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Q: "I've been listening to your teachings from your website. I'm a little confused. Are you saying if we get God's word in us enough so that we believe it, that we don't need to work in a secular job anymore? Or is that just for those called to full time ministry? A:
God's Word is very clear. A person needs to either be in full-time ministry or in a full-time secular job, or be part-time in both. God makes no promises in His Word to supernaturally provide for lazy people. Full-time work would include such noble endeavors as child-raising, housewife, and so forth. No matter what we do in this world, spending time in God's Word energizes and empowers us to accomplish more than we could on our own. God loves busy people. We are to be productive and useful in this world as well as in the Kingdom of God. For example, in my case, I was already working full-time in the secular world and had been for my whole adult life. The testimony you hear on the tapes is how God moved me from full-time secular work to full-time ministry work. The only exception to the "work rule" is for those who, for some reason, have been injured, physically disabled, etc. to the point that they are no longer able to provide for themselves. If they can work, the Word is clear, they must work.
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Q: "I have read books and heard tapes from different sources say that, I am a spirit, that has a soul, who lives in a body. However, could the following statement be more accurate? I am a soul, that has a spirit, who lives in a body? The reason I ask this is because, if we say that our spirit is God-conscious, our body is world-conscious, and our soul is self-conscious, are we not saying that our soul is … us? A: Click here for the Answer, which will open in a new window. |
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Q: I am not very good at hearing the voice of the Holy Spirit yet. Should I stop giving to my local church until I am? A: Click here for the Answer, which will open in a new window. |
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Q: I would like to purchase the set of tapes that you recommend by your pastor, Dave Roberson, on meditating the Word. How do I go about purchasing those tapes or seeing what other materials he may have to offer? A: You may request Books, Tapes and/or a
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Q: Can I use your tapes for my bible study group? A: Yes, anyone can print out our teachings or copy our tapes for distribution as long as no fee is charged in the process - what you freely receive you must freely give. |
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Q: I'm having trouble viewing some of your on-line teachings, can you help me? A: Yes, we are glad to help. For problems or questions concerning our Web Site please contact our at GCM for assistance. |
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Q: I need help with my finances or I'll be forced to file bankruptcy, can you answer my questions or refer me to someone who can? A: Sorry, we do not do counseling. You might consider using the resources at Consumer Credit Counseling. We have had very good success referring people to their services. It is a free service, and they are very good at what they do. Also, we would be glad to stand with you in prayer. Be sure to submit a Prayer Request to us. |
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Q: Can you recommend any good books or resource materials along the same line as your teachings? A: No, I don't know of any books or other resource materials along the same line as these teachings. I have met a few people in the course of these last couple of years whom the Holy Spirit has been teaching the same revelations that He has been teaching me. They have spent their time in the Word and prayer, and sure enough, the Holy Spirit has taught them the same things. There may be books and tapes out there along the same lines, but if there are, I'm not aware of them. All of them I have ever seen are a "mixture" of the LAW and Grace. To operate in supernatural Kingdom Finances … there can be no mixture of LAW. It is one or the other! They are mutually exclusive. Paul warned the Galatians of this very principle when he wrote: Gal 5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. |
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Q: We are new to our area, any ideas on how we find a good church like the one you talk about in your tapes? A: No unfortunately. The problem is, I have not met enough pastors yet to have a list of churches of "like precious faith." My suggestion? PRAY, go try various ones out, PRAY some more, go try some more out and repeat this process until you get the Holy Spirit's "witness" of where you are supposed to be. |
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Q: Gary you and others I've heard, talk about spending several hours a day with God in prayer, but what if someone doesn't have a spouse or job that allows this? A: I can tell you right now, NOBODY has enough time to pray! I didn't either. Pharaoh (the god of this world) has all of us so busy "making bricks without straw" that it seems NONE of us has time to go out into the wilderness of prayer to seek God. (Exodus Chapter Five) To escape this trap, YOU are going to have to PRAY ANYWAY! Regardless of how it seems, you CAN carve out an hour of prayer a day to begin with. You CAN do it! In addition, pray softly in the spirit at every opportunity … while driving the car, doing the dishes, mowing the lawn, etc. Remember, there is no such thing as a wasted hour spent praying in the spirit. Every hour you spend in prayer, the Holy Spirit is making intercession for you according to the perfect will of God. Rom 8: 26-27 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we
ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. |
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Q: Can I be placed on an automatic tape list, or do you have a tape club I can join? A: I have asked the Lord repeatedly about doing something like this and His answer has always been the same … No! To be honest, I don't yet know why not. But we have survived and thrived thus far by doing precisely what He says to do, and not doing what He says not to do. |
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