A Note from Pastor Dwain's desk -  March 7, 2010

    
    Pastor Dwain & Pam Kitchens

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Dear Tab Family,
    

Our Prophecy Conference with Ernest Gentile is Sunday,
March 21st through Wednesday, March 24th.  Ernest’s wife
Joy will be ministering with him.  Ernest has authored five books,

and has been active in conventions, minister's conferences and prophetic conferences both in the USA and many other nations.  He is noted for his inspiring preaching, deep prophetic ministry, insightful pastoral teaching and spontaneous humor.  He is very much Word focused and balanced in his teaching and practice of the prophetic gift.  I have selected not to advertise this conference outside of our church family because there are many people who have an unhealthy, unbalanced, and unbiblical perspective of this gift.  Ernest will be giving us thorough and biblical teaching about prophecy, along with guidelines and parameters for the use of this gift.

 

Prophecy is a gift of the Holy Spirit!  Unfortunately, since it is one of the most abused and misused gifts of the Spirit, many pastors have refused to allow it to be exercised in a worship service. I have seen the misuse of this gift and certainly understand their hesitancy and don’t blame them for restricting the gift of prophecy.  Yet, it is a gift of the Holy Spirit, so we need to have solid biblical teaching, and then set guidelines to ensure that it will not be abused or incorrectly handled.  Writing to the Corinthians, the apostle Paul writes:

 

“So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. But all things should be done decently and in order.”   (1 Cor. 14:39-40)

 

So, it is clear that prophecy and speaking in tongues is a beneficial gift of the Holy Spirit to the church body, but it is to be done “decently and in order.”  I am excited to spend some time with Ernest and glean some spiritual insights from him.  We will not have a conference like this often, so mark your calendars to ensure that there are no scheduling conflicts.  It’s going to be great!

 

I have rescheduled Pastor Mike Servello! He will be with us Sunday, March 28th, which is the Sunday following our Prophecy Conference.  He has a special message for our church body that you will not want to miss!

Pursuing Him,
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          Pastor Dwain