Is the gift of prophecy really no longer needed in the church? Should we make all people who prophesy in the church cease and desist from doing so? Should we avoid televangelists who prophesy over the air? My views on the prophetic There are instances where people go overboard when they prophesy. For example, if [...]
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Walking circumspectly: prophecy’s importance in the last days
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on December 8, 2011
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/walking-circumspectly-prophecys-importance-in-the-last-days/
Osteen to talk about healing by prayer on Dr. Oz show
Joel Osteen and his wife, Victoria, pastors of Lakewood Church in Houston, TX, will be on the Dr. Oz show this Thursday, November 17. They will discuss the healing power of prayer. The discussion will include what prayer means to Osteen, if and how one’s spiritual condition affects one’s physical condition, and if healing really [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on November 15, 2011
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/osteen-to-talk-about-healing-by-prayer-on-dr-oz-show/
A nation of prophets, priests, kings, and queens
Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 12 that the Holy Spirit distributes spiritual gifts, “dividing to every man severally as he will. ” However, people in Christianity sometimes get caught up in what is deemed as “proper procedure” when an individual wants to exercise their spiritual gift in some way. By that I mean there [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on October 18, 2011
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/a-nation-of-prophets-priests-kings-and-queens/
Rich playwright gets saved after son gets healed
In 2008, Manoj Raithatha and his family faced a frightening circumstance. According to him, “My two-year-old son was taken to St. Thomas’ Hospital in London with severe breathing problems…” Manoj at that time was a very successful playwright with the awards to prove it and was a successful real estate broker. His acclaim in both [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on October 25, 2010
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/rich-playwright-gets-saved-after-son-gets-healed/
A true prophecy from an unbelieving heart
47Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. 49And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on May 9, 2010
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2010/05/09/a-true-prophecy-from-an-unbelieving-heart/
what does it mean to pray in the Spirit?
18Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; [Ephesians 6] Prayer is one of the most intimate practices a believer can participate in with our knowable, personal, loving, Almighty God. It is a time where we can tell God what’s on our [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 18, 2010
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/what-does-it-mean-to-pray-in-the-spirit/
How and why God exposes secret sins
Christian houses of worship are thought to be places of purity, good morals, and godliness, which is why it appalls us when we hear reports of people in congregations who live in a manner that opposes the ideals that Christianity promotes. It would be nice if everyone in Christian congregations practiced what the Bible says, [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on January 24, 2010
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/how-and-why-god-exposes-secret-sins/
Despise not the day of small things
In this recession most of us, whether saint or sinner, Christian or unbeliever, has suffered some type of loss or know someone who has. It is easy in times like this to really get discouraged as a Christian and get caught up in thinking that God has withdrawn some of his blessings and possibly to [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on June 2, 2009
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/despise-not-the-day-of-small-things/
God heals a little girl’s brain tumor
Kayla Knight, an 11-year-old girl in Texas was diagnosed this past May with having a brain tumor that covered roughly 25% of her brain after being taken to the doctor by her mother, Amy. The story was originally reported by KLTV News in Tyler, Texas. When Kayla and her mother got the news from the [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on August 10, 2008
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/god-heals-a-little-girls-brain-tumor/
How to speak a word in season
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned [...]
Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on August 11, 2007
http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2007/08/11/how-to-speak-a-word-in-season/
