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me: Morgan's home!!!! I'll fill you in tomorrow! Love you! mom (((hug)))

my daughter Debbie: you sent me this before Tina's msg! Just didn't get on fb right away to read it!!! THANK GOD! and Thank you for keeping me in the loop. I have decided to have a non stop praise party until Monday since I was cryin out to God since I heard on Thursday, should spend AT LEAST that long rejoicing right?????

Debbie: Mom! Praise God!

me: Amen daughter of encouragemnt!

Debbie: Just gettin in from a prayer rally of about 5,000 people! Praise Party!!!!
about 30 people gave their hearts to Jesus!

me: wooo Hoooo!!!! God is moooooving!! Amen!!

Debbie: I took EVERY opportunity to share our testimony about my niece with anyone who would listen to encourage someone in the LORD!

me: amen!!!

Debbie: Revival is in this city MOM! A fresh WIND!!!!!!

me: praise God!! God moves like a tidal wave sometimes, doesn't He? Hahaaaa! LOVE it!!

Debbie: Jean was the interpreter for the main speaker so he sat in a place of honor!! I was so proud of him, my camera isn't that good and it was night so hard to take pics

me: praise God!!!

Debbie: the best part?
The meeting took place on the grounds of the most pretigious hotel in Kinshasa 'Grand Hotel'
so after, Jean and I went inside to use the 'powder rooms' that's what you say in dignified places like that, anyway.....
in the lady's room as I walk in I see this lady about my age,
She was wearing nothing but a white blouse that stopped right below her butt! no joke, I don't even think she had a bra on maybe panties but i wasn't lookin' that hard, I tried to ignore her completely!
So I walked to my stall and took care of business, as I'm sittin there God tells me that I need to share God's love with this lady!
I was really strugglin' cause all I could think was judgement and criticism towards her, and how she tried to trap men into sinning with her, etc....
But God spoke to me clearly and told me to minister to her.....So I started to negotiate with God. ok, if she's still there when I come out I will ask her to speak with her about God. But I was hoping she would be gone.
Well I repented to God for my judgemental attitude and reminded me that I needed to speak out of love, so I started asking God to give me a heart of love for this lady, that I can see her the way God sees her, and you know what He did!
I was reminded of Morgan, and what if Morgan were in that situation how would I want someone to speak to her.....so I stepped out and trembling asked her if we could talk for a minute?
She looked a little surprised but said yes. She was standing there at the mirror with a counter full of makeup making up her face.....
My french is very imperfect and I was shaking the whole time because I'm not comfortable ministering or praying in that language, I usually have an interpreter at church.
But somehow with the Holy Spirit's help I was able to share with her how God loves her and has a better plan for her, that He doesn't want to chase her away, but wants to welcome her to Himself as she follows His Will for her which is GOOD, which gives true peace and LOVE! I shared the testimony of what God just did with answering our prayers for Morgan's return through prayer and declaring His promises, and that He wants her to 'come home' to Him through Jesus.
I don't know how much she understood of my terrible french but I could tell she was blinking back tears and when I asked her if we could pray she said YES! I prayed for her in English and a little french, and then gave her our church number so she could get more prayer or visit us as God moves.
As I came out of the bathroom I remembered Jean had been waiting and thought he would be wondering where I am..........found out he had just finished praying too! with a man that works for the hotel. There is a revival blowing !
I don't want to go back, only forward in God!!!

me: oh may God bless BOTH of you like He did with Jabez!!!! What a glorious testimony!!!! Mind if i share it?

Debbie: not at all....but I may beat you to it!

me: hahaaa!!

Debbie: LOL, I don't think there could ever be enough of sharing about what God is doing!

me: Amen!!!

6:24pm
Debbie: Every day I am going to pray for God to give me a fresh testimony and an ear that needs to hear it!

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TheyCallMeDave said:

I was in dialogue with a lady who diligently studied this Gift and I thought id share her findings with everyone :

This is what I learned:
Tounges means foreign language- look up the word for this gift in any language the Bible has been written in and look up that definition. you will find answers of "(foreign) language or dialect". Example is the original ancient Greek (glossolalia) which is 'to speak languages'. when someone down the road is said to speak a tounge, you know they speak a language or dialect unfamiliar to you.
So this means the churches who teach that tongues is also sounds of holy joy from the spirit such as chittering, laughing, crying, moaning, mooing, clucking or barking are incorrect.
tongues is plural- every reference to the gift in scripture is plural with only the exception of a specific person speaking a specific language. It is the ability to speak and/or understand foriegn languages.
So this means the churches who teach that tounges is a single language from heaven between God, angels and you, if you have the spirit, are incorrect.
there is only one kind of tounges gift- I never found any scriptural support for a tounges that was only for prayer and another that was for the congregation/public. All information from scripture points to the one ability of speaking foreign languages you previously didn't know.
So this means the churches who teach that there are different forms of tounges are incorrect.
tongues must be understood by all people around you and done in orderly fashion- this is something that Paul tried to pound into the heads of the Corinthian congregation. Everyone, including the speaker, must understand what was said either by already knowing that language or by a translator. Otherwise it was a waste of time and cannot be proven to be a genuine gift.
So this means the churches who practice mosh pit-like tongues extravaganzas or who never have an interpreted tongue message are in error.
tongues was for a sign to unbelievers and for edification of the church body- direct quotes from The Apostle Paul. Anyone who didnt believe Jesus was the real deal and that the church now belongs to ALL who believe would be proven wrong by the confirmation of this gift and that would in turn strengthen the church as a whole and add to it's ranks.
So this means the churches who teach that tongues is for a deeper personal connection to God is incorrect.
tongues may have passed away long ago-there are many compelling reasons to believe this to be true and i have acctually confirmed it for the gift of prophecy simply due to the biblical definition of a prophet. I personally haven't yet put a headstone on tongues, but i do say that if the genuine gift does still exist, it must be incredibly rare. I haven't experienced or heard of any credible accounts of the true gift being used combined that with the purpose and usefulness of such a gift is all but gone.
So this brings into question any church that teaches this gift is attainable, let alone mandatory for the church body.
When I did this study it was acctually hard to find a tongues supporter that was willing to talk about it. The one pastor I did find to talk to me gave his ideas of what it was all about and a few scriptures.. a couple of which had nothing to do with spiritual gifts or tongues. Even the Assembly of God main website stated that some of its core doctrine was not found in scripture, but was based on "assumptions and deductions from an apparent pattern found in the book of acts". it's like alot of people belived in it and had stories of experiences to tell me, but they couldnt tell me why or explain anything with any real satisfaction.

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