Anyone who has ever had the incredible experience of attending one of the healing services that Kathryn Kuhlman conducted, at the Shrine auditorium in Los Angeles, knows about the atmosphere that filled the place.
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It was such that every
person present knew this was no ordinary Christian service.
There was
a sense of eternity mixed with wonder as the hustle and bustle of the
world outside penetrated the building.
But inside the quiet stillness
was powerful and all encompassing as Kathryn would declare, "Not
a sound in this great auditorium, not one sound."
The atmosphere was charged
with Almighty God Himself! Most of God's dealings with men, both in
saving and healing are by the outpouring of His Spirit and through a
Spirit~filled, united, and praying gathering of believers.
His method
is revealed by the promise, "I will pour out My Spirit,"
and the statement, "They were all filled with the Spirit."
A spirit~filled and praying gathering of Christians produces an
atmosphere in which it is easy for God to work.
This makes it
difficult for the devil to interfere.
This atmosphere is the Holy
Spirit Himself.
Not a force, not a power, but a Person.
A Person who
is more than a match for the devil.
In the revival belt,
during the Finney revivals and other great revivals, sinners fell
under conviction as soon as they stepped off the train where a
revival was in progress.
Mr Finney tells of such unity in prayer that
every adult person on a street three miles long was saved, except
one.
The Christians united for that one, and he was saved.
It is true that
individuals are sometimes saved and healed where there is no revival.
However, God's regular was/is for His people all to pray for an
outpouring of the Holy spirit. We read, "These all continued
with one accord in prayer and supplication."
We seldom see such
a thing now!
Calvary Chapel of Costa
Mesa started like this, Shekinah Fellowship started like this, a lot
of moves of God started like this.
Unless our gatherings
together become filled with the Holy Spirit and kept filled with the
Holy Spirit, it is impossible that the spiritual atmosphere of the
meetings can be what it must be.
Otherwise, God is limited or
hindered.
This atmosphere is produced by the whole gathering of
Christians being filled with the Spirit and all praying for the work
of Christ.
Then the power of God is present to heal as it was at the
beginning.
God's way is for the whole Church to be filled and kept
filled with the same Holy Spirit who saved and healed those
multitudes in New Testament times.
John says, "This is
the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask anything
according to His will, He heareth us."
Are we doing this together
as a whole Church?
Every Christian today is commanded to be filled
with the Holy Spirit, to pray for the outpouring of the Spirit, and
to prevail in prayer for the healing of the sick.
Our being filled
with the Holy Spirit is the condition for His perfect working.
The Church is out of tune
with God's program and is promoting their own program...
You can see it for
yourself. All the e~mails promoting and advertising we get through
the social media etc.
What one does to make a ministry is what one
must do to continue a ministry.
If self promotion then continuous
self promotion.
If simple trust in God then continuous trust in God.
“I
am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ
liveth within me, and the life I now live in the flesh I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and
gave
Himself for me.”
"What
is all the fame and flattery worth ... when a man comes to face
eternity? Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel
bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell."
Charles
Studd
We
all should be desiring of the manifested presence of the Holy Spirit.
Then stuff will happen that will break through the powers of this
earth and reveal Almighty God to a fallen humanity.
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"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.'
And God obviously from a Biblical perspective, wanted them to mate.
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply.
Genesis 1:28
Very simple very understandable, right?
Then along comes the rebellious...in direct opposition to God's blessing and injunction!
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
I Samuel 15:23
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Rees Howells Intercessor
Are you facing incredible circumstances today that seem UN-surmountable?
There is very wonderful hope and encouragement for you right this moment!
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