About asking questions. There is a good way and a bad way. This takes discernment. Discernment means slowing down and thinking about what and why you are going to ask something. This is one of those things James is talking about being slow to speak and quick to hear. This ‘ask questions’ is part of my gift. I saw it in action a lot in college. When a class went stagnant, and it was too quiet, and the professor became uncomfortable as if no one was paying attention, I often would ask one single question. This timely question would…
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Smith Wigglesworth We must live by our born again spirit, an awakened spirit ruled by the Holy Spirit, and not by our mind and emotions. But how do we do this? As spiritual hunger grows, causing us to earnestly seek God in the Word and in prayer, our spirits break the shackles of the flesh and of the soul (the mind and emotions). We begin to live with an awakened spirit that lays hold on all the “exceeding great and precious promises” (2 Peter 1:4) of God. That, in turn, brings us into the realization of the power and authority…
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George Mueller says: Never speak until… ~ I was then asked by the sister who had been baptized, “But have you been baptized?” (She meant ‘in the Spirit’) I answered, “Yes, when I was a child.” She then replied, “Have you ever read the Scriptures, and prayed with reference to this subject?” I answered, “No.” “Then,” she said, “I entreat you, never to speak any more about it till you have done so.” ~ It pleased the Lord to show me the importance of this remark… 😁