I got really excited about your interest in growing in the Lord–actually a little too excited. Last night, my wife and I were walking along and talking about your desire to have all God has to offer. Suddenly, I hooked my toe on a rock, fell
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PSYCHOLOGIST SAYS SPEAKING IN TONGUES IS FOR REAL
The following is a rewrite of an earlier post of how, in 1980, I began to speak in tongues. Since writing that, I have looked at many blogs on the subject. Some are distressing because they ridicule this fastest growing group of Christians in the world. Because I am a Board Certified psychologist I feel it is important for people to know that Christians who speak in tongues are not nuts. Actually, research indicates that in many cases those speaking in tongues are more emotionally healthy than the general public.
Here is my story followed
PSYCHOLOGIST SPEAKING IN TONGUES CONTINUES
Days followed my first experience of speaking in tongues with many thrilling events. We laid hands on a woman who had congenital heart disease from birth, and she was healed. A few sundays later, a group of us laid hands on a man with prostate cancer. He was healed and the healing was certified by his Urologist.
I began to notice changes in me. I could not get enough of reading the Bible. I would lock myself in my office and read for hours.
Like many people, I had suffered from what I called the Paranoia of
A PSYCHOLOGIST DISCUSSES SPEAKING IN TONGUES
Right after my experiences of tongues began, I wrote down some ideas as a psychologist on the subject. The following is what I wrote at the time.
I wonder how surprised my printer would be if it could be aware that it is not creating these words on this page by itself. Perhaps it would be no more surprised than I was when words from an unexplained source came out of me.
As to my printer, if it could reflect on its own inner workings self-consciously as I can, it might try to explain to itself this unexpected discovery of words already formed somewhere in its circuitry. The words were there for a few moments before in some inner labyrinth. Deeper still, and even more impatient to get on with matters, are the ideas which I am now placing into the printer’s circuits. My printer would be quite humbled to learn that it is not creating these words. Rather, it has become an outlet for phrases and ideas already present.
Now, back to me. As I reflect inwardly, like the printer, I find a similar situation. As I focus, I soon discover words and phrases, already existing within me. To my fascination, language and thoughts are right there, waiting for my typing fingers, or for my vocal cords to give them an outlet. I sense that I possess a great deal more words and ideas than I can express. In addition, any problem of expression I have, lies merely in bringing to the surface already existing sounds, words, and phrases within me.
The whole process of speaking and writing, actually seems to be more an act of focusing awareness and then giving vent to what is already there. It is less of an act of self-consciously creating the thoughts I speak. The process is much like Plato’s metaphor of the bird cage full of birds. We reach in and release them. Thus the word “educe,” meaning to “pull out.” From educe, comes the word “education.”
One day, I discovered an entirely new language system within me that I did not know was there. That was the day, I spoke in tongues.
Pentecostals then informed me that what I was hearing within, was the Holy Spirit forming those words. The mind-blowing thought was that He had probably been carrying on that praying in me from the time, as 12-year-old youth, I had invited him to indwell me. HE HAD BEEN THERE ALL THE TIME JUST WAITING FOR ME TO DISCOVER HIM! When I finally did, He erupted like I had hit an oil well. He has been erupting ever since.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
ISRAEL MATTERS!!
I RECOMMEND THIS LINK Why Israel Matters to Us TO THOSE WHO ARE 24/7 CHRISTIANS, WHO KNOW THE BIBLE IS THE TRUE WORD OF GOD, WHO UNDERSTAND PROPHECY AND WHO CARE ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE FUTURE OF AMERICA.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Following the Voice of God--a Letter to My Granddaughters
Dear Granddaughters,
Now you have both graduated from your universities and taking the bold step forward of following God’s call on your lives. You are off to Rhema Bible Training Center. Just before you left, you both seem to be concerned that your Papa would not understand your brave decision. So, I am sending you this history of my own lifetime of following God
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
School Prayer
This was posted on my political blog about the school prayer in Texas. students can pray at graduation The school officials and a federal judge forbid the valedictorian from asking audience members to join in prayer or to bow their heads. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Prayer I Delivered at Opening of Fall Election Republican Headquarters
Heavenly Father, We, members of the Watauga County Republican party, come to truly seek your wisdom and guidance. We do not do this in some perfunctory ritual as a way to start a meeting. We have many reasons for praying to you.
First, we are aware that when your people Israel acknowledged you and sought your guidance, you were able to prosper them and make them a great nation. We also know that when they turned away from you, their enemies overran them and destroyed them. Even nature turned against them with a vengeance.
Also, today is the anniversary of our amazing Constitution which has created the greatest nation in the history of the world.
We know that many of our founders sought your guidance throughout the process. We know that many knew they were receiving your divine guidance in fashioning documents far beyond human wisdom.
We know that afterwards when each congress met, they continued to thank you and to ask for your continued help–a tradition which comes down even today.
Father, many of us call ourselves conservatives and by that we mean that we are sworn to conserve the values of this great document You helped to produce.
Father, we know that founders like George Washington and John Adams came out of that convention realizing they had produced a document made for moral and religious people. They said it was wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
For all these reasons Father, we are bold to ask you to guide us. Help us to send to Washington, to Raleigh and to governments of our communities--people who will protect and defend that constitution.
And to you be the glory.
Amen
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Why We Pray at Public Meetings
THE PRAYER I DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF OUR WATAUGA COUNTY REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS.
Heavenly Father, We, members of the Watauga County Republican party, come to truly seek your wisdom and guidance. We do not do this in some perfunctory ritual as a way to start a meeting. We have many reasons for praying to
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