Posted on 09/28/2013 9:45:27 PM PDT by fabian
One evening several years ago, I was laying upon my bed almost ready for sleep after my quiet and silent prayer that I have been practicing for many years. Then, this presence came hovering over my body, filling it with warmth and a very real feeling of well being and love. It was not a dream and was the most wonderful sensation I have ever had. Far surpassing any drug induced feeling of happiness that I and many were prone to seek in our troubled childhoods. No, this was the rel deal and had a wordless telepathic message: I had made it home and am loved and accepted. Everything will be fine from here on out. It was a feeling of love. Love of a father for a long lost child. It was a feeling of a destination finally found and all that I ever dreamed and wanted, even though it was a distant idea...an idea of pure happy fulfillment that the world nor evil could ever ever disturb again. In a word, it was true salvation. And this video is a tribute to the man that brought it forth for all that are willing. Please enjoy. I did not produce this marvelous video, but it is my way of expressing my joy and wanting my experience for you too!
http://www.ronrhodes.addr.com/articles/the-eye-of-faith.html
Check this out for a Victorian-era Abraham.
Wow, this man had faith!
I’ve also had God provide for me in similar ways...the orphan’s breakfast...only mine was dinner...and in many other ways. it is an awesome thing to see the Lord work on your behalf....nothing quite like it.
http://www.ronrhodes.addr.com/articles/the-eye-of-faith.html
Try this instead, fabian.
This is true godly faith in action and I have been similarly provided for by God. To see our invisible Lord move on our behalf in this world is an awesome thing!
http://www.ronrhodes.addr.com/articles/the-eye-of-faith.html
This is true godly faith in action, abigail. This is the way it works and the Lord has provided for me in similar ways.
This man’s witness and testimony is powerful!
As kevao said, be very careful with this kind of experience. It is most likely not what you believe it to be at all.
Hi, jodyel. Nice to see you again. I hate to ask what is probably a really stupid question, but what is RCC? I suspect that is Roman Catholic Church? In which case, I don't see why denomination applies to this case. These kinds of manifestations are suspect whether you're Baptist (like me) or Catholic.
And although I'm Baptist (that is, if I really had to choose a denomination, I would say that), why do you get flack here for RCC? My boss of 20 years is Catholic, and he believes in Jesus, and as far as I can tell is going to the same place as I am....?
Again, sorry for the dumb questions. I guess I spent too much time on the Calvin/Arminian threads to know why Catholics aren't Christian?
That’s okay...my background is Baptist too although I do not currently attend anywhere.
You are correct RCC is Roman Catholicism. It is not the true gospel but a man-made false religion. You’d have to to a bit more in-depth look into it to see it is not biblical.
Of course, the Catholics do not like it when I say that and post articles to that effect. So I have been taking some heat and giving some back.
This statement right here: “My boss of 20 years is Catholic, and he believes in Jesus, and as far as I can tell is going to the same place as I am....?” goes back to my argument for being born again and filled with the Holy Spirit. My post on George Muller is a wonderful example of a born again, Spirit-filled believer relying solely on God to provide for all his needs and those of the orphans in his care. Very powerful!
I think most people have “religion” but not “relationship” and that can occur in any denomination, but the RCC is an especially corrupted version of the true gospel. Considered a cult like Mormanism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, etc.
Read the story of George and see what you think. This is what God wants with us....a very personal relationship with Him...intimate fellowship with Him...whereby we rely on Him for everything. I have had many similar times of provision in my life exactly like Mr. Muller had.
God bless,
jodyel
LOL!!! I read that thinking you were getting flack for *being* RCC. No idea you were *not* RCC.
I've never been RCC. My father was, but he never liked the bit about kissing the statues of Mary and the apostles. I don't know whether that is a common practice in other Catholic churches, but I was once in that church he went to, and they did indeed have statues of saints lined in the windows on both sides of the church, and my dad always said he was freaked out by having to kiss their feet.
Hence, I was raised other-than-Catholic. But, like I said, my boss believes in Jesus, and expects to enter heaven based on that alone, so at least the statue-kissing thing isn't taught as a prerequisite to salvation.
But for me, the big thing is the confessional. I could never be RCC since the whole idea of confessing to a priest is superfluous -- Jesus made it so that we could enter the very throne room of God Himself, through Jesus. So why bother confessing to a priest, or praying to Mary or a saint? Just seems more logical and economical to go straight to the source.
Amen, brother.
I’m not sure what this picture references, but Buddhism is not Christianity and I will speak out when any try to “harmonize” the differences between them as saying both “seek the same thing”.
The methods may be different but the goals are the same, restoration of the troubled soul back to the fellowship of Christ and to that of the local body.
you are welcome...
You’re welcome...yes he is!
for speaking out for what you believe is right.
Immediately I felt something like a down comforter drift down and surround my body. There was the actual sensation of something soft touching my skin. I immediately became calm and subdued, not asleep but removed from where I was and what was going on around me. This feeling lasted for a month or so afterward.
Then cam John preaching...”I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make His way straight....”
John was a voice only and so am i...just a voice...nothing more than that... and i’ll never be anything more than that, much to my own wounded pride!
Bless you and thank you for sharing.
Yes, He is always waiting to help us. Fhu.com has a calming silent prayer that helps many many people towards that “be still and know I am God” path.
Thank you and the same to you!
Funny you mention waves. I had an experience once that I will never forget.
I had been having heart palpitations and they scared me to death. Ultimately the cause was found out to be self-drowning in coffee, lol, but I didn’t know that, and I was very apprehensive leading up to my doctor’s appointment (couple that with the fact that I always get nervous at the doctor’s). Well, I sat down in a quiet room and prayed, and I asked the Lord to please take the anxiety from me. The words were not completely out of my mouth before a big, soft, warm wave, like a tsunami, of perfectly sweet peace just washed over me. It made me weep because I knew God was right there with me. That feeling of complete serenity stayed with me all day, through the doctor’s appointment. It was like being wrapped in a cushioning cocoon of peace.
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