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Originally Posted by Ohio
The meetings in the early days were life-changing for me. A few days into my first training in Anaheim, and i never smoked again, something i was fighting with for months. But it wasnt just Lee and his ministry. It was the fervent spirit in all the saints that created such a dynamic impact on me and others.
Yes, there was leaven in his ministry looking back to those days, but the power of the Holy Spirit was also far too evident, and that's what kept many of us hanging on years after the anointing vanished. The last time i sensed such anointed reality was the Acts training in December of 1984.
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When I went to a love feast in the church in Cleveland, I never saw people that were genuinely happy like that before. Families invited me over for dinner, and I thought to myself, as an unbelieving Jew, This is how people should live. Everything here is blessed.
When I got saved & baptized in the church in Cleveland about 6 mos later, in Feb, 1975, I was rubbing my heart, it felt so good. I told my friend who came with me that it was worth a whole lifetime of sorrow.
I went to my first training in Anaheim in the summer, 1975 on Hebrews, at which I consecrated my life to Christ and the church. At the 2nd Hebrews training in Dec, 1975, after testifying about the indestructible life, I was so filled with the Spirit. It seemed like I saw a flow coming from WL on the platform going out over the whole audience, and it was coming up like a little geyser from some people and a big geyser was coming up from me.
1984 was a big turning point for the worse. WL said that anyone who doesn't agree with him should leave like a gentleman.
I remember the Isaiah training in 1991, I thought was very good. It was mostly the songs about Isaiah that I enjoyed. When I went back to listen to the message tapes, there wasn't much there. Spending 10 days or 7 days, fully occupied with the Lord and His word, was a great invigorator, even if I didn't get much from the messages.
It was a different experience staying in a hotel than staying in hospitality. Hospitality was both more of a cross and also much more of the Lord. With the video training there wasn't the full occupation with the Lord for 7 days.