What does the baptism in the Holy Spirit do for you?

You speak to God.

"For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries" (1 Corinthians 14:2).

You are edified or charged up spiritually.

"He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church" (1 Corinthians 14:4).

"But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit," (Jude 1:20).

You are to pray --- sing in your prayer language.

"For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding" (1 Corinthians 14:14,15).

"Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord" (Colossians 3:16)

"speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord," (Ephesians 5:19).

When you put on the armor of God, you are instructed to pray in your prayer language.

"Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints" (Ephesians 6:10-18).

When you don't know how to pray properly about a situation, you can pray in the Spirit.

"Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God" (Romans 8:26,27).

You may be used in the gifts of the Spirit.

"Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: you know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led. Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills" (1 Corinthians 12:1-11).


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ok i got it.

ok, was about to lurk somewhere else if no 1 reply here. thanks very much

No problem. Thanks for your encouragement though.

I will share whatever devotion when my heart prompts me to do so to build all of us up.

God Bless.

Mark 12:30-31
New International Version (NIV)
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Is it normal for me to doubt the existance of god ?

Morning Devotion.

Morning peeps.

One of the many ways to remain Faithful and Still Believe in God despite challenging circumstances.

1. You must understand that God is Good. Period. Do not doubt this EVER.

The Bible is the word of God and it is impossible for God to lie, so meditate on this.

2. Remember All that God has done for you before this. Remind yourself of the goodness of God.

The time when you should have died from some near death accidents or incidents from your enemies or circumstances but you didn't.
The time when you should have commit suicide but you didn't.
The time when you needed money badly and somehow you got it.
The time when you have some kind of bodily affliction but you were healed.
The time when you have made the wrong choice in life but God worked it to turned it to Good and in your favor in the end.
The time when you were ridiculed, oppressed, feeling down but somehow God lifted you up and out of it.
The time everything went wrong and all Hell break lose but God held you in his arm.

Remember all his goodness in times of dryness or in times of God's silence because



When you do, you will understand He will do it AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN!




Remember his Goodness and confess and profess your faith in him and believe in his word that God WILL PROVIDE ALL YOUR NEEDS! and Resist the devil because he is the father of all LIES!

LIES that lied to you saying God is never good or God has given up and forsaken you. RESIST his lies and declare God's words as the TRUTH! and your situation WILL CHANGE!

God Bless!

Of course. Especially when the supposed Creator and Lord of all seems so silent and so distant - almost non-existent.

So why do I still believe in God? Well, not just because of any religious experience I have had (I haven't had any) nor just intellectual arguments (even if God exists, if he doesn't do anything - what's the point?) - but my firm conviction (based on long and serious contemplation of the evidence) that 2000 years ago, someone called Jesus died on the cross and rose again with the promise of everlasting life for those who believe in him.

That's why I'm a Christian.

Hmm kay

Night Time Devotion.

How to keep your mind sane when you messed up really bad in your Christian Walk?

Apostle Paul wrote more than half of the New Testament and had direct encounter with God, Sacrifice his life for the Gospel, Got persecuted, Put in Jail, all in the name of the gospel, performed miracles, healing the sick, etc in Jesus Name. One would have expected such a highly dedicated Man of God to be Holy and Living and operating in a spiritual Level much higher than all of us.

BUT Yet He goes through Life facing temptation and at times fall flat and do wrong like all of us.



Thank God for this message. God is telling us nobody is perfect. And We are saved by Grace not works. I believe Paul is showing us how to come back to our sanity and senses. He continue to say.



Which is the truth. We can rest easy because sometimes when we fall, our solution is found in Jesus Christ. Why? He continued




Hallelujah!. There is NO CONDEMNATION for those who are in Christ Jesus. That is the truth!. Though we might fall and do wrong, there is NO CONDEMNATION because the blood of Christ has washed ALL of our sins, Past, Present and Future! Amen!

Now I know what you're thinking. This is like saying we have license to Sin and get away with it. No. Read Back Romans 7:24-25.

Paul expressed What a wretch Man he is when he fell and did wrong. That is having a right heart before God.

This passage tell us Paul had a right heart. His inner being delighted in doing right and living right before God. He did not delight neither does he pursue Sin or wrong doings. That is exactly WHAT we must have.

I pray to the Father to impart in all of us a holy desire to do what is right and to abhor Sin.

And the best Part of moving on is in this passage.

Philippians 3:13-14


THIS ONE THING I DO

Hallelujah! THAT is the key secret along with the understanding above. Forget the Past and Move on! Press Forward and continue to uphold holiness and having a right heart and do right before God.

Praise and Glory be to God for this wonderful and powerful scripture!

Amen Amen Amen.

Faith is the starting point.

Absorb this song. It's very nice.

hi guys hehe
anyway i wanna thank jesus for giving me parking everytime at pj there.. as u know parking is hard to find there. but i pray everytime and hallelujah! so far i manage to get empty spot. hopefully it will remain like this.

Faith Can move parking mountains.

lol.

Praise God for every thing!

This post has been edited by unknown warrior: Mar 18 2012, 09:03 AM

If you own a church, ask people to get the f*ck out of your church in the most obnoxious manner. Don't tell people why should they ask.

Instead, watch how they will mock you when they are about to leave the church, commenting how they rather go to a better church. And then, see whoever remains.

Those who remains, hug them and apologize to them. Congratulate them for wanting to stay in the church, not because whether the one running the church is good or bad, but because they are there for God.

so guy
can i opinionated about jesus
okay
1.jesus was not god (he claim himself not god but instead a son of god )
why does people think he is god?
2.since God created Adam then Eve (few 100000++ later , human exist , so my question is Mother Mary
is descendant of A & E ? )
3. If got God Impregnant M.Mary wif JC then that mean Jesus is Demigod (Human +God Hybrid ) ?

so tat my question

You have a wrong thought my friend.

Churches are not exclusive Christian membership club who are for God only.

Churches is the body of Christ where sinner can find a place for hope.

hello, i m new here.. =) From UPM st anne chapel.. hee..

seeing this thread i think i can hang around here..

dropping by, but if you were to own a church, you too should know to make a church grows, eg: prepare a more pratical sermon, practice good charisma, be more friendly etc etc. some christians do change church in search for a better church that they claim to "serve" them better, so what you probably do is to make them feel its more important for a you to serve a church than a church that serve you.

i am not one of those who jump and hoop for a better church one after another, but i seen many christians do that. but i do believe that if a church is not active ( no CG,/house fellowship, YF, sunday school, bible study), or rather lukewarm, i think its time to do something

1. son of God = son of man ( read Isaiah, i forgot which part liao). he doesnt claim is not equal to he doesnt admit, if he doesnt admit, means he is no god

2. mother marry has the royal blood of the king david and solomon. we are descendant of A and E too

3. demigod is just a theory, or rather a fairy tale of greeks stories. there is no demigod in our christian dictionary

i think unknown warrior will explain more about this more details

This post has been edited by squarepilot: Mar 15 2012, 11:26 PM