seeing a prophet

this past weekend a friend of mine invited me to another church where a "prophetess" was going to be speaking. i had never been a part of a gathering where a prophet spoke or where people had actually spoke in tongues. but this gathering featured both of these things. the prophecy was very interesting as she went around the room from person to person and told people what she saw, and what god told her concerning each person. during this time she also spoke in tongues that were not understood. now i am definitly open to this type of thing as these are both gifts of the holy spirit. the things she said to me seemed to make good sense except for one thing (she told me many things). looking back on it now it was an awesome very powerful experience (nobody fell on the floor or anything like that) but you could feel the presence of god as the gathering went on.

as i thought about how the church functions i was glad to have gone to a church where they were open enough to allow that to happen (whether we agree with it or not, it is listed in the gifts of the spirit). most churches would have tried to stop tha from happening-possibly even my own-but is that what god wants? are we supposed to be experiencing these type of things pretty regularly?? i believe as paul describes the way a church gathering should go he mentions to take time for prophecy. how come it is almost non-existant in church today? is it easy to fake? i know some will be drawn to the verses that say that on the last day people will come to jesus saying didn't we prophesy in your name and perform many miracles in your name but jesus will reply away from me you evildoers i never knew you.

so then i guess as i emerge i will have to deal with both sides of this issue, on one hand we don't want to stop the spirit from moving and working-but on the other hand we don't want to have a bunch of fakers getting up each week pretending to have a word from the lord. i hope this came out right-the way i guess i will know if she was really of god is if what she has said really happens. any thoughts??