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Re: How many times did you ask God for the Holy Gh
My older brother took a long time to get the Holy Ghost. He was one of those people that would "tarry" at the altar long after everyone else had left. He was 14 or so around that time. He was SO HUNGRY.
There would always be a group of people gathered around him...you know the way it goes: one person shouting in his ear, another rubbing his back, yet another shouting in the other ear, others just standing close by watching and praying loudly, and just all fired up. He told me about the worst of these experiences...it was at a district youth camp. The above described melee was taking place, and an unnamed preacher parted the crowd in front of him and laid his hand on his head and PUSHED DOWN (like he was trying to cause him to be "slain in the spirit") My brother said he had to bend his knees and forcefully brace himself to keep from being knocked over...but eventually just had to give in and be pushed down on the floor.
He didn't get the Holy Ghost that night either.
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