Keep having religious experiences.

[atomicsnowflake]

For as long as I remember I believed in God, but have struggled with Christianity and with accepting its teachings.

Every time I commit myself to God, something bad happens in my life such as people dying or other bad events.

I keep experiencing overwhelming feelings that I should commit to being a Christian and to accept it fully, but I'm scared in case something bad happens again, esp, since I have children now.

I don't expect life to be plain sailing, but I worry about death, illness, accidents etc.

All I seem to do is swing between extreme feelings of belief to total non belief and the inbetween just feels like torment.

What do I do?

Hubby has gone to see his mum with the kids and I'm left here on my own having these things going on inside me, but with no idea if they are real or not. I can't describe the feelings other than I can't settle to anything and all I can think about is God and being pulled towards something.

Any advice?

 

[razeontherock]

Yes! You are experiencing "the drawing power of the Holy Ghost." As a Mother, alone time is surely precious to you - use it well! We have many wonderful resources here on CF, but I'm sure EVERY believer here will agree the Bible is BETTER. Spend some time at the Master's feet, ask Him to speak directly to you, to strengthen your Faith, to help your unbelief...

Any questions that come up you can raise them here in this thread just to keep organization simple.

 

[berachah]

God is definitely drawing you to Himself and He is faithful.

Perhaps it is important for you to begin praying and asking God to reveal if the devil has any legitimate authority to come against you. You might need to renounce past actions/utterances.

In any event I would repent of saying something evil always happens when you turn to God. Our words have power and we speak things into existence - both good and bad. Rather speak out; "God I know you are faithful, I know that will protect my family and I. Thank you for your faithfulness."

 

[Singermom]

I have noticed that, at our church, after a baptism, "things" start to happen to the baptized. It's gotten so that I have a talk with the people who are up for baptism and warn them about it, but also tell them that it's a good thing: it means that God IS calling you and that the Enemy is upset about it (I explain it a lot better face-to-face, but you know what I mean). I tell them to be prepared and to just face it with God and it WILL blow over.

(Another thing that happens at our church is, when we have a particularly powerful and God-filled sermon or testimony, we have technical difficulties!)

 

[salida]

Christian concept, Are you a good person? www.livingwaters.com/good/

I suggest you research the credibility of the bible concerning overwhelming evidence which is very high even though it’s a spiritual decision first.
Visit: www.TheBibleProofBook.com, (you will need acrobat reader for this), read The Evidence That Demands A Verdict by Josh McDowell (its overwhelming circumstantial evidence of bible) and Examine the Evidence by Muncaster a former athiest/The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel a former athiest. Christiananswers.net, www.equip.org (articles), http://www.gotquestions.org/

Do you have the holy spirit? He will give you the power to live a christian life. Human effort alone can't do this. Pray and you will get it.

If something bad keeps happening-the devil is fighting you.

 

[LadyDeflora]

For as long as I remember I believed in God, but have struggled with Christianity and with accepting its teachings.

Every time I commit myself to God, something bad happens in my life such as people dying or other bad events.

I keep experiencing overwhelming feelings that I should commit to being a Christian and to accept it fully, but I'm scared in case something bad happens again, esp, since I have children now.

I don't expect life to be plain sailing, but I worry about death, illness, accidents etc.

All I seem to do is swing between extreme feelings of belief to total non belief and the inbetween just feels like torment.

What do I do?

Hubby has gone to see his mum with the kids and I'm left here on my own having these things going on inside me, but with no idea if they are real or not. I can't describe the feelings other than I can't settle to anything and all I can think about is God and being pulled towards something.

Any advice?

stop worrying. *shrugs* at some point believing in God thrusts you to go a step further and have absolute faith in Him, it may not make sense, you may go through things that seem impossible to survive and feel like there's no life left to live...tests, trials? i don't know but the bible is full of people who had strong belief in God but until they're left with nothing but ther faith is when the depth of their ability to surrender to him completely is demonstated...currently i can relate most with Job, look at his trial, but he was supremely rewarded for surviving through it all, still full of absolute faith in a glorious Lord.

anyone can say they believe, but few follow through when they're tested, why else is he infamous for working in mysterious ways? mysteries aren't always nice or easy.

 

[toolite]

For as long as I remember I believed in God, but have struggled with Christianity and with accepting its teachings.

Every time I commit myself to God, something bad happens in my life such as people dying or other bad events.

I keep experiencing overwhelming feelings that I should commit to being a Christian and to accept it fully, but I'm scared in case something bad happens again, esp, since I have children now.

I don't expect life to be plain sailing, but I worry about death, illness, accidents etc.

All I seem to do is swing between extreme feelings of belief to total non belief and the inbetween just feels like torment.

What do I do?

Hubby has gone to see his mum with the kids and I'm left here on my own having these things going on inside me, but with no idea if they are real or not. I can't describe the feelings other than I can't settle to anything and all I can think about is God and being pulled towards something.

Any advice?

We belong to God first and we don't really understand it but, you won't really feel complete until you find out what it is God needs for you to do..
So if you say... everytime I turn to the Lord bad things are happening then I can say well it's just the enemy trying to stop you and that would make sense.. It would be no different then everytime you attempt to do something you loved but, then got an electric shock you would eventually stop...(lol) never let the enemy stop you or put that much fear in you.

All The Glory Belongs To God Forever!

 

[GrowingSmaller]

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