Why do they do that?

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="093d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Reaching The World</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0df64370.gif" border=0 width="100" height="55" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>God Bless The USA</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="09980803.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>Victory Family Church</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Glorious Church Fellowship"><U>home</U></A>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Glorious Church Fellowship"><U>VFC Home Page</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tenants"><U>Tenants</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mission Statement"><U>Mission Statement</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Membership Qualifications"><U>Membership Qualifications</U></A>   |   <B>Why do they do that?</B>   |   <A HREF="id74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Survey"><U>Survey</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prayer"><U>Prayer</U></A></div> <div> Why do they do that?</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1e1fef00.gif" border=0 width="254" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1e078f00.gif" border=0 width="120" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>      Have you ever been in a church service where the Spirit of God was moving and seen people laughing, raising their hands or dancing?</div> <div>      Have you ever seen preachers minister to people through the laying on of hands or a word of knowledge?</div> <div>      Have you ever heard people worshipping and praising God in other tongues or seen them fall under the power?</div> <div>      If you have ever witnessed these moves of the spirit and found yourself asking "Why?", here are some biblical answers to your question -------- </div> <bR> <div> <B>"Why Do They ..............</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>... lift their hands?"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1e2f6f00.gif" border=0 width="246" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> Ps. 63:4, <B>"Thus will I bless thee while I live; I will lift up my hands in thy name."</B></div> <div> Ps. 134:2, <B>"Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and praise the Lord."</B></div> <div> 1 Tim. 2:8, <B>"I will therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting."</B></div> <div> Ps. 141:2; Lam. 3:41: Heb. 12:12</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>... speak in other tongues?"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1e38af00.gif" border=0 width="138" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mark 16:17, <B>"And these signs shall follow them that believe ... they shall speak with new tongues"</B></div> <div> Acts 2:4, <B>And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the spirit gave them utterance."</B></div> <div> Acts 10:46, <B> "For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God..."</B></div> <div> Acts 19:2; Rom. 8:26; 1 Cor. 12:10; 1 Cor. 14:4, 13-15, 18, 39</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>...lay hands on people?"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1e4ccf00.gif" border=0 width="204" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> Mark 16:18, <B>"...they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover</B></div> <div> Luke 4:40, <B>"...all the that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them."</B></div> <div> Acts 6:6;  Acts 8:17;  Acts 9:17;  Acts 13:3;  Acts 28:8;  1 Tim. 4:14;  2 Tim. 1:6;  Heb. 6:2</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>...give words of knowledge?"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1e7acf00.gif" border=0 width="172" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> Acts 9:11,12,  <B>" And the lord said unto him, Arise and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for , behold, he prayeth, and hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight."</B></div> <div> 1 Cor. 12:8, <B>"For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit.</B></div> <div> John 4:7-18;  Acts 5:1-4;  Acts 10:19,20; 1 Cor. 2:11,12,16</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>...laugh in the Holy Ghost?"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1e81cf00.gif" border=0 width="284" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> Jer. 31:13,  <B>"...for I will turn their mourning into joy."</B></div> <div> Ps. 126:2  <B>"then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen,  The Lord hath done great things for them."</B></div> <div> Neh. 8:10,  <B>for the joy of the Lord is your strength."</B></div> <div> Ps. 16:11;  Isa. 61:3;  john 15:11; Job 8:21</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>...dance in the Holy Ghost?"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1def8f00.gif" border=0 width="248" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> 2 Sam. 6:14, <B>"And David danced before the Lord with all his might."</B></div> <div> Ps. 30:11,  <B>"Thou hast return for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness."</B></div> <div> Ps. 150:4;  Ps. 149:3</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>...fall under the power?"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1e930f00.gif" border=0 width="304" height="240" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> John 18:4-6,  <B>Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.  Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.  As soon then as he said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground."</B></div> <div> Matt. 28:2,4, <B>"And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angle of the Lord descended from heaven; and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it...And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and become as dead men."</B></div> <div> Rev. 1:17,  <B>"And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last"</B></div> <div> 2 Chr. 5:13,14;  Eze. 1:28; Eze. 2:1;  Dan. 10:9; Matt. 17:1-6;  Acts 9:4;  Acts 26:14</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>