How do you feel the Holy Spirit?

That's usually the way the spirit moves me... so I can be completely overjoyed, yet bawling my eyes out! (Which used to worry people, but they get it now!)

However, sometimes I just feel very very peaceful (ie- like when I visited the grotto last)

Clare xx

I've had that experience too! It was kind of hard initially because I thought of myself as a bit of a hard-knock (tough) and we were taught that crying, even for women, was a sign of weakness.

But that is one of the ways the Holy Spirit confirms He is there with me especially during worship and Bible Study.

I wanted to also ask, has anyone had an experience like what is outlined in Luke 24:32? When I receive confirmation of a prayer answered or a piece of scripture I was struggling with I feel a 'sensation' in my heart and Luke 24:32 has been the closest description to this sensation. I was just wondering if anyone else has felt this and when.

Thanks and God bless

Yes, yes, yes!!! Since things got SO hard and we (the kids and I) turned it ALL over to God, he's been SO close to us. I seem to cry at 'the drop of a hat' because it's SO close to the surface. My daughter says it's a blessing to be sensitive to the spirit. (Sometimes I wish it was a different response because crying in church draws unwanted attention)

My heart burning within me... What a feeling. It's so overwhelming at times that it almost feels nauseating. Then it's followed by tears...

I'm learning humility in this and people are getting used to it.

I don't have to "feel" the Holy Spirit. I don't have to "feel" the presence of God. He's there, he communicates with me, He leads me, He listens to me, He's always there no matter what I "feel."

I feel the Holy Spirit when I'm here on CF.com, when I'm praying, & when I listen to CCM...

Lambslove - it is true you don't have to feel anything and He is still there. If we all went on feelings it would be a rocky relationship at the least, but it is an awesome thing to feel His presence.

I too feel the Holy Sprit when I am here on CF. I feel at peace and happy. I feel secure and just plain wonderful. But I mostly feel the spirit when I am praying to the Lord our God.

He talks to me. Not audibly, of course.
Sometimes, it's when I'm sitting in church waiting for the service to begin.

This past Sunday, I felt compelled to read back through the Epistle lesson. It was Ephesians 2:11-22, particularly verse 15. -When I got home, I turned to Matthew 5:17.I've been doing more Bible reading this week.