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I'm still waiting for your God to reveal himself to me. I have had enough Christians tell me their experiences, and their point of view, but I still lack a real encounter with the God of the universe. Until God wakes me from my ignorance, my blindness, I'll stand where I am.
 

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I'm still waiting for your God to reveal himself to me. I have had enough Christians tell me their experiences, and their point of view, but I still lack a real encounter with the God of the universe. Until God wakes me from my ignorance, my blindness, I'll stand where I am.

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If you were serious about having a relationship with God, then all you have to do is introduce yourself to Him, and tell Him you want Him in your life, that you accept His son Jesus as your Savior, and then become Baptized.

Simple enough?

But if you mean you will stand where you are in your ignorance and blindness,
and wait for Him to present, Himself as proof of His existence to you, then don't hold your breath.

If and when you do as I have said, then you will understand that He has proven Himself by the fact you have become His Child.

But just to prove to you He exists, no it ain't going to happen. Charley.
 
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Hi there and welcome to the forums.
Feel free to look around.
I understand you are looking for an encounter.
It’s good to realise that you already know what you are lacking.
The Lord is never far away from us. The Bible says if you seek Him with ALL your heart, you will find Him.
 
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have you ever seen the ocean? Been on a mountaintop?

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world."
 
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I'm still waiting for your God to reveal himself to me. I have had enough Christians tell me their experiences, and their point of view, but I still lack a real encounter with the God of the universe. Until God wakes me from my ignorance, my blindness, I'll stand where I am.

Try this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesychasm
 
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For some of us, the best place to find God is to look up at the sky on a totally clear night and see thousands and thousands of stars and realize that a Supreme Being is behind this marvelous Universe.
 
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If you were serious about having a relationship with God, then all you have to do is introduce yourself to Him, and tell Him you want Him in your life, that you accept His son Jesus as your Savior, and then become Baptized.

Simple enough?

But if you mean you will stand where you are in your ignorance and blindness,
and wait for Him to present, Himself as proof of His existence to you, then don't hold your breath.

If and when you do as I have said, then you will understand that He has proven Himself by the fact you have become His Child.

But just to prove to you He exists, no it ain't going to happen. Charley.
What other people say and do is a reflection of their own reality.
 
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Hi there and welcome to the forums.
Feel free to look around.
I understand you are looking for an encounter.
It’s good to realise that you already know what you are lacking.
The Lord is never far away from us. The Bible says if you seek Him with ALL your heart, you will find Him.
But the heart is desperately wicked.
 
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That's why it hasn't happened. Do you sound inviting?
Not really, I'm blind and do not see the world of God. I can't make myself see the thing's of the spirit, that is something only God can do. I will wait until he opens my eye's and my heart.
 
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For some of us, the best place to find God is to look up at the sky on a totally clear night and see thousands and thousands of stars and realize that a Supreme Being is behind this marvelous Universe.
Indeed.
 
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Not really, I'm blind and do not see the world of God. I can't make myself see the thing's of the spirit, that is something only God can do. I will wait until he opens my eye's and my heart.
This is good.....you have an understanding that He is the one who will open your eyes and your heart....no man comes unto God the Father except that the Holy Spirit draws him....God will draw you by His Spirit…..So keep seeking, if you seek Him you will find Him.
 
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I take it then you not interested!
No, everything people say and do is a reflection of their own reality. What I say and do is a reflection of my reality. Some realities can join, other's just collided.
 
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But the heart is desperately wicked.
Yes that is because of our fallen nature. But if we seek the Lord with all of our being (soul, mind and heart) then He will show Himself to you.
 
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Hello friend, I just got here but do you know what faith is? You cannot base your walk with Christ on feelings as some people never "feel" anything.
God wants you to trust him. Just like the sitting in a chair analogy, You sit down without even thinking about it because you 'just know' it will hold and support you.
 
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Yes that is because of our fallen nature. But if we seek the Lord with all of our being (soul, mind and heart) then He will show Himself to you.
Will he now, maybe your God doesn't want to reveal himself to me.
 
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Hello friend, I just got here but do you know what faith is? You cannot base your walk with Christ on feelings as some people never "feel" anything.
God wants you to trust him. Just like the sitting in a chair analogy, You sit down without even thinking about it because you 'just know' it will hold and support you.
In what way?
 
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