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Re: Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ
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Originally Posted by Livelystone
In my opinion it is hard to find fault with people who are lifting hands and crying holy holy holy. It certainly appears from their position they are worshiping God as best as they know how to do.
To me the litmus test is do we see the blessings of God upon a ministry? I am not speaking of worldly blessings, but blessings that reflect the presence of God seen through divine works that could not happen without God doing them.
I live in the midst of the Bible Belt and I'm still looking for the church with elders who can lay hands on and heal their members from various diseases without them having to go to medical doctors.
I feel that there is one out there but I have not found it yet.
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If that happened consistently 100% of the time Chrisitans would live forever. God can heal and does heal but it is at his discretion. That is why when I pray for healing for myself or someone else I always preface it with "if it is Your will". By His stripes we are healed but it did not say that we would be healed every time / all of the time. I am thankful for doctors who have taken the gifts God has given them and have used them to learn about medicene to help us. I don't believe God has a problem with that at all.
I have a feeling you are going to be one of those wanderers who never finds a church good enough for you. Hope I am wrong. According to my wife I often am.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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