Leaders of the Lord's Recovery

[NewManLiving]

The LSM dictionary defines anyone who disagrees with them an opposer. Synonyms include: negative, death, self... These young ones are conditioned to believe this and unfortunately, over time, loose the ability to discern for themselves. I think we can all testify to this. When we left and sadly even until now, many former members are leary to speak the truth concerning the LSM organization because these old tapes keep playing. It becomes difficult to tell the counterfeit from the reality. At least for some of us, we came in at a time when you were encouraged to experience Christ and bring your share to the meetings to edify others. You were free to read books by others, spend personal time with the Lord and could speak freely about these experiences in the meetings with a resounding Amen. But more importantly when we called on the Lord it was out of a pure heart; when we pray-read we were filled with the Holy Spirit. So when things began to shift from Spirit to Flesh, the true discernment coming from a healthy spirit and a purified intellect made us uncomfortable.

From watching some of the videos today, I do not see this. Young members are quickly subdued and indoctrinated. Stand on the chairs and call on the Lord three times to get things frenzied up a bit; Stand in line and hope the people in front of you don't say what you are going to say because there is only so much anyone can say when you all have to read the same thing. Of course you can always scream out the Lord's name until the bell goes off.... I have yet to see any positive fruit and genuine growth in Life produced by this method. It always looks so scripted. I keep looking though, hoping that something will change. May the Lord have mercy. Many of the LC saints do love the Lord and have a deep personal relationship with Him, even if they have to keep it a secret for fear of being labeled independent, spiritual, individualistic etc.. Yet more negatives out of the LSM playbook