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Does it bring you peace? If it does, it will most probably come from God. Don't forget that God's presence is always there when you pray, wether you "feel" it or not, sometimes He decides to go direct to your spirit without touching the soul (where the "feelings" are).
Was it a tingling sensation across your shoulders or your back?
Well, you have the Pentecostal answer, here is the Lutheran position on such things...
Not that what you felt was necessarily demonic, as what you were feeling was most likely you. Mysticism, seeking god in the emotions and immediate (un-mediated) experiences of the divine is the natural religion of mankind. Look around, every religion has it's mystics, if the religion itself is not pure mysticism. Mysticism at best means you're looking to your fallible self to find God or the evidence of God's blessing or favor or gifting or some such, at worst it means being deceived by demonic experiences and revelation to preach and/or believe heretical doctrine(in the quote above, the Pope claims a direct line to God, and Mohammed claimed to receive revelation outside of scripture). Remember also that the Pentecostal movement includes the anti-Trinitarian "Oneness Pentecostals".
Not that emotional or sensational response to things like praying are necessarily bad, but recognize that such is your reaction and don't look for God in your emotions. As others pointed out, he is there whether you feel him or not. Don't fall into the pit of gauging God's presence by how you feel, that will lead to pride or despair("I have God!" or "I've lost him"), and chasing that mystical experience to the detriment of true worship and prayer (modern "Praise and Worship" music for example is designed to seek a mystical experience, at the expense of confessing sound doctrine)
About a month ago while I was praying I had this sensation. It was like as if my soul was spinning around as I was praying very hard. It almost felt physical. I never had this kind of experience before.
Thinking about this now I'm unsure if this is a good or bad thing and whether or not it was from God.
Has anyone been through this kind of experience before?
About a month ago while I was praying I had this sensation. It was like as if my soul was spinning around as I was praying very hard. It almost felt physical. I never had this kind of experience before.
Thinking about this now I'm unsure if this is a good or bad thing and whether or not it was from God.
Has anyone been through this kind of experience before?
I’ve had this sensation like whenever I pray with someone else or at church I’ll get a sort of dizziness or type of feeling as if I’m high off a edible or joint but it’s a warm feeling and feels like god is directly feeling My prayerAbout a month ago while I was praying I had this sensation. It was like as if my soul was spinning around as I was praying very hard. It almost felt physical. I never had this kind of experience before.
Thinking about this now I'm unsure if this is a good or bad thing and whether or not it was from God.
Has anyone been through this kind of experience before?
About a month ago while I was praying I had this sensation. It was like as if my soul was spinning around as I was praying very hard. It almost felt physical. I never had this kind of experience before.
Thinking about this now I'm unsure if this is a good or bad thing and whether or not it was from God.
Has anyone been through this kind of experience before?
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