| My Testimony"!
Posted: 5/14/2008 9:32:57 AM | 5-14-08
7-25-01
I was saved at age thirty-one,received the Baptism of the Holy Ghost
one year later.I asked God to give me the genuine baptisim.I didn't
want that which looked improper to me,the coaxing,long drawnout
prompting with gestures kind.I entered the Pentacostal church
In 1974,prayed to God for the "genuine" Baptisim,He told me to "wait".
One word which I have become very familiar with over the years.
I received the Baptisim of the Holy Ghost,in a small Pentacostal church,
In a blink as you go thru town, of London,California.Situated in the middle
of the cotton fields,just south of Fresno,Ca.I spoke in Tongues for
three hours,with no one prompting me,so I know it's "genuine".Since it
is "Genuine" to me,I neither promote,nor deny the use of Tongues in a
believers Spiritual life.All I know is that I am edified within me,and I
understand in my spirit,that I speak directly to God through the Holy
Spirit,in my heart.
I have spent these last thirty-four years,walking
with my God,through many trials,and troubles.
In all of them I waited,to see
"All things work together for good to them who love the Lord,and
for those called according to His purpose".
I know that God teaches,in the midst of pain and suffering.
I could do no less than lay down my life for Christ,should He ask.
I do not just speak the Word,I live it.
I have a good sense of humour,as I believe my God does also.
I have worked many times in concert with the Holy Spirit.
I believe Love to be the very nature of God,
and that Obedience is one of His most important precepts.
I move by my Faith,which God gives a same measure to everyone.
It is what you Choose to do with that measure of Faith
is what creates a hunger for God. My wife went home to the Lord,
on may 24,1994,shortly before her forty sixth birthday.
She suffered extreme severe pain due to Bone Marrow
Cancer,and her passing brought the blessing,of "all things work together"
In that the good that came through her passing,brought her release,
from her pain,and she will never suffer again.
My son a week before she passed away,was admitted to the same
hospital with Juvenile Diabetes, and God saw to the needs
of both of those I loved that day.My son age 30 had found his personal
relationship,with his God;but not before Doing his drugs:and experiencing
victory in Jesus by renewing his faith in his God.
Her children still think of her,not in her beauty or love,
but understand now that she is finally at peace
with her God and herself.
Witnessing her pain ,for three years prior her eventual death was
difficult for them both.It has been fourteen years now,
since she went home, but;it was as if only yesterday.
Realizing I was the only one left to do for them both;
there is deep understanding within my heart and theirs also.
I monitored them both as they went through the
grieving process.Gods Spirit showed me just how to do this.
I asked them to begin a life journal just as a tribute to their mom.
Reluctant at first, eventually they both found
it was theraputic in expressing their feelings at that time.
Inner Blackness, became full of color; in their expresions:
of what they experienced with death.
God is always in a teaching mode for His children,
and my two children were no exception; asking many
questions.Competition began with their journals,
asking many times "are our feelings right dad?"
I told them what God would have told them,"there is no
right or wrong in your feelings".When it comes the inner you,
there is no right or wrong, their words
make up the ingredients of their love,and there can be no
judgement of their love by others. Thus God responded to their
need for inner healing quite nicely.
My daughter,27yrs,Is being drawn back to Jesus,but it is slower
going for her,as she has issues with God in relation to her mothers death.
I am more than a father to them now,I am their Spiritual mentor,and my
name is "lampwickke" because this is me in the last
years of my life.I have worn,many labels for God,I have been
around long enough too.
What I value the most in all my lifes pursuits,is destroying the
selfishness within me: which is taught everyone from infancy,
by being in this world, until the acceptance of Jesus Christ
as a personal savior. Then doing my part,in asking,seeking,and
knocking throughout my lifetime,and striving for
Christlikeness until He takes me in the translation of the church,or I
take a dirt nap and beat you all there.
In His most Gracious Love,
harlequin3 xxx | |
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