tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post2425664424930164478..comments2024-03-12T10:35:54.578-05:00Comments on Homeward Bound: The Holy Spirit: Power Presence and Purpose Part 177Michael Boldea Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09695469447648193872noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post-47830473819744506652012-02-06T05:14:21.273-06:002012-02-06T05:14:21.273-06:00The Lord may be doing a new thing in your heart, f...The Lord may be doing a new thing in your heart, from your perspective, but it is not a new thing from His perspective. We serve an unchanging God, whose desire has always been for His children to desire closeness to Him, since the beginning of time. I am glad that you are growing in God, it is the natural progression of a believer. May you continue to grow, from grace to grace and understanding to understanding.Michael Boldea Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09695469447648193872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post-15527722722756492172012-02-03T13:44:44.650-06:002012-02-03T13:44:44.650-06:00The Lord is doing a "new thing" inside m...The Lord is doing a "new thing" inside my heart if that makes sense. He is showing me the height and depth of His great love for us...it truly surpasses knowledge. I've been a Christian for 20+ years, and just in the last few years am I actually remaining in His love, knowing His love, delighting in His love...and from the overflow of that love... I want to love the Lord with all my heart, I want to read the word, I want to pray, I want to obey Him... So that's what I think of when I think new thing....just a revelation of His great love for us. It makes His yoke easy and His burden light, to be filled up with His great love. Then dying to self is actually a delight because you know the Lord is going to give you everlasting life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post-22529557279327534852012-02-02T23:52:08.748-06:002012-02-02T23:52:08.748-06:00Dear Brother Michael - I post this comment with so...Dear Brother Michael - I post this comment with some trepidation... I'm attending a pentecostal church. It is actually fairly "tame" as such goes, though speaking in tongues is practiced. You would find it quite orderly, I think. Well, a little over a year ago I started to notice something odd -- I was starting to shake/tremble during some of the sermons. I didn't tell anyone about it. Then I started to get more serious about spending time in prayer and joined the Saturday evening prayer group, and then got permission from the pastor to start coming to the church and pray there at night (I've been coming a couple times a week for about an hour). I've had several shaking/trembling incidents now, during some sermons, and then sometimes when I pray alone in the church. These are not sermons that I felt specific conviction about, but they were powerful. This is not something that anyone talks about at church nor is it encouraged in any way. So far no one's noticed, but it is getting stronger and I'm afraid I'm going to embarrass myself or cause a distraction in church. We've been doing fasting/prayer as a church, and the senior pastor has shared that he fasts and prays regularly. I've been assuming that I've been picking up on the Holy Spirit annointing on the senior pastor (it seems to happen more often when he preaches), but now, from what you've said, I'm wondered if this is something wrong or evil or fleshly and I should be asking God to take it away??? Can you help? I'm not comfortable asking the pastors here, as it just sounds too weird or like I'm grandstanding, or something.A sister in Washingtonnoreply@blogger.com