celebrations of a charismatic calvinist

I was just reading a statement on the Gifts of the Spirit by the PCA
and well I am very surprised to say I agree with all but baptism of the spirit*
In this document it makes some things very clear
such as that God DOES heal today, which is a blessing to a girl convinced of God's healing power
Pretty much it just believes that the gifts of the spirit should not be the focus of the church, and that they must be orderly when practiced so that the church is not divided and anger is not brought up.

This is a statement I can fully fully agree with. I have seen how charismatic gifts can go too far, and divide a church, I hope I never have to go through that again.
God must be the focus, signs and wonders should not be what we seek,
For when we seek signs and wonders are we truly following God with our whole heart?
Because if we are following God with our whole heart, doesn't it mean we should worship him even if all the gifts had stopped.

but this does not mean they do not happen today
because we serve an all powerful God, that is bigger and greater then we can possibly imagine, and because of this we can not put limits on what he can do. We must hold everything up to God's holy scripture. We must follow God with all our HEART, soul, and MIND

* listen to John Piper's sermon concerning the matter, turned my heart which was very set that it occurred at salvation, to believing in baptism of the holy spirit as a separate occurrence once again

“There is a warning. The path of God-exalting joy will cost you your life. Jesus said, “Whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.” In other words, it is better to lose your life than to waste it. If you live gladly to make others glad in
God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. This is not a book about how to avoid a wounded life, but how to avoid a wasted life. Some of you will die in the service of Christ. That will not be a tragedy. Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.”
― John Piper

"We must be global Christians with a global vision because our God is a global God." — John Stot
I have a bit of holy anger burning inside of me, because I keep on realizing how un internationally focused CCU is.
CCU keeps on focusing more and more on America, not the world, it makes me mad, it makes me furious. And it's the attitude I keep on seeing more and more at CCU. That we should just focus on America because that's where God put us.
Don't they realize That the bible tells us to GO OUT!!!! to all nations
that there are people who have never heard the Jesus is their Savior
That America has 95% of Youth Ministry resources.
That sometime the best way to share the gospel is across culture
God has redeemed my soul, he bring a new meaning to my life. I want to share that with everyone. God loves the nations so we must love the nations. Not in a were better then you way, but we must walk besides people of all cultures on this journey we call life.

We must GET OUT of our America Bubble. Yes some people are called to minister to America, but their prayers, their resources must be partly with the nations. We can not afford to be American focus, our hearts our brains must be internationally focused.

"The Great Commission1 is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed" — Hudson Taylor
"The Bible is not the basis of missions; missions is the basis of the Bible" — Ralph Winter, missiologist
"The mission of the church is missions" — Oswald J. Smith
"To belong to Jesus is to embrace the nations with Him." — John Piper
"God is pursuing with omnipotent passion a worldwide purpose of gathering joyful worshipers for Himself from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. He has an inexhaustible enthusiasm for the supremacy of His name among the nations. Therefore, let us bring our affections into line with His, and, for the sake of His name, let us renounce the quest for worldly comforts and join His global purpose." — John Piper
"Go, send, or disobey." — John Piper

There are two things that I would like to say in speaking about the revival in the Hebrides. First, I would like to make it perfectly clear that I did not bring revival to the Hebrides. It has grieved me beyond words to hear people talk and write about the man who brought revival to the Hebrides. My dear people, I didn't do that. Revival was there before I ever set foot on the island. It began in a gracious awareness of God sweeping through the parish of Barvas.
Then I would like to make it perfectly clear what I understand of revival. When I speak of revival, I am not thinking of high-pressure evangelism. I am not thinking of crusades or of special efforts convened and organized by man. That is not in my mind at all. Revival is something altogether different from evangelism on its highest level. Revival is a moving of God in the community and suddenly the community becomes God conscious before a word is said by any man representing any special effort.

my hearts churning
it's scary when this happens, God usually ends up doing something big
like sending me to Uganda
but well with learning more about truth these past couple week, I have also learned about love
and it's changing the way I see everything. The people I am around, the people God has put in my life, well he's given me such a passion for them.
I'm so thankful for the people he's put in my life this year, both the people that I knew would be there, and the unexpected.
my unexpected direct roommate(s)
my apartment mates
my dearly beloved friends at school
my acquaintances.
I'm thankful, I'm sure going to be missing everyone a lot in a year and that's all your get in this area until after graduation, because just writing that sentence makes me tear up, this is way harder than leaving shorter because the friendship have been there longer, but it feel so similar. Graduation Life as a college grad I'm excited about you, but please don't come to fast

“The heart overflows with gladness, and leaps and dances for the joy it has found in God. In this experience the Holy Spirit is active, and has taught us in the flash of a moment the deep secret of joy. You will have as much joy and laughter in life as you have faith in God.”
― Martin Luther