Old wound

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Hi Bro. Kirk,

I just subscribed, and I am thinking of leaving.  Who needs all this negative stuff everyday?  When God filled me with the Holy Ghost I did not need a man to stand and tell me what to wear to be holy.  My appearance changed immediately, because of what God did inside me.  Jesus also changed my attitudes and habits, things I tried but could not change myself.  My pastor tells us to stay close to God, be sensitive to his spirit, and you won't need a man with a bunch of rules.  I know by my own experience that he is right.

I am too busy trying to be right with God myself to accuse other people of anything.  And I often wonder if I am still right with God, or am I too self righteous or proud or ...?  I don't have time to look around at others, although I try to pray for people when I see them miss church.

The reason I am writing this to you is because of your testimony, which is almost the same as mine.  Just change that 15 years to 14 years, and "the last two years" to "the last 8 weeks."  That's how long I've had the Holy Ghost.

I want to live for God.  God bless you, Bro.

Bro. Tod Kemper


-----Original Message-----
From: Kirk's Mail <kmoore@aa.net>
To: higher-fire@prairienet.org <higher-fire@prairienet.org>
Date: Saturday, April 18, 1998 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: Old wound


>OPEN LETTER TO THE LIST;
>
>I have often wondered why I stayed on this list as long as I have. I am
>considering leaving. I to know about judgements that condemn to the heart,
>then start the questions. I have seen many attacked, that did not need to
>be. I have been attacked for the jokes that I have sent, and I have showed
>them all to my Pastor. I think that I am seeing the same old same old
>starting again.
>
>The "I am better than you, because I look better on the outside" or the "I
>am better than you, because I am more deeply committed to God than you". I
>just hope to make it, I spent the first 15 years of my walk trying to get
>accepted, I spent 3 years hating everything about God, and the Church, and I
>have spent the last 2 years, concerned with getting my family and myself to
>heaven. If along the way I help, or minister, or give knowledge, then PRAISE
>the LORD.
>
>Brother Tyler, I for one thought 90% of you jokes where great, the ones that
>bothered me, met my delete key :). I dont know at this time what I am going
>to do, but if the attacking continues, I for one have a real world out here
>in Washington State. The Devil is real and he's hunting for souls. I can get
>all the hate, anger, murder, rape, lust, put downs, I am better that you,
>put of the newspaper, off the radio, and in person. I really don't need to
>see bothers and sisters go after one another. It grieves my soul. If I have
>been one of those then, I am as guilty as anyone else.
>
>I wish we could agree to disagree. I don't see anything wrong with debate. I
>don't see anything wrong with heated discussion. It is when it gets
>personal. I have not doubt about Brother Tyler's salvation. He is the one
>that either doubts or not. What I see from him and the others that are in
>leadership, tells me that they follow W.W.J.D, a lot more than most of us
>would believe.
>
>W.W.J.D. "What Would Jesus Do".
>
>In His Service...
>Kirk Moore
>United Pentecostal Church of Renton.
>Renton, WA
>
>"Black holes are created when God divides by zero"
>
>