Holies,  haven’t really Submitted ourselves to God,  Humbled ourselves, so we might be lifted up, used in a mighty way, becoming the Hands of the Lord, to heal the sick, lame, brokenhearted, those blind to the truth deaf to the Wisdom of God.

Saints, we must push into the Higher Calling, the World needs the Truth of God.

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Lord, help us to share Your Truth,  by the Power and Leading of Your Holy Spirit. Please help us to become useful vessels of Your Love.

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Is the Holy Spirit? – 8 – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Matthew 11:29-30
” Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

When we learn to take up His yoke, it will be impossible to be behind or ahead of Him.  We have to Walk beside Him, where He would have us go.

We would be touching the lives as He wills.  If we become proficient in understanding His will, we would Walk in the Power of His Love.

We would learn to Walk in the Spirit, we would find ourselves in the Holy of Holies as the Lord uses us to complete His will.

His yoke is easy, burden light, we find rest unto our souls.  How often are we restless, nervous uptight, worried, concerned.

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Learn to rest in Him, ask Him to give you a heart after His, to make you into a vessel He can use.  Mold and make us Lord, guide and direct us, protect us from ourselves and the evil one.

Fastband pray, push yourself into the Holy of Holies, receive the Anointing because of your persistence.

He will not give a stone, when we ask and need wheat.
Every good gift comes down from the Lord above.
Ask and you shall receive.   The Lord wants you beside Him, Walking with Him, doing snd seeing His Grace and Mercy,  Power and Might.

Only believe.

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Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.

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Is the Holy Spirit? – 7 – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Is the Holy Spirit :
*  Guiding you?
*  Directing you?
*  Walking with you?
How can you tell?  Do you recognize His voice?
Abram was told by  the  Lord to: “Walk before me and be ye perfect.”

Moses: “Walked in the Ways of The Lord.
David:  ” walked before me.”

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We have quite a bit of information of Davids walk:

” David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments:”

“the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.”

” if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, ”

” the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, ”

” he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.”

David was a man after Gods own heart, yet he walked before, or in uprightness and integrity of heart to do all The Lord commanded.

We have a different calling:

” walk in the steps of  faith, walk in newness of life, Walk in the Spirit, walk in love, Walk in wisdom, walk in the light, walk in truth.

This is our New Testament  calling.  We are no longer walking before or in the ways of.

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We are now called to:

Matthew 11:28-30
King James Version (KJV)
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

Have you learned to walk in His yoke?  That means to walk with Him like Enoch,  Noah,  Levi…not before, in the ways of, but beside, in harmony with, in rest.

In the peace that passes understanding, in joy unspeakable and full of glory.  In the Power of the Holy Spirit, healing all that are afflicted.  Causing the blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear.

Comforting the brokenhearted.

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Lord help us to walk with You,  to hear and understand Your direction.

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Is the Holy Spirit? – 6 – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Is the Holy Spirit :
    *  A figment of our imagination?
    *  A fairytale?
    *  A promise not yet received?
A vibrant, living center of you?  The Holy Spirit is here, available now, He is at hand, to comfort, lead, guide, direct, teach, empower, heal, raise the dead, give sight to the blind, make the lame walk, the deaf hear, proclaim the year of the Lord.

Do you see His hand in your life?  Church?  Fellowship?

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(Sand Sculpture at Atlantic  Beach,  NC this year, do not know artist.  Facial expression, priceless ).

The Apostles did.  Why?  They knew the Old Testament and realized exactly what the Lord had delivered them from.  Sin and Death,  Sacrifice and Mourning,  Rituals and False Religion.

Today some of us feel if we are saved we can’t sin.   Wrong

Some of us feel we aren’t worthy to do his work.  Wrong

We don’t need His Baptism of the Holy Spirit, because we have His Spirit because we’re Saved.   Wrongheaded.

We shouldn’t desire Spiritual Gifts.    Wrong….”Desire Spiritual Gifts,  Desire the best Spiritual Gifts.”

We aren’t worthy, trustworthy, faithful, prayerful, humble, teachable, moldable, flexible, holy……

Herein lies the problem.

We really have not learned to walk in the Spirit.   At least I  have not learned to be immediately available and obedient.   When my sister-in-law was in the hospital in pain, the nurses asked us to leave the room, so they could do their thing.  I  believe the Lord wanted me to annoint her with oil and pray right then.

I prayed outside her room for a half-hour before I had a piece.   Another half hour went by before we could go back in the room….she was still in pain,  I finally annointed her with oil and prayed some more.

A half hour later the nurses finally did what was needed to relieve her.  If I had been immediately obedient instead of holding back (fear of ?).  I believe she would’ve suffered for a much shorter time.

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I don’t believe the Lord is upset because of my hesitation, maybe disappointed.   He understands the learning curve we must complete.  He wasn’t mad at Gideon, He just walked him through.

I get a kick out of the story of Abram,   in Genesis 12 it says:  ” Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, ”

To me this means. It was said more than once.  If our hearts are turned toward the Lord, He will walk us through the  learning curve, as He did for Abram,  Abram walked before the Lord for 24 years, he believed Gods promise and was counted as Righteous.

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We must walk with the Spirit all the way along the learning curve, untill we understand His guidince, obey His directions, see His Power and Love in action.

Do you believe?  Will you step out in Faith?  Pray for the sick? Believe the Word?

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Is the Holy Spirit? – 5 – The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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It is my firm belief, that we can track all the Gifts of the Spirit,  through the Old Testament.  Except Tongues and Interpretation of Tongues.

The Gifts of Healing,  Working of Miracles,  Discerning of Spirits, Prophesy are all quite easily found.  When we get to Tongues and Interpretation of same, I come up a little short.

We find Tongues easy enough at the building of the Tower of Babel:

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Not a tower but a piano took imagination, unity and teamwork to build.

“The Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of
men builded.  And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.  So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.”

So we see the Lord used Tongues to scatter the people, because He understood the Power of Unity, teamwork and imagination.

We find Tongues and the Interpretation of Tongues on the Day of Pentecost,  to draw all to Him, into one Powerful, United body.  Able to Imagine and accomplish anything.

It took a little over 100 years for man to screw it up and loose it.  As in Joshua’s time, Israel followed the Lord as long as some were alive who had seen the signs, wonders and miracles of the Exodus.

Once all had died that had received the original Baptism of the Holy Spirit, the will and knowledge to press on to the high calling dimmed.

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It was not Gods will that, the signs, wonders and miracles stopped.  But mans ability to be led astray.

Father God, pkease lead us back to the straight and narrow,  the place of Power and Might,  the Holy of Holies.
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Is the Holy Spirit? -4- The Fix-it Shop-Filling Station

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Now I know some of you are thinking that we can’t just find examples of the New Testament Gifts of the Spirit in the Old Testament.   Really?   Am I  sure, a Word of Knowledge is telling us  a thing and a Word of Wisdom is what to do with that knowledge?   Or is a Word of Wisdom telling us a specific thing and a Word of Knowledge how to us it?  Nope, not positive whitch is whitch but one is one and the other is the other, not sure which label to put on either. They are both there for our education.

If we don’t learn from the Old Testament than, where did the writer of Hebrews get his explanation of Faith?   What is Faith if not a Gift of the Spirit?  (Hint: OT)

What is your measure of Faith?   We all have a measure.  Hebrews 11 tells us:

” Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”

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                (You would really need Faith  to launch out into the deep with this crew)

I have never understood what this means.  To me the best definition of Faith is in the life of Enoch.

“ By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”

Believe God is and a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

We see examples of this in Ables sacrifice,  Enochs walk, Noah in building the Ark, Abram, leaving at hearing the Lord, later believing he would become a Father of many nations.

So how about you?  Do you know how to hear and act at the prompt of the Spirit?   What does your faith look like?

It is interesting to note some ages also.  Enoch, 65 – Abram, 75 – becomes Abraham, 99 – Moses led people out of Egypt at 80.

Quit blaming your youth and inexperience, or your age and health…..if you make yourself available and believe God is and is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.  The Lord has a job for you.  You could be the much needed leader for today.

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Lord, help us to grab a hold of Your Word, make it come alive help us to understand the Gifts of the Spirit and how to allow them to be powerful in Your Church.

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