Blessed are those who have not seen, yet believe. Each member of my family is close to God. Some, it took a day, some a year, some 10 yrs. Some prayed and nothing happened. Some tried to get close to God and nothing seemed to happen. Some had a dramatic conversion, others seemed to slowly move in that direction. For myself, I seemed more aware of the spirit world, still am. I often had nightmares, was easily frightened.
When I went up for prayer, to seek a closer walk with Jesus, the guilt was washed away and in its place was peace. A few times, I have seen a picture in my mind and knew the meaning. The one time I heard His voice, it was powerful. A couple times, I woke up and saw a demon by my bed. I called to Jesus and it left. Another time, my roommate and I prayed regularly and were seeing almost instantaneous answers.
One week, we both sensed intense fear and the spirit of death. We both described the situation in the same way. We prayed together against this in Jesus name and the spiritual harassment ceased. None of my family members have ever described similar experiences.
Only one, when he was delving into drugs. Though, when I begin to reach a state of total focus on the here and now and the tangible, a brush with the under world will remind me that we are in a battle and nothing else can conquer it but Jesus and crying out for His help. If anyone lacks faith, ask God for it. Get in the Word. Read thru one of the Gospels and the book of Psalms. Get on your knees once a day and ask God to reveal Himself to you. Hello, I invite you to subscribe to Dangerous Intersection by entering your email below.
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Mike Pulcinella Mike Pulcinella is a documentary filmmaker. March 20, Glenn Greenwald: the retired military analysts story continues to be censored by the networks April 21, Paul Kurtz criticizes fundamentalist atheists October 17, Erich Vieth 27 Jan Reply. I'll be watching the comments closely in case He comments in response to your post, Mike. Or maybe it is as Carl Sagan suggested. Extraordinary claims need extraordinary proof. Brynn Jacobs 28 Jan Reply. Mike, I am much the same way, I've never had an experience of a supernatural nature.
It was such a relief, and still is. Thanks for this post, well done! Ben 28 Jan Reply. I suggest you begin drinking heavily. Then you can join AA and find God in steps 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, and 12!!! Last week I wrote an allegory about Christ knocking at the door of our hearts and helping us clean up our lives. This is an ongoing process for which I am very grateful. Like a plant growing, the change goes almost unnoticed until one day we realize we are transformed, just as a rose bud suddenly bursts open in full color after being such a tight bud for days.
I have come to appreciate this slower process, I think, because it seems to reach deeper into my heart and change things from the inside out. Up until then, I had a pretty good opinion of myself, perhaps too good with more pride than was appropriate. The dark seed of fear had been planted in my heart. I kept imagining what might be wrong. Instead of trying harder, I just accepted that there was something wrong with me.
For decades I imagined I was not as good, as healthy, as capable, as successful as others. I was constantly comparing myself and my actions to those around me and what they did. Often I judged myself better than others and in a rather self-righteous way. But usually it was the other way around; I saw others better than me, because There must be something wrong with me.
Years ago, it was so bad at times that if I would be driving around in a light rain with my windshield wipers on and saw someone else without their wipers going, I would think, I must be doing it wrong. When I had to get a physical exam, from the same doctor, to go off to college, I was terrified of the chest x-ray. What Is Wrong With Me?
The result of sin is death, spiritual separation from God Romans The good news? Jesus died in our place so we could have a relationship with God and be with Him forever. He rose again and still lives! Jesus is the only way to God. All you have to do is believe you are a sinner, that Christ died for your sins, and ask His forgiveness. Jesus Christ knows you and loves you. And He knows it. That is not true. Thank the Lord with great rejoicing and listen to yourself as you thank Him! God does want you close.
God does accept you. Thank Him that He has made you sensitive enough to be aware that He wants you to move ahead. Thank Him that He has made you aware that something is wrong.
Go to work at directing your heart toward Him—fervently and with joy. When Jesus was speaking to the woman at the well He told her to drink of "springing up" water John Later, He said that if anyone is thirsty they should come to Him and drink. I am told that the original language reveals that we are to drink repeatedly John You can teach your heart in ways that calm your fears and help you find freedom to drink as Jesus said.
The Heart-training! I have had work through great fears in these areas. You can too. Will you let me show you how? Will you take the steps I show you in order to direct your heart toward God? You can find relief from the quiet desperation and pain! You can learn to drink from God! For eBooks click here. I am praying for the Lord's abundant blessing on your efforts to direct your heart toward Him.
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