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Stepping from Fog into Sunlight: What is your "Holy Ground" moment?

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When the house lights dim and the first chord rings out, something shifts inside me—like stepping from fog into sunlight.

Share your "holy ground" moment: What sound, smell, or sight instantly shifts your perspective and tells you, "I am now in God's presence"?

Is entering worship only in a Church?

Finally, what's one sentence that captures that feeling?
 
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bob121 said:
When the house lights dim and the first chord rings out, something shifts inside me—like stepping from fog into sunlight.

Share your "holy ground" moment: What sound, smell, or sight instantly shifts your perspective and tells you, "I am now in God's presence"?

Is entering worship only in a Church?

Finally, what's one sentence that captures that feeling?
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Actually, this may be disappointing, I know I am in God's presence when His Holy Spirit convicts me of sin and I repent from that sin. Pretty powerful when I refuse to go back to that sin. Certainly the will power is not only my doing !
Blessings
 
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This probably isn't the best board for this topic. This is Ethics and Morality, and also your post seems specifically addressed to Christians. You'd get better traction on one of the Christians-only boards focused on life experiences.

On the assumption that mods move this thread somewhere else and this conversation continues, my answer is that I feel like I've experienced something like that in a lot of very different circumstances. But the most consistent is when during the Divine Service the Words of Institution are spoken over the bread and the wine, and as we come forward to receive from the Altar the flesh and blood of Christ I am immediately aware that I am standing on holy ground, I am entering into the Holy of Holies where God offers the gift of Himself, the Incarnate Son of God is present, giving Himself, on the Altar in, with, and under the bread and wine. I am present and in union with all faithful Christians throughout history, as Christ's Body receiving Christ's Body, present at Mt Calvary; Mt. Cavalry present here and now, at this simple offering of bread and wine.
 
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Maria Billingsley said:
Actually, this may be disappointing, I know I am in God's presence when His Holy Spirit convicts me of sin and I repent from that sin. Pretty powerful when I refuse to go back to that sin. Certainly the will power is not only my doing !
Blessings
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ViaCrucis said:
This probably isn't the best board for this topic. This is Ethics and Morality, and also your post seems specifically addressed to Christians. You'd get better traction on one of the Christians-only boards focused on life experiences.

On the assumption that mods move this thread somewhere else and this conversation continues, my answer is that I feel like I've experienced something like that in a lot of very different circumstances. But the most consistent is when during the Divine Service the Words of Institution are spoken over the bread and the wine, and as we come forward to receive from the Altar the flesh and blood of Christ I am immediately aware that I am standing on holy ground, I am entering into the Holy of Holies where God offers the gift of Himself, the Incarnate Son of God is present, giving Himself, on the Altar in, with, and under the bread and wine. I am present and in union with all faithful Christians throughout history, as Christ's Body receiving Christ's Body, present at Mt Calvary; Mt. Cavalry present here and now, at this simple offering of bread and wine.
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ViaCrucis, thank you for painting the altar-side scene—“Mt. Calvary present here and now” is exactly the kind of threshold moment I was hoping to collect.
I’ll happily let the mods shuffle the thread if they wish; in the meantime, keep the pictures coming, everyone—sounds, smells, sights, or silent heart-flips that tell you, “I’m on holy ground.”
 
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Maria Billingsley said:
Actually, this may be disappointing, I know I am in God's presence when His Holy Spirit convicts me of sin and I repent from that sin. Pretty powerful when I refuse to go back to that sin. Certainly the will power is not only my doing !
Blessings
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Maria Billingsley, that’s the purest worship moment I can imagine—when the Spirit turns the spotlight inward, the knee bows, and grace says, “You’re forgiven—now walk free.”
No organ swell, no stained glass, just conviction → repentance → peace.
Thanks for the honesty; it reminds me the sanctuary is first the heart, then the building.
May that refusal-to-return strength keep multiplying in you—and in me too.
 
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