Its been a while...

Sorry for the lack of update here as of late. I've been really busy working, writing, meeting with people, getting new projects going, and working out gigs. I'll try to stay on top of things and find something to write about pretty much every day though, even if my blogs are fairly concise.

Anyway,

I'm sitting here in Spyhouse after work, drinking my iced latte that tastes like cigarette butts, which I for some reason still drink on a fairly regular basis, and I was reading some Jeremiah, thinking about spiritual gifts. Anyone that knows me and my involvement with Christ knows that I am a big proponent for bringing back the Spiritual Gifts and using them to bring God's kingdom and to use them in the Family business.

The reason I'm so passionate about the Spiritual gifts is because I think they're a fantastic way to edify the church and prove God's existence. Not only that, but I believe that the spiritual gifts are a good foundation to show people God's true character. Many non-christians for obvious reasons, and even a lot of christians don't really understand who God is or what He's about, surprisingly.

Interestingly every Christian has the ability to have spiritual gifts and exercise them, most notably those of healing and prophesy. Some Christians are very in depth with their prophesying, and they have been given expansive use of that gift, but I've seen numerous initially skeptical christians have prophetic utterances, myself included. And for those of you who are wondering about prophesy, it isn't like "You will die in fifteen days of pneumonia." Sometimes its those intuitive feelings you have where you know something but aren't really sure - those are called words of knowledge. For example, I have gone up to people and known they had cancer, knew their names, and even talked to someone online and knew their hair color, body weight, height, and eye color without even seeing a picture of them - and I'm color blind. Now to be clear, I am not saying this out of boast, because frankly that's not why I talk about it. I talk about it to glorify God and educate the members of the Church who are willing and eager to learn.

The other gift I'm focused on is healing. The thing is, any Christian who has the faith can heal whatever they can think of. I'm still learning all about this, but the things I've experienced so far have been incredible. I have gone to shows and seen people break legs, unable to walk, and then get healed twenty minutes later and walk like nothing ever happened. I have had people absolutely wrecked with overwhealming pains in their stomachs and backs, teamed up with Jesus to tell the pain that it had no authority, and then they were fine thirty seconds after that. I have shrunk tumors with the authority Jesus gave His followers, and by the power of his partnership with me. On top of that, I have gotten a prophetic word for a woman I did not even know, and with Jesus's authority and partnership, freed her of her depression. I tell you this just to show you that if I can do this stuff through the authority that Jesus has given to ALL Christians, and if you personally have the faith (aka, the things that you believe to be true about God), then you can do this, too.

I have this intense, firey passion to see these things renewed and revived in the Church. I love to see Him glorified and seen in the correct perspective. I also hope to show people this correct perspective so they can also understand Him like I have gotten the pleasure to know. If you want proof of anything I just said, I'll be happy to supply it, as well as Bible verses to back some of this up.

Thanks for reading!

-Bert-