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Originally Posted by Renee29
I want to know....WHY don't preachers/pastors KNOW when they have reached their audience????? I continue to be frustrated service after service. My Pastor was preaching today....he was doing a really good job. There were several people up front worshiping, the congregation was worshiping, we had gotten the point and were ready to shout, pray whatever....he says he's going to end. We are standing there for another 25 MINUTES!! By this time, the spirit was totally supressed. Then he doesn't understand WHY he doesn't get a reaction at altar call. So then he's FRUSTRATED and keeps trying to pull something out of us that was there 25 minutes ago. I'm so frustrated. I want to talk to him about it, but my husband says it's not my place. Okay, rant over.
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Originally Posted by joyful
I totally understand what you are saying and have experienced this frustration as well. What I have started doing is just going up to the altar to pray or worship if the pastor is winding down and the Spirit is moving. If you do this, it may encourage others to and then you won't worry about how long the pastor is taking to wind down. The Spirit won't be quenched because you will be in the Spirit praying or worshipping.
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Funny I don't find anything in scripture about altar calls and interrupting the pastor to make sure we don't QUENCH the spirit. All this sounds out of order. Trust me I come out of a church where folks were completely out of control. If the pastor even tried to teach instead of preach we would have people leave because they said the "spirit" wasn't in it. During an altar call you were luck if a new convert made it out without whiplash.
Just pure crazyness. I just don't get people NEEDING all the antics. I just don't understand, if people are full of the Holy Ghost why do they yearn for these moments.
Sorry if I offend anyone I am just in that preMonday morning funk.
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