I asked God if I could start sharing all the wonderful stories I have about Him and the things He has done for me. But I'm so nervous. I've gotten so attacked in the past for it. Been called a liar, for reasons I understand from a worldly perspective, but not from those who claim to love God.
I'm not laying the groundwork for deception, nor am I claiming to be some special prophet or apostle. I'm not. I know why God has done what He has done (but not for what future purposes) and it's not so I can put the focus on myself and give some special prophecy, but to put the focus on Him and increase the faith of His children.
All you will ever hear from me is: Seek the LORD! He is your teacher! Read His Word, and He will reveal His truth to you. It's all in the Bible!
I just wanted to make that clear to everyone.
So here goes. I'm going to tell you about the time God "baptised" me with rain.
I was recently born-again, just a few months. I was completely mad and anti-christian before Jesus came and saved me. Confessing my faith to anyone was such a very big step for me, because honestly, it took me two or three months to even be able to say the name of Jesus without there being a struggle inside me. That's how bad it was.
But I was madly in love with God. I spent all days with Him. And the Scripture Matthew 10:33 kept coming to me all the time.
I knew from Scripture I needed to be baptized, but I had no idea what that meant at the time, symbolically. And I was scared to death of going to Church. I've persecuted Christians. Not physically, I was never violent, but I've messed up their faith... It's horrible, and the guilt is still there. (But God keeps reminding me of Paul). And also, I didn't trust the churches over here, I still don't.
Anyway, I kept begging God to baptize me Himself, because why not? He is God, and everything is in His power. And then He started reminding me of that verse, Matthew 10:33. And so one day at work, at a place where no one is Christian and everyone is politically correct, I confessed my faith in Christ. Although it was very clumsy. It was like everyone immediately turned on me, but I was just so happy, because I knew that the Bible was true and I wanted everyone to know.
On my way home, I was told by God (in a special way He sometimes speaks to me, that I'm not allowed to share because it could become a stumbling block) to look up John 3:5-8.
"5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
I stood under a tree to look it up in my Bible app, and I thought to myself "fine, I'll go get baptized somewhere". And I walked out from under the tree and the heavens opened up above me. The rain just poured down and I was soaked in a few seconds. Then it stopped. I was shocked! Not shocked that God could do it, but that He actually did it! For me.
I don't know if it actually counts as baptism, but I was baptized in the Spirit when I was born-again. And I want to be water baptized in the future, but I want it to be special.
But it was so awesome! I walked home filled with joy and awe!
Then I was badly persecuted at work. Everyone turned on me, bullied me and mocked me for my faith, for two months and then I had to quit, because I got burnt out because I was given the worst projects, and one of the guys kept wearing a perfume that made me allergic, and the boss refused to do anything about it. I got physically sick from it.
But God kept me going, and this "baptism" that He did for me, is something that just made me hold on to my faith, and my sanity. He kept me joyful through all of the hardship and He used it for so much good.
After this, it didn't rain on me for a year. I have more stories about God changing the weather, and I'm gonna share them as He allows it.
I hope this blesses you, and I would love to hear similar stories. It would definitely bless me to hear that I'm not alone experiencing God's Glory.
Praise God!
I'm not laying the groundwork for deception, nor am I claiming to be some special prophet or apostle. I'm not. I know why God has done what He has done (but not for what future purposes) and it's not so I can put the focus on myself and give some special prophecy, but to put the focus on Him and increase the faith of His children.
All you will ever hear from me is: Seek the LORD! He is your teacher! Read His Word, and He will reveal His truth to you. It's all in the Bible!
I just wanted to make that clear to everyone.
So here goes. I'm going to tell you about the time God "baptised" me with rain.
I was recently born-again, just a few months. I was completely mad and anti-christian before Jesus came and saved me. Confessing my faith to anyone was such a very big step for me, because honestly, it took me two or three months to even be able to say the name of Jesus without there being a struggle inside me. That's how bad it was.
But I was madly in love with God.
I spent all days with Him. And the Scripture Matthew 10:33 kept coming to me all the time. I knew from Scripture I needed to be baptized, but I had no idea what that meant at the time, symbolically. And I was scared to death of going to Church. I've persecuted Christians. Not physically, I was never violent, but I've messed up their faith... It's horrible, and the guilt is still there. (But God keeps reminding me of Paul). And also, I didn't trust the churches over here, I still don't.
Anyway, I kept begging God to baptize me Himself, because why not? He is God, and everything is in His power. And then He started reminding me of that verse, Matthew 10:33. And so one day at work, at a place where no one is Christian and everyone is politically correct, I confessed my faith in Christ. Although it was very clumsy.
It was like everyone immediately turned on me, but I was just so happy, because I knew that the Bible was true and I wanted everyone to know. On my way home, I was told by God (in a special way He sometimes speaks to me, that I'm not allowed to share because it could become a stumbling block) to look up John 3:5-8.
"5. Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit."
I stood under a tree to look it up in my Bible app, and I thought to myself "fine, I'll go get baptized somewhere". And I walked out from under the tree and the heavens opened up above me. The rain just poured down and I was soaked in a few seconds. Then it stopped. I was shocked! Not shocked that God could do it, but that He actually did it! For me.
I don't know if it actually counts as baptism, but I was baptized in the Spirit when I was born-again. And I want to be water baptized in the future, but I want it to be special.
But it was so awesome!
I walked home filled with joy and awe! Then I was badly persecuted at work. Everyone turned on me, bullied me and mocked me for my faith, for two months and then I had to quit, because I got burnt out because I was given the worst projects, and one of the guys kept wearing a perfume that made me allergic, and the boss refused to do anything about it. I got physically sick from it.
But God kept me going, and this "baptism" that He did for me, is something that just made me hold on to my faith, and my sanity. He kept me joyful through all of the hardship and He used it for so much good.
After this, it didn't rain on me for a year. I have more stories about God changing the weather, and I'm gonna share them as He allows it.
I hope this blesses you, and I would love to hear similar stories. It would definitely bless me to hear that I'm not alone experiencing God's Glory.
Praise God!
