Experiencing God’s Presence
Have you ever felt in the presence of God? Tell us about it.
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Have you ever felt in the presence of God? Tell us about it.
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October 3rd, 2006 at 11:12 am
Yes yes in the presence of God there is a ’sense’ of direction for me.
Worry can become my constant companion as a mom and gramma.
Knowing that even God cannot change the past, I seek God’s presence to comfort me that He has established the future and He can be trusted.
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:18 am
God has always been present in my life - even when I wasn’t present with God. I know that, even when things were horrible, I would be fine. We never went hungry, we always had a roof over our head, when the last penny was gone a miracle of our needs being met came through.
October 3rd, 2006 at 11:43 am
Daily!!
Having given my life to Jesus, He in turn sent to Holy Spirit to indwell
me. And the Holy Spirit is part of the Godhead.
It is very hard to explain the just how much joy,peace and the love for
others that I have because of the presence of God in my life. Because if He was’nt in my life I would feel and treat others like the world does.
October 3rd, 2006 at 12:52 pm
I have felt the presence of God a number of times, but the one I remember the best is when I was working on the engine of an old truck I used to own. I will keep this story brief.
I was changing a fuel pump and ended up with a lot of gasoline on the top of the engine and all over my hands. A spark ignited the whole thing including the gas on my hands. In a state of sudden urgency as to what to do, God spoke to me and said “Peace be calm”. Then He spoke to me with complete thoughts instead of words. They came in like a light, of understanding His will, within my mind and He showed me what He wanted me to do. Basically, He told me if I would trust Him and do what He asked of me, He would put the flames out. During all of this, time stood still, and the flames were frozen before my eyes.
To keep this short, I will just say that I did as God directed, even though logically it didn’t make any sense to do what He asked because technically it could never even contribute to puting out a gas fire, and the flames went out as quickly as they started with no damage to the truck, its engine or to my hands except for the hair on my hands being a bit singed and the skin on my hands being a bit red and tender, but nothing serious. I assume he allowed that to happen so that I would not be tempted to ever doubt what happened.
Afterward I came to understand that what he asked me to do was a test to see if I would trust Him and obey, and when I did, He kept His world and put out the flames. For those who don’t think God exists or doesn’t think God is here right now, real time, or in a moment of flames frozen in time, think again. This is not the only time God has helped me, answered specific prayers in detail or saved my life and health.
October 3rd, 2006 at 9:16 pm
Uwriyel demonstrates again, exactly what I felt. I wrote my story before reading his and my comment was, you have to have had the experience to know and I can tell you, he has. Here is mine.
Words to live by—-
I must offer my one and only direct message from God, which I believed to be for me and me alone. First, let me dispel the myth that God speaks to us in any commonly known language found anywhere on earth. When the message is directed at you, it is positive, very meaningful and fully understandable. This heavenly language is understandable by every living creature in the universe. I speak to God daily, and experience His beautiful messages which are available to anyone who will open their heart to see and hear. But this one communication of which I speak, was like none other nor do I expect to be so fortunate ever again.
There is no humanly way to describe a message direct from God for we have no words to describe this event. I can however, put my experience into as close a relationship to human communication as I am able.
The event of which I speak occurred around 3:30 PM in the mid 1070’s as I was driving north on Himes Av. in Tampa Florida and as I was crossing the next intersection after Buffalo Av. All time and space stopped completely. Yes, time absolutely stood still as I was rising over the crest of that intersection. I had been very concerned about one of my children and that concern had been with me for some days. The message flowed into my every being and a calming peacefulness came over me like none I have ever known. As I said, God didn’t speak in any word language, it was a flow of spirit through my total being and what I felt (heard) in my thoughts was this: “YOUR FEAR IS NEEDLESS–YOUR DAUGHTER WILL BE JUST FINE AND SHE WILL HAVE A GOOD LIFE.” There was more, but that is as close as I can describe this experience.
The message does not come in words, but an understanding of feeling which is saturated in truth and pervades your entire life. But, you have no doubt where the message came from and you have no earthly feeling or association with your physical life during this moment. Over time, the message has proven to be very accurate. It is as if your soul steps outside the body in order to put aside physical and mental barriers for better reception.
No one reading this can possibly understand unless they too have had such an experience. As I said, it is like no other. I felt the stop of time to be as long as necessary and relished in that interlude, but when it was over and my journey continued, I was a new person. I never worried about that daughter again, nor have I worried about anything since.
October 3rd, 2006 at 9:31 pm
God for me is always present in the smallest joys of everyday living. Seeing a child smile at me, the scent of a flower, waking up in the mornings and seeing the beauty of a blue skies. For me these moments are very meaningful.
October 3rd, 2006 at 10:12 pm
—-Words to live by—-
I must offer my one and only direct message from God, which I believed to be for me and me alone. First, let me dispel the myth that God speaks to us in any commonly known language found anywhere on earth. When the message is directed at you, it is positive, very meaningful and fully understandable. This heavenly language is understandable by every living creature in the universe. I speak to God daily, and experience His beautiful messages which are available to anyone who will open their heart to see and hear. But this one communication of which I speak, was like none other nor do I expect to be so fortunate ever again.
There is no humanly way to describe a message direct from God for we have no words to describe this event. I can however, put my experience into as close a relationship to human communication as I am able.
The event of which I speak occurred around 3:30 PM in the mid 1070’s as I was driving north on Himes Av. in Tampa Florida and as I was crossing the next intersection after Buffalo Av. All time and space stopped completely. Yes, time absolutely stood still as I was rising over the crest of that intersection. I had been very concerned about one of my children and that concern had been with me for some days. The message flowed into my every being and a calming peacefulness came over me like none I have ever known. As I said, God didn’t speak in any word language, it was a flow of spirit through my total being and what I felt (heard) in my thoughts was this: “YOUR FEAR IS NEEDLESS–YOUR DAUGHTER WILL BE JUST FINE AND SHE WILL HAVE A GOOD LIFE.” There was more, but that is as close as I can describe this experience.
The message does not come in words, but an understanding of feeling which is saturated in truth and pervades your entire life. But, you have no doubt where the message came from and you have no earthly feeling or association with your physical life during this moment. Over time, the message has proven to be very accurate. It is as if your soul steps outside the body in order to put aside physical and mental barriers for better reception.
No one reading this can possibly understand unless they too have had such an experience. As I said, it is like no other. I felt the stop of time to be as long as necessary and relished in that interlude, but when it was over and my journey continued, I was a new person. I never worried about that daughter again, nor have I worried about anything since.
October 5th, 2006 at 11:55 am
I have never felt the presence of any deity. No one has ever been able to describe their deity to me in such a way that made any sense. I found it interesting that during today’s interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, the comment was made that everyone has their own individual conception or idea or definition of their deity. I am able to experience the joys of life without having an imaginary friend. I am able to be a good person and raise my children as good citizens in a secular, pluralistic society without indoctrinating them with the notion that one needs a deity in order to be good to one’s fellow humans, the rest of the animal kingdom and our planet.
October 5th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
This is for the humanist.
If you really want to feel the presence of God and know that He exists, there may be a way for that to happen for you. Notice, I said …If.
If you want to feel the presence of God and know that he exists, then I would suggest that you pray to the “God and Creator of all things” and challenge Him to prove His existence to you. Don’t get hung up on mankind’s various names for Him, just call to Him by what He is. While you are at it, you might ask Him to reveal to you just how important Jesus is in your relationship with Him and get that varified while you are at it. Now, if you do this and do it single-mindedly with all your heart and really want Him to do this, then I would hoped that you were polite and then prepare yourself for the experience of a lifetime. I will not be surprized if he answers your challenge. Just don’t expect Him to do this as you would expect or according to your schedule and then don’t forget … you asked for it, so be paying attention.
As a foot note to this, the only times God has vividly altered the circumstances of my life such that I can guarantee He did what he did is when I was in a very desparate situation and he was the only one that could help me and since I had given my life to Him when I was 5 years old, He knew I was His son and he helped and what took place could not have come from anywhere else. It was beyond man’s power or my power to do what was done. Just because someone has never had this sort of experience doesn’t mean that God doesn’t exist or that you can’t have a relationship with God.
The choice is yours to make and no one elses, so you choose. God gave you the free will to make that choice. Just don’t be ang
God Bless.
October 5th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
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You were interrupted, Uwriyel. You must have been about to tell me not to be angelic, right?
More seriously, I have no reason to make such a choice. I don’t even imagine that any gods exist, so I why or how would I develope a desire to feel the presence of any alleged gods, let alone the one you claim. Your suggestions mean as much to me as mine would mean to you _IF_ I suggested that if you wanted to feel the presence of Yum Kaax that you accept and pray to and open your heart to Yum Kaax. Or perhaps you can relate to this: If you can imagine how suggestions would be received by a devout Jew that Jesus is important to them, you might have some idea that not everyone is interested in Jesus. Everyone is atheistic about someone else’s god(s) (unless they believe in ALL OF THEM. I am just atheistic about one more than you are.
PS: Do you know what pinging is?
October 5th, 2006 at 8:49 pm
And what about the people who are not helped? Does that mean they weren’t deserving? And please don’t say “god has another plan for them”. This makes me so angry to hear. I guess the children in darfur don’t deserve food or clean water or not to be executed. Or maybe they are the example we need to learn from. ( I hope you all realize I’m being sarcastic in these last two sentences.)
We need to rely on the kindness of people to help each of us as much as possible. The rest, I believe is just random and luck. Yup, just luck and randomness. No, don’t feel sorry for me. I am very much ok with this. I am a good person, will do whatever I can to help others and have a very peaceful, loving wonderful family and life. I am not afraid to live and I am not afraid to die. I know I am doing the best I can and doing the best by others that I can. I will not tell you to believe as I do, just treat me as I will treat you.
October 6th, 2006 at 10:01 pm
pattip what do you believe will happen to you when you die? eternity is too long to be wrong.
October 6th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
#NoCompromise316 wrote: “pattip what do you believe will happen to you when you die? eternity is too long to be wrong.”
I do not speak for pattip or for anyone other than myself, but I have no reason to believe that there is anything more than this life. That is why it is important to me to make the most of it.
October 7th, 2006 at 2:32 am
One question………………..What if your wrong?
October 7th, 2006 at 9:20 am
As humanist said, I think when I die, that’s it, zip zero nada. What if I am wrong? What if you’re wrong? I have no regrets as to how I live my life and I’m a very decent human being….just not godfearing.
October 7th, 2006 at 2:05 pm
i have no regrets either, and if i’m wrong it means what..? nothing.. but if your wrong it means an eternity in hell. I am a decent human being as well, and i am Godfearing.
October 7th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
Good, then we’re both happy the way we are!
October 11th, 2006 at 2:03 am
“‘T’ruth” said: “i have no regrets either, and if i’m wrong it means what..?”
Well, if you have picked the wrong deity, you could be in deep doo doo.
October 12th, 2006 at 9:46 am
What I have felt cannot be expressed with words. God seems to be a word that represents all truth beyond our comprehension. Words and language represent our feelings in a limited way. Many people forget God is just a word. God is a word so sacred its meaning is beyond human comprehension, and therefore, not apart of good, evil, or any human judgments. To attach or attribute human meanings to a word so sacred as God is to degrade its sacredness.
October 12th, 2006 at 10:38 am
RE: “The choice is yours to make and no one elses, so you choose. God gave you the free will to make that choice. ”
God is pro-choice. Based on human experiment there seems to be no amount of evil God will not tolerate in order to preserve our free-will.
October 13th, 2006 at 12:48 am
Yes I have felt the presence of God. I can’t answer this question without stating that I feel His hand in my life constantly, I know He is there. As for a particularly strong feeling, it would have to be the Quaker meeting house my family attended when I was small. I knew God was there, in that silent meeting, restoring me for whatever might come in the days to follow. That meeting saved my life and the lives of my siblings and mother, literally. When I think of the meeting house I see it with golden light emanating from the windows and I know God loves me.
October 13th, 2006 at 4:38 am
dfnj2006 wrote: “To attach or attribute human meanings to a word so sacred as God is to degrade its sacredness.”
No one has ever given me a satisfactory explanation why either religion or someone’s particular conception of a particular deity should be exempt from examination and criticism.
I attach no sacredness to anyone’s conception of any particular deity or religion. I think all ideas should be scrutinized.
October 28th, 2006 at 4:00 pm
I agree with you, humanist. Yet I must ask, do you have an understanding of everything? There are things that we can not answer, things that can not be understood in this relm of living. Im not saying that there MUST be an answer to everything. and thats where ‘god’ comes in. to me ‘god’ is not a person place or thing, such as a diety. god is energy. energy can not be created nor distroyed. life is energy and so is death. the world, the universe, all energy. faith in ‘god’ is really, simply, faith in oneself. to love, give, nurture, encourage…
raising your kids as you are, is god.
humanist Says:
October 5th, 2006 at 11:55 am
I have never felt the presence of any deity. No one has ever been able to describe their deity to me in such a way that made any sense. I found it interesting that during today’s interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, the comment was made that everyone has their own individual conception or idea or definition of their deity. I am able to experience the joys of life without having an imaginary friend. I am able to be a good person and raise my children as good citizens in a secular, pluralistic society without indoctrinating them with the notion that one needs a deity in order to be good to one’s fellow humans, the rest of the animal kingdom and our planet
October 30th, 2006 at 10:31 pm
Yes I have felt the presence and overwhelming love of my Father In Heaven many times in my life. Trying to explain those feelings to someone who does not happen to believe in any god or higher power is difficult. There is certainly no way to prove that which one feels via faith. There is no need to prove it to anyone else as far as I am concerned; my experiences are simply my experiences. To some who have made comments about the fact that they believe they are fully capable of living a good and righteous life without any god may be very true. However, this is separate in my mind from whether or not God exists. Personally I do believe God exists and I believe He exists regardless of whether or not you think He does. I am blessed to feel His love and influence in my life. Others may choose not to believe in Him and choose to live their lives apart from any deity and that is their free choice. It’s a little bit like me saying I believe 2 +2=4. Maybe someone else thinks 2 +2=5. So we both go thru life following our own individual premises regarding that mathmatical fact; neither one of our beliefs change the facts or alters the true answer. 2+2 simply is 4. Does that make any sense???
I have also thought off and on throughout the coarse of my life, that even if, just if God doesn’t exist and Jesus Christ was just a story…and I had followed Christ’s precepts with all my heart and felt what I believe to be God’s love and help and peace during my lifetime… so what. I believe I will have had a more joy-filled, purposeful life even if there is no life after death….so I win either way.
December 22nd, 2006 at 11:12 am
For four years I had chronic lyme disease. I had a permanent IV site and gave myself IV’s everyday for antibiotics and pain meds. I was a very difficult time in my life. There were times I thought I was dying and other times I was afraid I wouldn’t die. The pain was horrendous.
During this period my husband and I were working with a bible college. We were given the opportunity to go to The Philippines on a mission. I really felt that the call was of God. How was I to go with lyme disease, an IV dragging behind me?
I went up to the prayer tower and got on my face to God. I told Him, “I have gone every place you have ever called me and I will go to the RP, but you need to heal me first.”
That was a Thursday eve. Friday I went to the ER and had the IV removed. I never took another dose of Rocephin, another dose of morphine. I never had another symptom of lymes. He healed me!
I felt the presence of God. Only He could have healed me and taken my symptoms and pain away. I have felt His presence in my life many times.
To know God is to feel His presence in your life. How can I explain it to someone who doesn’t believe? I can’t!
December 30th, 2006 at 10:58 pm
The question can’t be answered with certainty. I have felt the presence of the “numenous,” “divine,” …. whatever you want to call it. Christians will say “Jesus” as other faiths will name their sages and saviors. Native Americans will say “the Great Spirit.” Scientists will say the euphoria I once felt during an ordinary synagogue service as well as the will to survive a near-death incident I experienced are attributable to chemical reactions and nerve impulses going off in my brain. If so, what if anything might have caused those chemical reactions and nerve impulses?
December 12th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Stimulating question, and interesting comments here. I will relate one experience when I believe I felt the presence of God. One evening I was working on a ’step-down’ unit, not in ICU where I usually worked, but on a telemetry floor. A woman, with end stage heart disease who had chosen not to be ‘coded’ when her heart stopped had family visiting. She was quite ill, and when the husband, and adult son had an argument in her room, I thought how sad it was and wondered if they truly understood how near she was to life’s end. They both left within moments of each other, still fuming. A few moments later the telemetry alarmed. Her heart had slowed, and then stopped. I ran to her room, along with another nurse, and I was thinking/praying ‘Did it have to be now? Tonight? Right after this argument that both will have to live with?’
Both Gayle and I checked peripheral and apical pulse listening with stethoscope for one full minute each as was required. No respirations, no heartbeat. Her skin took on the waxy look I was so well acquainted with. I stood there, holding her hand as was my custom in these situations as Gayle discussed the fact of that argument, and questioned whether either would have even made it home yet. We lingered there talking about making the necessary phone calls. I didn’t want them to return and find her alone, so said I would stay until there arrival. Gayle agreed that once they arrived she would return to provide emotional support so that I could return to other end shift duties.
When Gayle finally left to place phone calls, I pulled up a chair and sat down. I felt odd ..weak..warm. I still held her hand, but as more time passed, felt a wonderful presence in the room, and felt something was going to happen. I don’t know why I did what I did, it defied all logic, but I released her hand and looked at my own. It was cherry red on all the raised surfaces. I turned over her hand and it was the same. Her opposite hand..the same..a sharp contrast to the back of her hand and the rest of her dead skin. Still no breathing..no pulse. I listened all over again for a full minute. At least 20 minutes must have passed by now. I sat back down feeling foolish, but there it was again, and stronger, this Presence in the room, and a hot feeling coursing through me. Again I took her pulse, noting..and then something One beat, and then another, and..still no breathing. The intercom came on in the room..I had not removed the telemetry unit and Gayle was seeing the return of a normal EKG on her monitor. She thought I was playing a joke. That was when the woman drew a breath, and opened her eyes and smiled the most beautiful smile I have seen.
“I was told” she said smiling “That I have more time.”
Gayle told me later that when the family arrived she told them the same thing, and that they needed to mend their differences. The woman also told Gayle, that Gayle’s parents would both be well and still living on their 50th wedding anniversary. Something Gayle said she had been worried about, but had mentioned to know one.