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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
You know, sometimes, you can make a statement and a situation will arise making you rethink your former stance.
However, at this point, and borrowing from someone I was speaking to about this subject of the "prayer cloth", I agree when they said, "Jesus rarely healed the same way twice, but he always healed. The apostles rarely did the same thing twice, but they always followed the leading of the Spirit."
I would never anoint a prayer cloth and hand it to someone. It was not done that way in the Bible. That wasn't the story at all.
It was something they felt and carried home with them - self directed, not leadership directed. God honored the honesty and faith of it. We shouldn't change the whole beauty of that pattern by throwing some olive oil around. That is how strong I feel about it.
Being used in the gifts, you get a pretty good view of the power of God. Laying on of hands and speaking the Word whether in prophecy or tongues and interpretation. I can see how the power of God fell on Cornelius and his household. That, my friend, is the power of God and feels really good. We can change the world with that. Of course, I mean through the direction of the Holy Spirit.
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I understand what you are saying, however, have you considered that perhaps God instructed a man or woman of God to do this?
I know a lot of testimonies of healing from this practice. Nevertheless, I 100% agree with you everyone needs to remember Jesus is the source and not the cloth.
You are the first person I have ever met that has a problem with this practice. Could it also be because too many have lost the power of God for themselves so they take cloths to someone they have faith in having power with God.
I also see a similar thing happening with altar calls, back in the day the anointing drew people to the altars, everyone wasn't invited to come down to the altar. JMO
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