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Hi, all! What a GREAT day to be alive and well and serving Jesus in loving obedience--finally!!!
I was brought up in Mid Michigan pretty much outside the church--we only attended church on Christmas and Easter. Mom is Catholic; Dad Protestant. Parents divorced when I was in High School. Dad remarried a catholic and converted to Catholicism a couple of years ago.
I got born-again with the non/inter-denominational "Navigators" about 20 years ago. Since then I've attended and frequented lots of different protestant-type denominational churches (Baptist, Nazarene, Methodist) and found really good/accurate teaching in the ones I attended. About 5 years ago I met and married my wife, Tammy, who is a Word of Faith/Charasmatic believer. I found that the teaching of the Word of Faith/Charasmatic churches to be wholy accurate, despite the wholy baseless warnings from those from the other churches I've attended in reference to healing and speaking in tongues, for example. I had been taught to beware of churches who teach stuff that isn't supported by the Word and to not rely on feelings, but instead rely on fact (which should actually be 'truth', but that's another subject)--good advice--except those churches were intentionally avoiding scripture that dealt with healing and speaking in tongues, though not intentionally to mislead--because they just didn't have the answers when it came to healing and speaking in tongues. Raising my hands during church service has proven to be one of the most difficult acts of obedience I've run into, believe it or not, and I've litterally run into a few different acts of disobedience that I've since placed in the past through obedience (drinking, smoking, etc.). Finally, I just had to raise my hands--I've had to raise my hands all my life and didn't know it! I just had to fully surrender myself to God--even though I still battle thoughts about others looking at me when my hands are raised! I've been associated with Word of Faith/Charasmatic churches for about 5 years now and my wife and I are currently going to Victory Christian Center in Rolla, MO.
I chose the login, 'Johnny Be Good' because every time I see it I'll remember to eat from the Tree of Life, rather than the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil!
I was brought up in Mid Michigan pretty much outside the church--we only attended church on Christmas and Easter. Mom is Catholic; Dad Protestant. Parents divorced when I was in High School. Dad remarried a catholic and converted to Catholicism a couple of years ago.
I got born-again with the non/inter-denominational "Navigators" about 20 years ago. Since then I've attended and frequented lots of different protestant-type denominational churches (Baptist, Nazarene, Methodist) and found really good/accurate teaching in the ones I attended. About 5 years ago I met and married my wife, Tammy, who is a Word of Faith/Charasmatic believer. I found that the teaching of the Word of Faith/Charasmatic churches to be wholy accurate, despite the wholy baseless warnings from those from the other churches I've attended in reference to healing and speaking in tongues, for example. I had been taught to beware of churches who teach stuff that isn't supported by the Word and to not rely on feelings, but instead rely on fact (which should actually be 'truth', but that's another subject)--good advice--except those churches were intentionally avoiding scripture that dealt with healing and speaking in tongues, though not intentionally to mislead--because they just didn't have the answers when it came to healing and speaking in tongues. Raising my hands during church service has proven to be one of the most difficult acts of obedience I've run into, believe it or not, and I've litterally run into a few different acts of disobedience that I've since placed in the past through obedience (drinking, smoking, etc.). Finally, I just had to raise my hands--I've had to raise my hands all my life and didn't know it! I just had to fully surrender myself to God--even though I still battle thoughts about others looking at me when my hands are raised! I've been associated with Word of Faith/Charasmatic churches for about 5 years now and my wife and I are currently going to Victory Christian Center in Rolla, MO.
I chose the login, 'Johnny Be Good' because every time I see it I'll remember to eat from the Tree of Life, rather than the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil!
