tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post4592721643926289192..comments2023-10-21T04:32:31.262-05:00Comments on Following Judah's Lion: Rick Fruehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-9025617709903810112007-01-16T14:40:00.000-05:002007-01-16T14:40:00.000-05:00I don't think its just the americans are the only ...I don't think its just the americans are the only ones who lack prayer, in fact i think you guys are much better off.. and I get inspired what you guys write :) <br /><br />And well, I don't think we have to try a trance activity.. that would be wrong.. when its a time for us and if we need it then God himself can take us into a trance and might grant us vision, but anyways I know its outta question for me because it also depends on how close to the Lord we are. Suppose if I try going into a trance without being close to God then its easy for the devil to fake a trance and show me something unreal, and that would be misguided, but even though the devil counterfeited it, I don't think that should be a reason that trances which lead to visions are not to be believed. If it edifies the person and us and the person reflects the love and outward grace of Christ then we would have enough reason to believe its a trance/vision from the Lord. <br /><br />I guess this generation is easily misguided because they lack prayer and real wisdom which comes from God which is again due to not reading and studying the word of God. <br /><br />There have been great and mighty acts of God even after the time of the Apostles, for example in the times of Whitfield, the results were amazing. I have heard that there have been records of more than 3000 people crying for their sins and being brought to God under a single sermon and that was back in the 1700s.. which is indeed something miraculous.. I have heard of another happening in London when just one day an entire school was saved and brought to cry for their sins, and in fact because of the revival in the school anyone who came to the vicinity also came to be saved because their hearts were moved to know their sin. There were so many cases in which the people who came to collect their children after hearing of what happened themselves came to know the Lord, so the Spirit does move in a mighty way at times and I don't think that what happened at the times of the apostles has died out.. just because something is not common does not mean its ceased. one more thing which I'd like to say is that these things will not happen unless we earnestly cry out for it. Both these incidents which I mentioned had a lot of prayer put in it.. some even like years of continous prayer by people moved by the spirit, so prayer is the key for revivals and mighty acts of the holy spirit :) God bless!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-41451115060572755002007-01-14T08:04:00.000-05:002007-01-14T08:04:00.000-05:00I agree it is not the norm nor should we look for ...I agree it is not the norm nor should we look for these rare experiences. And if the Holy Spirit directs, it is never outside the parameters of God's written Word but He can give fresh revelation about His written Word. <br /><br />Whether we call it a "trance" or something else my point was that due to the obvious lack of deep seasons of prayer, both personally and corporate, we do not experience the overwhelming presence and power of God. And generations have passed in this state so that today we don't even realize how much is available that the the church hardly ever enters into. <br /><br />The bottom line is we need a prayer revival and we can leave any Spiritual manifestations to God. The catch-22 is that a prayer revival comes only through extraordinary prayer and fasting while separating ourselves from the world for elongated seasons. So with those things in mind, do not look for revival anytime soon. All of us can continue to justify our tepid, powerless condition by pointing to the millions of tapes, television programs, radio ministries, blogs, worship music, and our growing knowlege of the Biblical doctrines while ignoring the fact that the kingdom of darkness makes incredible strides right in our own neighborhood. <br /><br />Have we (including me) not tried speaking out? Have we not tried writing about it? Have we not tried politics? Have we tried an onslaught of talk, criticism, sermons, and everything else at our disposal. My self-indicting point is "What would happen if the church of Jesus Christ would gather almost ever night for hours of prayer and in our private lives we gave up most forms of entertainment and obeyed the call to pray?".<br /><br />And if in the midst of a sweeping and unusual revival of prayer God would chose to overwhelm some young man through a experience of His presence that left him temporarily incapacitated, well so be it. At this time we need not fear, the prerequisite for a moving of God's Spirit is not yet in place. Pray fervently, with or without a trance.Rick Fruehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.com