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that it wasn’t about ‘pulling the Holy Spirit out of a magical bag’ and causing people to shake, roll over, fall to the floor, speak in tongues etc etc. It’s about asking God to fill us with his life giving spirit. To me, that is Biblical.Off the back of that, if charismatics take that to be speaking in tongues and other things, then that’s great. For those who are skeptical and may not believe in those things, then it could be simply standing in silence with someone laying hands on them asking God to bless them etc.In light of that, there’s no room for disunity at all. Moreover, people who argue in CUs about spiritual gifts are not uniting on the right things, are they? CUs unite on Gospel truths as opposed to practice of worship and stylistic elements, which is something we stressed at the UNITE gathering. And because of those things, God moved in our prayer ministry. And I’m sure some people who were challenged by God to change positions on their thinking about the Spirit, or at least to appreciate those who are more ‘wacky’ (whether that means appreciating charismatics or straight jacket conservatives – all this labelling is in jest of course ).Prayer ministry is always about being vulnerable before God, and open to what he does, regardless of whether you’re a crazy pentecostal or an orthodox evangelical. There aren’t these labels before God, just merely sons and daughters who are in this hands. He is the potter, we are the clay.
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