tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938384930900615101.post7828249591617543024..comments2023-11-03T00:55:05.577-07:00Comments on My Journey : One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunchTracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15692160455833039396noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938384930900615101.post-72778010175173084612011-08-22T07:55:51.469-07:002011-08-22T07:55:51.469-07:00I see those when one would claim the "Spirit&...I see those when one would claim the "Spirit" told me or "something was anointed..." but we have to be careful as to whether what was said or done really came from the Spirit. It could be deceiving us rather than helping us.<br /><br />When I hurt my neck from the hospital, I thought that was the end of my career as a nurse. But I didn't know, years later, that it was only the beginning of Him showing me how true and faithful His promises are! Now that I'm going through this huge battle at work, that "one bad apple" actually became my advantage. I know where I stand and because of Him, I know I have nothing to fear. After all, I used to be a bad apple but He never looked at me that way. God bless.RCUBEshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726426726039665564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938384930900615101.post-21744655961299873222011-08-22T03:02:34.484-07:002011-08-22T03:02:34.484-07:00Hi Tracy,
I need to balance my own personal exper...Hi Tracy,<br /><br />I need to balance my own personal experience with the truth of Scripture, and sometimes that really hard to do.<br /><br />Notice, I said my OWN experience; I view the experiences of other Christians as suspect. I want to see the holes in His hands myself.<br /><br />When my experience conflicts with Scripture-- I come down on the side of experience because I understand less about Scripture than I do about what happened to me.<br /><br />When neither Scripture nor experience makes sense in my life, I try to just blindly trust Jesus to sort it all out at the harvest, like in the field of wheat and tares.<br /><br />John Cowart<br />www.cowart.info/blog/John Cowarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105166273383950695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7938384930900615101.post-90708170555380464272011-08-21T16:59:13.921-07:002011-08-21T16:59:13.921-07:00The same passage of the book struck me, too...exce...The same passage of the book struck me, too...except mine was audio book format. To hear Chan read his own words about quenching the Spirit was riveting. <br /><br />I must agree with him and with an author of another book I recently reviewed on the Holy Spirit, that we settle for being comfortable in the church and don't want to deal with potentially messy spirit stuff...so we simply squash it instead. How often have I sided with the church in the past on this, but I see that it is devastating to what God wants to do. So instead of doing it here, He seems pretty interested in doing it in Africa, the Middle East, etc.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334880347109220874noreply@blogger.com