WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN LAKELAND
FLORIDA OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS?
FLORIDA OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS?
I offer my opinion based on my observations after watching the revival meetings from about the end of April until the last one in August.
This started as a pure, genuine, fresh move of the Holy Spirit who made His Presence known at Ignited Church in Lakeland Florida.
The Holy Spirit from the beginning drew people to Lakeland and provided the needed finance to secure the ever increasing size of venues and brought much attention to what was happening from all over the world.
Then, as is always the case MAN decided to try and stick handle what the LORD would do and sooner or later the spontaneous Spirit led meetings became the predictable 'man-made' programs with the same predictable results. If MAN insists on putting his hands on a move of the Holy Spirit ... the Holy Spirit will leave! And leave He did!
So what has this proven about the present state of the so-called church and it's leaders in this present time? It proves that NO ONE knows how to behave when the Holy Spirit actually comes in and takes over our meetings, which should never have been 'ours' in the first place.
There were supposed leaders who immediately called Lakeland a false outpouring and that Todd Bentley was playing with strange fire and that he was a false prophet etc. etc. Those who would call themselves leaders have only demonstrated their complete lack of maturity and discernment when the Holy Spirit is actually present and would like to take us further.
You now have these same immature 'leaders' applying 20/20 hindsight and saying 'I told you so' because once again we have screwed up a genuine move of the Holy Spirit.
May the LORD have mercy on ALL of us!
