Last Sunday my cousin was attending membership classes for her church. Each week a different person teaches the class. A deacon was teaching this class. He gave the members his phone number in case they had questions.
Pam had a question about prayer. People in her workplace are coming up to her even though she doesn't know them and asking her to pray with them. She had asked God for one gift, the gift of compassion.
The deacon's response: Satan has taken you over, get down on your knees and pray that he will not leave. You do not have the right to pray with others, it is putting you in a position that you should not be in.
OH MY GOSH!! I don't think that is a message that God would ever preach. She has never pretended to be anything but a compassionate person that prays with someone when they ask. She is very careful how she prays. She has been very careful not to seek people out.
The prayer minister had told Pam that she had been given a gift and to use it. Pam has never sought attention with her gift. God gave her a gift and she is spreading his message with just her caring.
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