During our quiet time, we can become deeper in quiet inside ourselves. And then keep this way while we do things with God through the day.I could learn to be quieter and have my alone time with Our Dad.
yes. i feel it. it's comforting.I'm interested in surveying how people experience saving grace and the Lord's Holy Spirit.
I have vibrations in my nervous system to the point where most of my nervous system is quite literally dancing for joy. Other times I feel Him give me an insight after meditating on something or He sends an answer my way through some other activity. But the tingles of my nerves are quite indescribable. I get that feeling when I am in the presence of greatness and by helping others and being Christ like. I get the feeling when I feel Our Father giving me deep insights that I cannot say are individually inspired.
I'm just wondering if others feel this too and if they know they did something wrong when that feeling subsides for a time.
I'm interested in surveying how people experience saving grace and the Lord's Holy Spirit.
"Feelings come and feelings go,
And feeling are deceiving.
My warrant is the word of God,
Nought else is worth believing."
Sensual Faith: Oh, God, You Make Me Feel Sooo Good! | Christian Forums
Are you a relatively new believer?I'm interested in surveying how people experience saving grace and the Lord's Holy Spirit.
I have vibrations in my nervous system to the point where most of my nervous system is quite literally dancing for joy. Other times I feel Him give me an insight after meditating on something or He sends an answer my way through some other activity. But the tingles of my nerves are quite indescribable. I get that feeling when I am in the presence of greatness and by helping others and being Christ like. I get the feeling when I feel Our Father giving me deep insights that I cannot say are individually inspired.
I'm just wondering if others feel this too and if they know they did something wrong when that feeling subsides for a time.
Thank you for that."Feelings come and feelings go,
And feeling are deceiving.
My warrant is the word of God,
Nought else is worth believing."
Sensual Faith: Oh, God, You Make Me Feel Sooo Good! | Christian Forums
So, how would you reconcile your view of what you call "sensuality" being "sin" with Jesus's (as well as our) earthly experiences?
In my case, I have experienced the presence of the Holy Spirit in different ways:
- I have experienced the feeling of my eyes being opened to the truth about Christ. I was reading a bible and some accompanying literature and it suddenly was revealed to me who Jesus was and what He did.
- When I came to faith for the first time, I had the feeling of fullness of joy.
- I remember when I went through a time of my life of deepest depression and hopelessness. I remember lying prostrate on the floor pleading with God to help me - and that same evening it was if the Heavens had opened. I was felt myself bathing in His love - the fear had totally gone and I was at perfect peace.
- I went through a period of doubt and uncertainty and after receiving prayer one evening at church, I had a feeling of boldness and confidence. I went home from church that evening not worrying in the slightest what would happen to me because I felt very safe and secure.
- When I was confirmed in my church, I had a new experience of my identity in Christ, a newer realisation that I was adopted into God's family - and a feeling of belonging and purpose.
The presence of God to me is experienced as an awareness. It's not a feeling or lack of a feeling. It's an awareness. An awareness that I "tap into" and sense God's presence regardless of where my emotions are at. I can be aware of God whether I'm happy, sad, angry, scared, confused or whatever.
That awareness has grown over the years as my understanding of Scripture and my understanding of God has grown.
Our emotions should not run our lives; yet we can not (nor should we try) to escape them.
I read this thread:
Interesting; but I think you are confusing what is of the fallen world in regards to "the flesh" as opposed to what is (as you describe) by nature the "sensuality" of our existence.
Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity existed by nature of being human in a "sensual existence". His life too was filled with sensual experiences.
He felt joy, pain, peace, happiness, sadness, fear, anger, confusion, doubt.
He could smell flowers, taste food, would have gotten drunk if He consumed too much alcohol; was capable of relational emotions of friendship, love, compassion, pity, anger, distain, and hatred. In abstaining from food, He almost starved to death. He felt pleasure and pain; was capable of getting hungry, thirsty, tired, injured, ill, and even sexually aroused. He had to contend with earthly things like taking showers and using the toilet.
He was physically fashioned just as the rest of us; yet without sin.
So, how would you reconcile your view of what you call "sensuality" being "sin" with Jesus's (as well as our) earthly experiences?
(Again; to the OP - emotions should not run our lives; including our relationship with God. Yet we can not escape our earthly existence.)
Thank you. I am going to reflect on this. And to be fair, Aiki was merely trying to get the same thing across. I appreciate all your responses very much.
At no point in my blog post do I suggest that the common, unavoidable sensual experience of human living (that you described) is sinful. That's such an obvious fact that it didn't seem to me to require comment in my blog. My concern is that Christians believe that their natural sensuality ought to be accommodated - pandered to, even - in the realm of the spiritual and that the more sensual their spiritual experience is, the more truly spiritual it is. When I look into Scripture, however, I see much that contradicts this belief, which I laid out in my blog post.
Are you a relatively new believer?
As we went through different phases in growing up, so it can be a parallel in entering into the new birth. Enjoy your stage of entering into the new life in Christ. There will come a time when what you are now experiencing will change. Just like how I stopped having fun playing with toys.
God created children with an ability that makes them feel happy... and then as we need to mature things change, demanding that we develop character by being tested. If we depend upon our emotions at that point? We will fail to grow...
Enjoy the phase you are in!
grace and peace
A vote would have been a fairer option to add.
I definitely feel it. Whenever I read my Bible during prayer meetings or on the train I spiritually connect with him.
Thanks. Yeah. I'm just newly graced by God. Holy Spirit really working miracles in my life. I have my ears pricked up and heart inclined to The Word. I love my newfound faith because although I stumble Jesus still loves me and gets me back where I need to be.
I pray I never grow out of this child like love for our Father. I definitely fear disappointing Him and revere Him deeply. I am a grown man, but am born again.
I was born-again 28 years ago with an experience of indescribable joy. At that time, I was called to ministry. I am a seminary graduate and an ex-pastor. At 70 years old, my primary ministry is writing.I'm interested in surveying how people experience saving grace and the Lord's Holy Spirit.
I have vibrations in my nervous system to the point where most of my nervous system is quite literally dancing for joy. Other times I feel Him give me an insight after meditating on something or He sends an answer my way through some other activity. But the tingles of my nerves are quite indescribable. I get that feeling when I am in the presence of greatness and by helping others and being Christ like. I get the feeling when I feel Our Father giving me deep insights that I cannot say are individually inspired.
I'm just wondering if others feel this too and if they know they did something wrong when that feeling subsides for a time.
You will not outgrow it..though it should mature and transform. It will and must get tested and even damped down a while, for the needed testing times that must come. You must find yourself able to trust and keep being led by the Spirit to correct thoughts you never knew you could understand... Then you will become transformed into a very stabilized love of the life you found - Yet, as long as you find and keep on getting good teaching (sound doctrine) and stay with it.
Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then
the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts,
so that they may not believe and be saved.
Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive
the word with joy when they hear it, but they have
no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing
they fall away.
The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but
as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches
and pleasures, and they do not mature.
But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering
produce a crop. Lk 8:12-15
Having joy is no sign a believer will remain faithful. How you feel is going to change. I tell you this, because its best to be prepared. Jesus said a time of testing must come. Not just one time of testing. God keeps testing us when he upgrades our "spiritual software" to test to see if what we believed is accurate and true. Its a testing of our faith to see if its genuine.
Testing our "faith." Keep in mind. Our faith comes by hearing (perceiving and understanding) the Word of God. (Romans 10:17)
Faith is what we think. Not what we feel.
grace and peace...
Thank you for this. You are very wise and this is what I needed to read today. I am being tested. And it is being dampened a bit. Nevertheless I am determined to get back in His good graces. I can’t thank you enough for this post.
You are not out of his good graces. When we are being tested that is a lie the devil will try throwing at us to confuse us. Then the Devil may try to get us into a works system, not God's grace. Grace and sound Bible teaching as God would have it.
I will suggest... Pray in Jesus name that you find a good pastor. A pastor who is on a path to have you to follow with him. To follow in his own spiritual growth, which is also for your sake by God's planned design.
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