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ok the title is to grab your attention ..did it work ?
{insert- my overall point and direction is not complete in this OP so dont judge to quickly } -also im open to the thread being moved if this is the wrong place to place it
what i want to say will indeed step on the toes of some .
but unlike the Title implies ..it is not my intent to stomp but rather to raise an issue in dealing with that which has become nothing but a falsehood in tradition .(if we are honest before God in that regard)
Falling over backwards when prayed for .
WHY ?
i know from testimonies by others that so many many of us have been victims of what i call the Pentecostal push .. a good firm shove on the forehead encouraging us to fall over backwards like the rest of the "line " that we may conform to .... ? what ?? falling over ?
i would like to suggest that we STOP IT NOW ..please just cut it out .
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ok lol hmm how am i going to reconcile that sharp statement with the love of God in which i honestly mean it .
lets look at the practice in HONESTY IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
how many of you (i have to say "you" because i never have )have fallen over backwards knowing there was absolutely no need to do so ?
how many have fallen over backwards because it was "the thing you do "
how many went to the front in order to fall over backwards
how many fell over backwards to BE SEEN to be falling over backwards ?
hard questions - i expect only the very bold and brutally self honest will answer any of those .
the consideration is this - the Lord gave us balance ..if we feel so moved we sway ..one can put ones foot back and balance is immediately stabilized.
IF the annointing of the lord is so strong upon us (and at times he indeed is )then he has given us these Amazing tools upon which we can call ..they are called KNEES -we can fall upon them -if his anointing is still so strong (and he certainly can&will be at times then we can fall upon our face .
to be contd ..this is NOT an" I am right and you are wrong scenario" nither do i intend to discredit some who have indeed been so moved by the holy Spiirt that they fell over backwards ..i have seen that and it was something to behold (theier feet left the ground on thier way backwards )
we should also look into sensuality versus spirituality .
but what has become //THE TRADITION// needs to stop .
it has got so bad that a so called christian in england sued her church because she fell and there was no CATCHER and she hurt herself ... i think the key word there is herSELF - that is an absolute SHAME upon the body of Christ and displays how ridiculous this tradition has become .
.but throw in have your say .
{insert- my overall point and direction is not complete in this OP so dont judge to quickly } -also im open to the thread being moved if this is the wrong place to place it
what i want to say will indeed step on the toes of some .
but unlike the Title implies ..it is not my intent to stomp but rather to raise an issue in dealing with that which has become nothing but a falsehood in tradition .(if we are honest before God in that regard)
Falling over backwards when prayed for .
WHY ?
i know from testimonies by others that so many many of us have been victims of what i call the Pentecostal push .. a good firm shove on the forehead encouraging us to fall over backwards like the rest of the "line " that we may conform to .... ? what ?? falling over ?
i would like to suggest that we STOP IT NOW ..please just cut it out .
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ok lol hmm how am i going to reconcile that sharp statement with the love of God in which i honestly mean it .
lets look at the practice in HONESTY IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
how many of you (i have to say "you" because i never have )have fallen over backwards knowing there was absolutely no need to do so ?
how many have fallen over backwards because it was "the thing you do "
how many went to the front in order to fall over backwards
how many fell over backwards to BE SEEN to be falling over backwards ?
hard questions - i expect only the very bold and brutally self honest will answer any of those .
the consideration is this - the Lord gave us balance ..if we feel so moved we sway ..one can put ones foot back and balance is immediately stabilized.
IF the annointing of the lord is so strong upon us (and at times he indeed is )then he has given us these Amazing tools upon which we can call ..they are called KNEES -we can fall upon them -if his anointing is still so strong (and he certainly can&will be at times then we can fall upon our face .
to be contd ..this is NOT an" I am right and you are wrong scenario" nither do i intend to discredit some who have indeed been so moved by the holy Spiirt that they fell over backwards ..i have seen that and it was something to behold (theier feet left the ground on thier way backwards )
we should also look into sensuality versus spirituality .
but what has become //THE TRADITION// needs to stop .
it has got so bad that a so called christian in england sued her church because she fell and there was no CATCHER and she hurt herself ... i think the key word there is herSELF - that is an absolute SHAME upon the body of Christ and displays how ridiculous this tradition has become .
.but throw in have your say .