OUT OF THE BOX

The two articles posted below are re-prints from earlier postings. I wanted our newer visitors to have an opportunity to read them. Both articles deal with how the Lord reveals Himself supernaturally through the Church by the Holy Spirit.  -BL

“But if all prophesy (speak by revelation), and an unbeliever or an uninformed person comes in, he is convinced by all, he is convicted by all. And thus the secrets of his heart are revealed; and so, falling down on his face, he will worship God and report that God is truly among you.” 1 Corinthians 14: 24-25 The verses quoted above indicate that the Lord moved among the early Christians in a very supernatural way in giving revelation, discernment, and insight to His servants as they reached out to people with the gospel of Jesus Christ. I would like to share with you three examples of this happening in my own life. A fellow on a plane A few years ago the Lord gave me a word for a fellow who was sitting across the aisle from me on an airplane. Awkwardly I turned to the young man and said, “I am a Christian, and sometimes the Lord shows me things about people so I will know how to pray for them. The Lord has shown me that there are issues between you and your father that need heali...

How do we expect people to act when they are being used by the Holy Spirit? A fellow once said to me, “My preacher is so anointed he pure foams at the mouth.” That is a strange one, and I am thankful that the Lord does not expect us to do that. So what style do we use in our presentation? The Spirit-filled Harvard professor very calmly walks up to someone and in a very dignified and stolid voice and says, “This is what the Lord is saying to you, Your canines will develop acariasis and become acaudal.” A backwoods farmer then walks up to the same person and in a very emotional and energetic manner says, “Thus saith the Lord. Thy dogs-uh will become infested with mites and lose their tails-uh.” The fact is, these men said the exact same thing, but each one spoke out of his own personality and style. The Lord’s word was in the content while the style represented the individual vessel. I want to share three examples below that show us that we can be ourselves and not have to act a cer...

This is a reprint of an earlier post. This one is just for fun.   -BL Just as truth can be stranger than fiction, reality can sometimes be funnier than jokes. Therefore, I try to keep track of unusual things I hear people say. Below is a list of word-abuses that I have heard over the last few years. These friends and acquaintances did not realize they were corrupting a word or using the wrong word. The following sentences were spoken in earnest. A fellow told me he did not want to sound self-defecating. A second cousin told me her sister had an infection in her influfial tubes. One man said he suffered from sick-as-hell-anemia. The hospital had to place a lady’s husband in contentious care. Another man was in there with a brain hemorrhoid. A fellow told me a family member had immaculate degeneration. One man said he had problems with his heart rhythm, but the doctors had decided not to install a space-maker. A friend told me, “While I am in town, I’ll g...