Hey everyone,
I'm new and this is my first post so if this topic has already been discussed just ignore me, or tell me where it has been discussed before.
Christians often speak of how God was revealed to them, or how they can feel his presence. Some people even describe how God talks with them. I would just like to know in what ways God revealed himself to you? Or how you can feel his presence?
I am not looking for a testimony or how other people revealed god to you, but direct spiritual evidence of God working in your lives.
note: I don't want this to turn into a debate over christianity or anything, for now I just want your experiences?
The presence of God
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Post #4I believe I may have had many I wouldn't testify to that in court, but one I always like to tell is how my wife and I got back together.
We came together when she was 10 and I was 12. We broke up and got back ttogether at 15 and 17. Then I went into the military after we made promise to marry. We lost contact and I carried on a partying lifestyle. After tiring of this I sought for my future wife and was unable to find her. There was a couple who I believed knew where she was but I couldn't remember their names. So after a week or so of brainstorming, I was on the way to the bx to get some food and while walking i told God how sick and tired I was of the life I was leading and I wanted to marry my wife. While in the BX I picked up a package of Eckrich smoked sausage and when I looked at it the couples name came in my head right there and then. You want to know what their name was? Zercker. After that I went straight to the barracks callled the Ohio operator got the number and it has now been 23 yrs together. That is how i felt the presence of God
We came together when she was 10 and I was 12. We broke up and got back ttogether at 15 and 17. Then I went into the military after we made promise to marry. We lost contact and I carried on a partying lifestyle. After tiring of this I sought for my future wife and was unable to find her. There was a couple who I believed knew where she was but I couldn't remember their names. So after a week or so of brainstorming, I was on the way to the bx to get some food and while walking i told God how sick and tired I was of the life I was leading and I wanted to marry my wife. While in the BX I picked up a package of Eckrich smoked sausage and when I looked at it the couples name came in my head right there and then. You want to know what their name was? Zercker. After that I went straight to the barracks callled the Ohio operator got the number and it has now been 23 yrs together. That is how i felt the presence of God
Post #5
i think that our body is like the new "ark of the covenant", the presence of God supposedly dwelt within the ark of the covenant in the Old Testament. when Christ died on the cross for ours sins the veil of the temple was torn in two which signified that the sacrifice of Gods only Son had given us access to Gods throne. we are now the temple and Gods presence now abides within us, since God is absolutely holy, he abides in holiness. i also believe that although Gods presence abides within us, His presence can be felt at a GREATER DEGREE if we keep ourselves Holy, just as He is HOLY.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21
the divine indwelling is conditional on love, and obedience to Jesus' words.
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. John 14:21
the divine indwelling is conditional on love, and obedience to Jesus' words.
Post #6
I believe God is present within everyone, but that familiarity makes it difficult to remove the noise of our daily living to allow us to notice His constant subtle nudges. However, there have been time when that presents was made clear.
A very powerful one for me, was when my Dad died. I was pressed to the emotional brink, and professing to be an agnostic, really was not “praying” per se. I simply reached out, hands up, and said the words “Peace and Love”. Immediately, I felt an overwhelming peace sweep over me, starting from the crown of my head continuing down through my entire body. And, I was indeed at peace.
There were others, but I will wait to share them.
Bro Dave
A very powerful one for me, was when my Dad died. I was pressed to the emotional brink, and professing to be an agnostic, really was not “praying” per se. I simply reached out, hands up, and said the words “Peace and Love”. Immediately, I felt an overwhelming peace sweep over me, starting from the crown of my head continuing down through my entire body. And, I was indeed at peace.
There were others, but I will wait to share them.
Bro Dave
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Post #7
Unfortunately I have never experienced a divine force. And there were plenty of times when I would have liked to. When my father died I watched as cremation started. At that extremely emotional moment, a "sign" would have been particularly welcome, but there was nothing.
That doesn't prove, of course, that there is no God. It could be that God is so perfect a being that he doesn't even know we exist, or a number of other possible scenarios. I honestly don't know.
We all have "mystical experiences" of some kind. Most people are occasionally overcome by feelings of peace, universal brotherhood, well-being, and happiness. Even atheists like Bertrand Russell have experienced something like that. Whether those experiences are adequate to establish the existence of God is another matter, though.
That doesn't prove, of course, that there is no God. It could be that God is so perfect a being that he doesn't even know we exist, or a number of other possible scenarios. I honestly don't know.
We all have "mystical experiences" of some kind. Most people are occasionally overcome by feelings of peace, universal brotherhood, well-being, and happiness. Even atheists like Bertrand Russell have experienced something like that. Whether those experiences are adequate to establish the existence of God is another matter, though.
Post #8
God is not pushy... however, I will share one instance where, well here's what happened;
I had thrown out all the religious BS I had been programmed with, and had decided to start with a clean slate. I planned to find one absolute, irrefutalbe truth, and build my belief system from there. Problem is, there are no provealbe absolutes, and so I was in a philosophical tailspin! Having disgarded literally everything I believed in, I was actually on the verge of "losing-it"! Then, one day while I was at work, not thinking of anything but the circuit board I was building, I got what I can only describe as a bulletin board size message in my mind! I heard and saw this; "TRUTH IS NOT FACTS, IT IS A STATE OF REALIZATION". It darn near knocked me off my stool! But, it was exactly the missing piece I so desperately needed. It told me that truth would always appear to grow with me as I grew. At any point, I would operate at my highest understanding, but as that understanding expanded, so would my truth seem to expand.
A good analogy is our first and second grade textbooks. Were they "wrong"? No, of course not. Where they absolutely true? No, they were incomplete, but I did not feel cheated as an adult, and want to go back and destroy those book either! This is the difficult bit about reaching the point where you really are commited to expanding your understanding. You will have to put down you first and second grade texts in order to discover what more there is to know.
But thats' another story...
Bro Dave
I had thrown out all the religious BS I had been programmed with, and had decided to start with a clean slate. I planned to find one absolute, irrefutalbe truth, and build my belief system from there. Problem is, there are no provealbe absolutes, and so I was in a philosophical tailspin! Having disgarded literally everything I believed in, I was actually on the verge of "losing-it"! Then, one day while I was at work, not thinking of anything but the circuit board I was building, I got what I can only describe as a bulletin board size message in my mind! I heard and saw this; "TRUTH IS NOT FACTS, IT IS A STATE OF REALIZATION". It darn near knocked me off my stool! But, it was exactly the missing piece I so desperately needed. It told me that truth would always appear to grow with me as I grew. At any point, I would operate at my highest understanding, but as that understanding expanded, so would my truth seem to expand.
A good analogy is our first and second grade textbooks. Were they "wrong"? No, of course not. Where they absolutely true? No, they were incomplete, but I did not feel cheated as an adult, and want to go back and destroy those book either! This is the difficult bit about reaching the point where you really are commited to expanding your understanding. You will have to put down you first and second grade texts in order to discover what more there is to know.
But thats' another story...
Bro Dave
