This video takes me back to the days when I carried a Bible bigger than me. When I couldn’t wear pants or earrings and when I always felt guilty about something. The worship in Spanish Pentecostal churches. While I would not want to relive the days of legalism, I am totally, unequivocally Pentecostal and you know what, I like that about me. I consider myself Blatino in alot of things…the foods I like, the way I preach and like others to preach, the social aspect of how Blacks/Latinos hug and kiss pre and post service and especially in worship styles. Our church was the closest we found to the style we like, except Metro Life Church in Doral (Miami suburb). We didn’t go there for reasons I won’t share here…this blog is to encourage while keeping it real, but I don’t want to be that “open and authentic”. LOL

But yeah, my roots are pentecostal.

“Pentecostal” Christians may also be described as “Charismatic.” Pentecostals include Protestant Christians who believe that the manifestations of the Holy Spirit are alive, available and experienced by modern-day Christians. These “manifestations of the Holy Spirit” were seen in the first century Christian believers (Acts 2:4; 1 Corinthians 12:4-10; 1 Corinthians 12:28) and include signs and wonders such as the message of wisdom, the message of knowledge, faith, gifts of healing, miraculous powers, discerning of spirits, tongues and interpretation of tongues. The term Pentecostal, therefore, comes from the new testament experiences of the early Christian believers on the Day of Pentecost.

I like to raise my hands, I don’t like to be rushed in my corporate worship time and I definitely like the worship leader to be sensitive to what I believe is the Holy Spirit. I don’t like to roll on the floor or be doused with anointing oil like some old school pentecostals but I could handle that going on around me. I like my roots. Que me digan lo que sea!