When God shows up and my Christian walk Part 2

Posted by melodieshouse on September 22, 2009

David and I have been going to a particular church since May. I have never felt more at home or felt the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit like I have at this church. The preaching and teaching there is straight from the Bible, and it’s not milk, it’s all meat. We partnered with the church a couple of Sundays ago (similar to joining, but not quite as formal). The thing is though, David has told me more than one time that he’s not into the church membership thing, and getting wrapped up in a bunch of church activities. But he’d never been to a church before where the preaching is so solid, the presence of God is so regularly evident in the worship, and the people there are so genuine and caring, and he’s been to so-called Bible-believing, full-gospel, charismatic/Pentecostal churches before. I’ve certainly been to my share of them, and most of them I left feeling something was missing, I’m sad to say. There’s no doubt in my mind we were led to become a part of this church.

Now let’s get to the part where God really showed up in a big way. This past Sunday they held the first class of a leadership university at the church. It’s basically a video school; the lectures/classes are on DVD. David is attending the classes but I’m not at this time. One of the lessons Sunday was “The Holy Spirit” by Dr. A.L. Gill. His lesson included teaching on the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and concluded with a chance to pray to receive the baptism. David prayed and received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, and began speaking in an unknown tongue! He’s been a Christian since 1996 and he’s 45 years old. He prayed in the Spirit (in tongues) on the way home from church that night. I wish I had been there to see it.

In an earlier post, What shall I blog about? My Christian walk part 1, I mentioned that I got saved when I was 11, and I rededicated my life to the Lord when I was 13. Shortly after that I also received the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. That milestone revolutionized my walk with the Lord and all the rest of the way through school I was a Jesus freak. I deliberately avoided being “just like everyone else;” I did not want to be a part of the world’s system.

DC Talk – Jesus Freak

I never spoke in tongues around my husband, nor did I talk with him about being baptized in the Holy Spirit, basically because I didn’t know how to approach him with it. I got the idea he thought there was a big hype factor in it, and that the best way for him to come around was to have a spiritual epiphany and experience it for himself. And it happened, and I am in awe and can’t thank the Lord enough. Now I feel we can move forward hand-in-hand together in our Christian walk, as we are both filled with and led by the Spirit.