tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post926310882039663152..comments2023-10-21T04:32:31.262-05:00Comments on Following Judah's Lion: To Glory in HimRick Fruehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05879848568892457571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27942026.post-21838798208341113962012-04-28T10:22:58.232-05:002012-04-28T10:22:58.232-05:00This is sadly all so true.
Years ago, I remembe...This is sadly all so true. <br /><br />Years ago, I remember an American healing preacher that had a "name" in the pentecostal circles and travelled with his large family doing tent revivals. He came to a church one night, and had people come to the altar (he had a burden for those with vices and addictions, and this night it was for smoking). The line was long and he spent much time with each one, praying and calling out the addiction. The lady that was with me brought her baby who had a chronic disability, poor eyesight, slow growth problems and we waited for the evangelist to call out others with different afflictions, as there were parents with children who were sick as well. The service went well into the 1;00 am time, and this baby was so tired and began crying. It was time to go. <br /><br />We waited. This mother wanted nothing more than her child to be touched by God's healing power, or at least have him prayed over by a man with the gift of healing. We finally got the nerve and sent a message on a paper by an usher to the evangelist that a baby was sick and so tired and needed to go home. It had to come to us going through the roof (figuratively) and lowering an innocent baby down into the spotlight to get Jesus' attention? This evangelist heard the baby's cries through the whole evening service and should have had a heart for a baby and it's worried mother.<br /><br />It took a long time on my personal walk to realize that men can't possibly know what priorities are in the House, although they preach that they are discerning, and there's a lot of spectacle, drama, and entertainment that goes on more than real true Gift of the Spirit ministry. It seals the idea for me that men (even evangelists) are just men and at some point we are going to have to trust Jesus without mediators, and until true mediators, with compassion, minister, then we'll have to increase our faith in the Lord for healing on our own, in our prayer closet. These times seem to demand that we all have to push the envelope with individual faith.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com