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Originally Posted by Cindy
I don't think you can tell people how they are suppose to worship or praise God. It is not for you to judge someone's heart, only God can do that. Of course God lives in the shout, He did when the walls of Jericho fell!!!!
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PTL Sister,
Hopefully the offense of my previous statements don't hinder you from the heart of what's being said here.
Concerning the walls of Jericho, God was not in the shout; He was responding to their obedience. The command to shout was part of God's plan to overtake this city, but did not set the precedence that shouting was always to become the way for conquouering future cities.
Shouting has its place. But, when a service is judged as being "dead" because no one shouted or danced, we have succummed to illiterate doctrine and false teaching. This emotional demand will lead people to the very shallow well of understanding, little discipline, and an inability to weather life's great trials.
I don't have time to go into the great affliction we have been through building this Home Missions work, but let me be frank, I had to learn to serve God outside the box of emotion, loving Him away from the dance and feeling. It is here where I have really grown and have gained the deepest of understanding about the Cross, the Garden, and the Grave.
I teach the Church in my care, learn to love Him no matter what you feel. When you rejoice, don't allow yourself to make decisions while in this state, because haste abides there. Wait till the storm comes. Come down off the mountain. Go to work on Monday. Get back in the saddle. Take up your cross. Then decide.
I've seen too many fall because the "feeling" was gone.
Lord Bless you, NFS
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