[Angelino97]

You talk of tears streaming down people's faces. I think many people confuse a giddy feeling with faith, or spirituality, or closeness to God.

Some people intellectually know God is real, and thus have faith, though they feel no giddy sensation. Job, for instance, felt miserable, yet he never doubted God.

Some people worry that if they don't feel ecstatic, they lack faith. But faith is demonstrated through works. You might not feel ecstatic or "spiritual," but you know God is real so you pray even if you don't feel it, and continue to read the Bible, and perform acts of charity (even if you feel hate for the person you're helping).

Conversely, many group events can instill feelings of euphoria. Rock concerts, political gatherings, protests, etc. I suspect that some people who "feel it" at church nevertheless don't really know Christ.

[Angelino97]

BTW, I once knew a self-professed Christian woman who was always church-hopping. Looking for the right "feeling," I suppose. She always ended up complaining about the church she found, saying the people there weren't true Christians.

She said, and I quote, "They have the word, but not the spirit."

She was also a hardcore Democrat, fiercely "pro-choice" on abortion, loudly pro-LGBT, and a pot smoker.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[metmom]

Worship has to do with How God made man, He created us to conform to that which we love, and adore, we will become like what we worship.

Worth repeating.