***Many churches have beautiful stained glass windows with Jesus and the Lamb. ***
Many but not most?
***The Word is so important as are prayer and intercession.***
Many Protestants believe that only Jesus is the Intercessor. Prayer then for others (or one’s self) becomes useless under that doctrine.
***We aren’t ‘wildly’ charismatic but we believe in all the gifts of the Spirit. I’m glad God brought me here (and I did meet my husband here, too!)***
God gives gifts to all according to His design. I have seen some wildly charismatic types that would seem to be better off well supervised. I’m happy for you that you met a good husband. I trust, given your posts, that you are an even better wife.
Thank you for the kind words, Mark.
I wish more churches had stained glass windows, too, especially the more modern ones. They are terribly expensive and not too many artists do them anymore.
Jesus is the only one who answers the prayers but we need to pray for one another, sometimes daily. Protestants have prayer meetings all the time. Ours is on Wednesdays. Nothing gets done without prayer. I’ve never met any protties who don’t believe in prayers (these are the born again protties, mind you. I don’t know about liberal ones.)
The churches I’ve attended over the years always had mid week prayer gatherings.
I heartily agree with your thoughts about some charismatics being supervised. Our pastor never would allow crazy stuff to go on if he felt it was in the flesh. He was very cautious. If it was of God, he didn’t try to stop it.