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Old 04-30-2010, 11:05 PM
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Hello,
I'm Yolanda I decided to join this forum to hang out with people with the same beliefs as me. ( not that I have a problem with people of different beliefs it's just that being with like minds is enjoyable). I'm not going to kid you I wasn't always a Pentecostal I was just a lost wanderer . I would just bounce from church to church. This summer my older sister became reacquainted with a friend who happened to be the Pastors son at a Pentecostal Church. Long story short. She me invited to attend Church with her . We went for a few months and then got invitation to become members . We took it without hesitation . August 17 2009 My sister, my 11 year old niece and I were baptized. The next day my sister and I received the holy ghost during prayer night. Before attending this church no one had ever told us that we had to receive the Holy Ghost to get into Heaven.
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Old 04-30-2010, 11:14 PM
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Hello,
I'm Yolanda I decided to join this forum to hang out with people with the same beliefs as me. ( not that I have a problem with people of different beliefs it's just that being with like minds is enjoyable). I'm not going to kid you I wasn't always a Pentecostal I was just a lost wanderer . I would just bounce from church to church. This summer my older sister became reacquainted with a friend who happened to be the Pastors son at a Pentecostal Church. Long story short. She me invited to attend Church with her . We went for a few months and then got invitation to become members . We took it without hesitation . August 17 2009 My sister, my 11 year old niece and I were baptized. The next day my sister and I received the holy ghost during prayer night. Before attending this church no one had ever told us that we had to receive the Holy Ghost to get into Heaven.

First let me say welcome!!!!! Second let me say that this line that is highlighted it a often discussed topic on this site. Jump in and enjoy the debating, fellowship and enlightenment!

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Old 05-01-2010, 12:21 AM
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Welcome, Yolanda!

You may think this is a silly question, but How did you know when you received the Holy Spirit? How did your sister know? Did you have some kind of "sign"?
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Old 05-01-2010, 01:34 AM
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We knew because we started speaking in tongues. My body started shaking and I fell.
My sister started speaking in tongues and laughing uncontrollably.
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Old 05-01-2010, 02:13 AM
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We knew because we started speaking in tongues. My body started shaking and I fell.
My sister started speaking in tongues and laughing uncontrollably.
How do you know the tongues you spoke were real? Did someone coach you into how to speak with tongues?

The reason I ask is because some folks fake speaking with other tongues. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that you or your sister faked speaking with tongues. I'm just wondering how you, yourself, knew that what happened to you was real and authentic.

BTW, the experience of speaking with tongues when someone receives the Holy Spirit is scriptural. It is found in Acts 2, 10, and 19.
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Old 05-01-2010, 02:27 AM
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That's a good question. I believe it was real because it was uncontrolled . It went on for hours. When we got home my dad thought I had gone insane it was hours before I was able to speak normally . It was actually frustrating at times.
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That's a good question. I believe it was real because it was uncontrolled . It went on for hours. When we got home my dad thought I had gone insane it was hours before I was able to speak normally . It was actually frustrating at times.
I felt the same way when I spoke with tongues. It just happened and it was not something I had any control over either. The words just sort of flowed out of my mouth with no deliberate thinking on my part.
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Old 05-01-2010, 04:16 PM
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Welcome to AFF.

I hope we do not scare you off.
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Old 05-01-2010, 07:01 PM
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Thank you. I hope to enjoy my time here.
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Welcome Sis Yolanda! So glad to read that you received the Holyghost!!! And spoke in an unknown language to boot!!!!!!!!
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