I have often wondered if those of the WOF/ Renewal movement were hallucinating. My religious backgound is rooted in this "if you can believe it, confess it, "it" will come true." Believe me, I worked the crap out of this... The sad part was I was in massive poverty, higher education was frowned upon or dismissed as not being spriritual enough - - that one had to have a "divine calling" to be a preacher/ missionary/ etc. I jumped into this whole swarm of sickness with both feet - partly because I so deparately needed to connect with the Divine and partly to belong to a "cutting edge" sort of people.
What I discovered was many in this WOF group owned secret sins that were not discussed: pornography, sex addictions, alcohol and drug addiction, family/spousal abuse, depression, massive anger, and a whole host of other issues. One man I know who truly loves God, went to the "leaders" of this school, confessed his struggle with his own sexual identity, and begged for help and counseling. What did he receive? The school immediately kicked him out, causing him to lose his apt and job (both provided by the school). Yep, that sort of crap happens all the time - living in the shadow of the shield.
Coming out of this WOF hyper, high-octane beliefs, I find myself literally gagging at all of the "christian bubble" tactics. "circle the wagons, the devil's a-comin'!". Fear and strong arm tactics whether they come through someone yelling your hellish destination or if it comes through some slick, greased-down, smile like ya love me, leave me cold. I am so ready for the warmth of reality and real people dealing with their lives - -not dissociating from their pain, but facing it with God's grace.
Saturday, May 07, 2005
Living in the shadow of the shield!
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I am so ready for the warmth of reality and real people dealing with their lives - -not dissociating from their pain, but facing it with God's grace.
I agree. It's such a sad way for people to live especially since it only leads to disappointment. My heart goes out to them.
Paul
The only problem with this entire discussion is that Christianity was never meant to be wittled down to "practice and procedure" it was meant to be a relationship. People have a problem with WoF teaching because they try to follow it rather that live out of passion and love for Jesus. WoF teaching is just that- teaching- its not meant to be a substitute for your relationship with Jesus. I respect Ken Hagin, but i also know that he had revelation [yeah thats biblical] of stuff that i don't. So if i try to live by principle what he got through revelation- thats just stupid-
Rather lets worry about living out of love, and out of a loving relationship with Jesus
GO GOD!!
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to tell you all that I am so sorry for some of the bad things that have happened.
Word of Faith is something that I have walked out, and lived out for the past seven years. And, it works. Not only in my life, but the lives of others that I have shared it with. I have found that when something wasn't working, it was because I was missing a piece of the puzzle. Now, that's not to turn anything to works, it is to say that God was still teaching me. And I can promise all of you, that as soon as I got that missing piece - everything would fall into place - not one time, but every time. God is so good!
In regards to the people hiding sins and doing awful things to others - Please remember that although as Christians, we are SUPPOSED to be Jesus's hands in the earth - that you are dealing with live people who are NOT Jesus and they mess up, in lots of ways and sometimes badly. That does not mean that WOF is wrong - it means that those people messed up! It's also a plan of the enemy to get people discouraged. I hope you all hang in there, and I hope that your disillusion-ment is temporary. God loves you and wants his best for you. And whatever way you hear from Him - that works for you - do that! You'll never go wrong if you hear from God!
Everyone be blessed and Merry Christmas!
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR POISON...YOUR USING THE WORLDS SYSTEM OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ABOUT WHOM EVER YOU WANT....AND DOING THIS ON THE INTERNET....YOU ARE LIKE A SPIDER SPINNING A WEB HOPING TO CAPTURE SOME MISGUIDED...SEDUCED SOUL...ONE WHO IS DISCONTENT...''OFFENDED'' NOT BEING ''NOTICED'' LIKE THEY THINK..NOT HAVING THEIR ''GIFTS'' NOTICED...YOU NEED TO REPENT AND ASK FORGIVENESS....SERIOUSLY BOTH OF YOU
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