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Evangelical · 11-19-2016, 01:56 PM

The practice, if practiced in a genuine way, is nothing more and nothing less than genuine prayer - a short, effective and intimate form of prayer.

A practice is not genuine in and of itself. What makes it genuine is whether a person is using their spirit or their soul ( mind, emotion etc). It is possible to be in the mind one minute and in the spirit the next. Unresolved sin, and other matters may block our fellowship with the Lord, and a person's calling on the Lord may become mindless repetition of a name. We can only exhort people to resolve anything between them and the Lord (confess their sin and obey the Lord), and use their spirit rather than their mind.

We can sometimes sense who is sincere in their prayer or prophesying. If what they say might touch our spirit and enlighten us, they are probably sincere. But we are not the best judge of that, only the Lord is.

11-19-2016, 01:56 PM	#58
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: Calling On The Name of The Lord, Pray-Reading and Prophesying The practice, if practiced in a genuine way, is nothing more and nothing less than genuine prayer - a short, effective and intimate form of prayer. A practice is not genuine in and of itself. What makes it genuine is whether a person is using their spirit or their soul ( mind, emotion etc). It is possible to be in the mind one minute and in the spirit the next. Unresolved sin, and other matters may block our fellowship with the Lord, and a person's calling on the Lord may become mindless repetition of a name. We can only exhort people to resolve anything between them and the Lord (confess their sin and obey the Lord), and use their spirit rather than their mind. We can sometimes sense who is sincere in their prayer or prophesying. If what they say might touch our spirit and enlighten us, they are probably sincere. But we are not the best judge of that, only the Lord is.