If Jesus was walking on the water and called you to Him I am thinking you would try
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, I sure would .
You have me there, Hawkman! ;) And unlike Peter, I would try to not look down at the waves!
If God anointed us in the fashion of Samson and sent us into battle we would go .
Ok yes--we don't do things for the Lord only in our own strength.
Thanks for saying this ! So , the early circuit riders on horse back riding from church to church to minister to the people much like the apostles did through all kinds of bad conditions . I have heard of their experiences , God supplies the power where the need is for his faithful .
Yea, believe it or not, I ran around on empty real late at night, and found no gas station open. I had about a half hour more to go to get home. Somehow I got home. ;) Had enough gas to get to a gas station the next day too!
Do I expect an "experience " as the apostles had , I might if I was doing the same work the apostles were doing with the same amount of faith .
Yes, biblical principles work. In all humility I can honestly say, I'm not an apostle, though. ;)
The power is through the Holy Spirit as He wills it . All the glory goes to God .
That is the most important truth. All virtue belongs to Him. He loans out His virtue on a regular basis--I would say even on a constant basis, though we don't always feel like it.
Sometimes a "word of knowledge" comes in a dream to me . I understand what you say .
An example of one experience I had with the "word of knowledge" came many years ago as I was passing out Christian tracts on the street--I don't do that anymore. I happened to give a tract to a military guy guarding the entrance to a Navy Yard. About half a block away I saw the guy, spiritually--not physically, reading the tract and feeling convicted. I walked all the way down there to talk to him again, and saw him reading the tract. I just said,, "Feeling convicted huh?" And he said, "Yea!"
Wow , if one did have all the Gifts , don't forget Satan will certainly have his eye on you if this is so .
I don't believe in "the more gifts the better." God zeroes in on what He wants us to do. So it would be strange indeed to ask to pray for someone's healing while witnessing to others and prophesying to a brother something that will happen to him. ;)
We need to zero in on what our general ministry is, and focus on that, and not get sidetracked on how many gifts we have and how small we look in our own eyes. Anything we do for the Lord is worth a million to God in terms of faithfulness and obedience to HIm.
The greater the gift(s) , the greater the responsibilities . A Christian needs to understand what they are asking for and be ready . I prayed to God , " Give me something to do for the Kingdom of God " , the results are an eye opening experience , to say the least .
That's a true honor to have the King of the universe respond to you, and concur that you're worth investing in. Take care....