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Post by gloryintruth on Oct 9, 2008 20:18:59 GMT -5
I can't find the post right now but I believe someone said that they had Physically felt the presence of God upon (or around) them. I understand spiritually feeling the presence of God but how does one know of the physical presence of God? What does it feel like? My questions probably sound as clear as mud. I have experienced both. I have experienced a deep union with God that has led to absolute outpouring of joy - ecstasy would be the term to describe it, if "ecstasy" was not loaded with so much baggage; both religious and cultural.
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Post by degem on Oct 9, 2008 20:26:52 GMT -5
I have felt the peace of God descending upon my heart which brings an outpouring of feelings such as love, peace, security. Don't know whether that would classify as either physical or spiritual. All I know is I love feeling the presence of God within my life. Thanks GIC for your comment-I really appreciate it Gem
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Post by hope on Oct 9, 2008 21:18:29 GMT -5
The peace of God is a beautiful thing~ a gift from the Lord
I have "physically" felt the presence of God in several ways~
The first time was about about 1.5 years after I became a Christian when I felt the deep conviction of God on me that - it was so heavily upon me that I felt like I had a physical weight on my chest, I was weeping and I couldn't stand up or even really pray more than just "Lord help me" that happened twice several months apart before I responded to what God was convicting me about~ which was that my fiance - and my engagement was His permissive will and not His annointed will and that it would not be free to do His first calling for me if I pursued it - as my relationship with the Lord grew and my love for Him grew coming close to Him was all that was really important, I wanted to break through the glass ceiling that was keeping me at a certain distance from the Lord and so I obeyed- Once I did God's presence filled my life in a very tangible way-
Since the I have often felt His presence in a heart of worship~
and then most recently I felt His presence in a different way again as what I can only describe as the Holy Spirit ~ when I was interceeding~ this is a recent thing for me and for me it was born out of really seeking with a sincere heart and praying earnestly, His presence filled my body and I was literally tingling head to toe- it was powerful enough to make me stop in prayer and just literally feel awe and love at His presence -It was like nothing I have ever experienced before. since then often when I interceed I get a shadow of that, as I call out to God I feel His presence gently upon me calling me to worship~ Also when i got prayed over and anointed with oil the presence of God literally felt like it was pouring over my head and shoulder, I was tingling in a powerful way that when it is happening you literally cannot think about anything else. It is a beautiful and powerful thing. ~~
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Post by hope on Oct 9, 2008 21:24:25 GMT -5
I am in no way mocking anyone when I say this but I have never heard of "praying the scriptures" before until I read over the thread "21 days of intercession." Praying the scriptures simply is the same as calling on God's promises~ The bible is the living word of God, its God breathed and inspired - praying the scriptures is always very edifying for me and helps me to pray inline with God's heart and will.
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Post by freespirit on Oct 9, 2008 22:08:56 GMT -5
I can't find the post right now but I believe someone said that they had Physically felt the presence of God upon (or around) them. I understand spiritually feeling the presence of God but how does one know of the physical presence of God? What does it feel like? My questions probably sound as clear as mud. In some ways it is "emotional" and "physical" but truly it goes much beyond that. I've had very deeply emotional experiences and physical ones as well--and feeling the presense of God is something more. A deep connection, a peace that passes all understanding, a freedom of spirit (and yet, bound totally by Him), awe, joy, love... complete bliss. Words are inadequate. freespirit ETA: i wanted to add that even though I wrote only "joy" sometimes we cry. We can be in the midst of a dark, dark experience but if we have God with us, we can have peace. We have a hymn, "joy and sorrow interwoven, love in all I see." truly, words are inadequate
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Post by hope on Oct 9, 2008 22:35:01 GMT -5
The long night of the soul - I think we have all experienced it. But is this the same as "spiritual attack"? I would be inclined to say no on the basis that the Church is a haven; a sanctuary from the power of Satan. As Paul said of the incestuous man, " I will hand him over to Satan that he learn not to sin", by which, of course, he meant excommunicate him. Ephesians 6:10-12 declares, “A final word: Be strong with the Lord’s mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms." I think is a problem today the church thinks that its safe from Satan's attack - it births a self-righteous attitude of false assurance in our own position of Spirituality and Religion rather than acknowledging in our weakness in which the Lord's glory and strength is revealed as we are tried and tested that our faith may be refined and made pure, that He is our protection as we call on Him. As Christians we must always be growing and so the pruning helps us grow in the way and the direction the Lord sees best. Luke 22:31 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not: and when you are converted, strengthen your brothers. If Peter is open to a very personal Spiritual attack wouldn't that mean that we are too. God allowed Peter to go through this attack to humble him, Satan can do nothing to a Christian that the Lord will not allow but there are many instances in the bible where the Lord does allow Satan to attack us to test us. There is a spirit of complacancy about evil spirits amongst the church today, we are so logical in the west that we are desenitized to it. they are rarely mentioned or acknowledged in a serious way and yet Jesus spent most of His ministry warring against them, casting them out and releasing people from bondage. This not acknowledging them is a deception from Satan, because it is only when we acknowledge them and specifically war against them as Jesus did that we can be released in His name and By His power to be Free. This verse also reveals Jesus heart for intercessory prayer and the power it can have. AS a book I read recently says "Jesus is our greatest most faithful and least thanked intercessor"If you don't know how to "warfare" pray then a good way to start is to turn to the scripture Eph 6 : 14-18 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
and "pray it"~ call on God to equip with each item praying them on one by one~ "Lord I ask you to place on me today the Helmet of Salvation that every thought today would be taken captive to Christ, protect me from Satan's attempts to make my thoughts impure - exhaust His effort's Lord~" I don't want to over spiritualise and say that everything evil in Satan - but I can call on the scripture and say everything good comes from God, sometimes Satan attacks us and means it for evil and God is able to bring about something in those circumstances that edifies and sharpens us so that we will grow. In Romans 8:28 it tells us "He works all things together for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.. In the bible it talks about demons posessing (only non-christians) but they can "hinder" and "oppress" anyone. This is how I understand it~ If you think of a person in terms of 3 circles (large, medium and small) - inside eachother like a target board.- (This description is calling on the description of the temple in the old testament, which had an outcourt, inner court and the holiest of Holies the most inner circle is the spirit - the Holiest of Holies where only the High Priest can go and where the presence of God dwelt in the OT- when you come to Christ He lives in your SPirit as you are now His temple, Your spirit is now safe from Satan, if you have no high priest you Spirit is wide open to attacks, oppression and posession from the enemy and his legions. the second circle - middle sized one is the inner courts -your soul (mind) the outer circle is the outer court - your flesh As christians our Spirit belongs to Christ so it runs after Him, Our Flesh belongs to this world so it pulls towards the world and so in the opposite direction and our soul (mind) is caught inbetween the two. Without calling on the armour of God Satan can freely oppress our flesh - with sickness, drug addiction (physical side) etc , and our soul - with various things such as depression, anxiety, addicition (mental) - we must war against these spiritual attacks. We do this by calling on the name of Lord Jesus who had authority over all things in HEaven and on Earth, and doing as He did, binding the Spirit of ______ (whatever) for example anxiety and casting it out in the name of Jesus. Sometimes we might be being opressed by more than one spirit. This is totally biblical the disciples and apostles in acts spent much time healing the minds and body's of those who we oppressed, hindered and pocessed by evil spirits. At times I have felt fearful about something that I knew God had called me to do - I prayed against the spirit of fear in Jesus name, calling on His authority and cast it out. I was freed from it. Nother time I had this experience~ Just (a few hours before) before I broke up with my fiance at the Lord' conviction - as I explained in the Post above) I was visited by an evil spirit or what I decribed at the time as a "dark presence" , I was worshipping the Lord with a heart of abandoned praise and praying when suddenly from no reason (nothing provoked it) my heart was gripped with fear - about nothing in particular I was just suddenly consumed with fear- (at this time in my faith I didn't really think of demons or Satan as any sort of solid concept and I hadnt begun spiritual warfare praying). As I tried to deal with the fear God opened my mind to realise that it was being caused by dark presence near me, thank-the Lord I didnt see anything, but I was as aware of it as if I had seen something. I dont know how but I knew it was an evil spirit -having never given them much thought before this time about them, I didnt know how to pray against it so I jsut called for the blood if Jesus to cover me and protect me, I prayed lik that for a few minutes and it left - I then continued worshipping with an increased faith in the Power of God - the experience left me Praising His Power of all things and filled with Praise, it was a unpleasant experience but one that brought Glory to God in my heart. I beleive because of the trial I was about to go through at this time in my life that the Lord allowed me to experience this so that I could see tangibly that He was with me and would honour and protect me. That as weak and young in my faith as I was that even I could cast out demons in Jesus name~ because I am His. I have never since been visited in a tangible way by an evil spirit though I have experienced spiritual attack in various ways since. Sometimes you will be freed immediately sometimes it will take a while of intercession and fasting depending on the demon as their in a ranking amongst them also some are more powerful than others- Mark 9:29 And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer." Quote from another writer~ "What is now left is that all Christians have to realize that the victory is already ours. We thus have to learn how to engage and defeat the devil and his demons when they do try to move into a person or a situation" demonic deliverance was a very big part of Jesus ministry on earth why have we stopped warring against satan and His demons also seeing the evil one as distant? Lord open our eyes! You have called us to battle and warfare~ give our hearts revelation of this! Lord Father Thank-you Lord that you have not left us helpless but You have empowered us by Your name Lord to cast out demons releasing ourselves by Your power and helping those in bondage. open our eyes to the things that war against us that are unseen~ In Jesus name we pray Amen
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Post by shushy on Oct 9, 2008 22:58:01 GMT -5
My experience of feeling the presence of God did not begin to happen in any great way until after I was baptised in the Holy Spirit and began to enter his glory cloud when I was in my closet earnestly seeking him. I would feel complete peace, my body would relax more than it already was, and then tangible love would flood my being,a joy unspeakable. As I travelled through the glory cloud it became more intense, in the sense that I became lighter.. when I came out of his presence a hr or so later I felt like I was floating on air. I have also felt it like 'gentlle electricity', frequently this is how I would feel him in worship in church. One day I was worshipping in a church, I felt a cool breeze blowing down onto my face/neck, shortly after my body felt like it had been plugged into an electric socket, my bones were trembling violently and my body began to feel hot. A while later when it had subsided their was a pool of sweat left on the floor. I believe it was Holy Ghost fire. It was a number of yrs before I realised I had been having encounters with God. And yes Jason is correct, I believe whn we are in heaven the excstacy of being with him is the reason there is no need for a sexual partners there...just my opinion
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Post by shushy on Oct 9, 2008 23:05:34 GMT -5
[As far as I can tell you have even bothered to touch Romans 9, or John 6:44, or any of the references I have given, and I suggest that this is because these passage - particularly Romans 9 - totally undercuts the philosophy you espouse.] Jason, Im a very busy woman. I comein here between sleep and work. I dont always find where I have posted. I'll look at this later. I am not a philosifer...... I dont have any reputation either. But I do know this. Jesus loves me to bits.
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Post by hope on Oct 9, 2008 23:19:14 GMT -5
Amen Shushy~ You have everything you need in the Love of Jesus - Let us not Glory in our own understanding but instead in this - He loves~
1 Corth 1:25- 27
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For you see your calling, brothers, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: 31 That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord.
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Post by landdownunder on Oct 9, 2008 23:33:04 GMT -5
Thank you Jason for your gracious response, it has encouraged me
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Post by Dubious Disciple (xdc) on Oct 9, 2008 23:34:47 GMT -5
I believe when we are in heaven the ecstasy of being with him is the reason there is no need for a sexual partners there...just my opinion Maybe I should look into becoming a Muslim. I kinda like the idea of all those virgins waiting for me up there.
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Post by Gene on Oct 9, 2008 23:48:27 GMT -5
Maybe I should look into becoming a Muslim. I kinda like the idea of all those virgins waiting for me up there. Sounds hellish to me
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Post by shushy on Oct 10, 2008 5:55:30 GMT -5
[ As far as I can tell you have even bothered to touch Romans 9, or John 6:44, or any of the references I have given, and I suggest that this is because these passage - particularly Romans 9 - totally undercuts the philosophy you espouse.]John 6:44, 41At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven." 42They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" 43"Stop grumbling among yourselves," Jesus answered. 44"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the Prophets: 'They will all be taught by God.'[d] Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. Jason not sure what you are accusing me off since I believe and agree with these verses.? Ive quoted this verse many times about the father drawing and another 'Holy spirit convicting.' Romans 9God's Sovereign Choice 1I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit— 2I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race, 4the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. 5Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen. 6It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. 7Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, "It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned." 8In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring. 9For this was how the promise was stated: "At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son."[c] 10Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac. 11Yet, before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad—in order that God's purpose in election might stand: 12not by works but by him who calls—she was told, "The older will serve the younger."[d] 13Just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated."[e] 14What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."[f] 16It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. 17For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: "I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth."[g] 18Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden. 19One of you will say to me: "Then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will?" 20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "[h] 21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? 22What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for destruction? 23What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory— 24even us, whom he also called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? 25As he says in Hosea: "I will call them 'my people' who are not my people; and I will call her 'my loved one' who is not my loved one," 26and, "It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.' "[j] 27Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved. 28For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality."[k] 29It is just as Isaiah said previously: "Unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah."[l] Israel's Unbelief 30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith; 31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it. 32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone." 33As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."[m] What philosphy do u think I espouse? I am a simple uncomplicated person who is not theologian.
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Post by shushy on Oct 10, 2008 6:12:37 GMT -5
Think I may have found it?
hope says,
Jason says, I do not believe this is the case. And I do not believe a careful study of the Scriptures leads us to this conclusion. The repeated statements about the elect, and election, for example, prove that this is not the case. Furthermore, any meaningful study of Romans 9, in which Paul cites God as saying, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and whom I will I hardeneth" destroys the concept of free will rather completely.
You see, man is an enemy of God by nature. His will, mind and heart are twisted; he is dead in trespasses and sins. When Lazarus was in the tomb, he exemplified perfectly man's natural condition. Could Lazarus hear? No. Could Lazarus take steps toward Jesus? No. Could Lazarus understand his own condition? No. It required the intervention of Jesus to make him alive again. There was no exercise of will on Lazarus' part.
It is necessary for God to choose us, because surely in our natural condition we would never choose God. If you know your heart, you know that apart from the grace and mercy of God, you would have been surely among the world even now. I know that I would be as hard as a Pharisee, and at variance with Jesus, if it were not for the grace and mercy of God.
I agree with Hopes words because this has been my experience. to enter in to find the Lord in his sanctuary is a personal choice. The scriptures clearly point out that there is a place where the Lord dwells. In the OT it was the holy of holies. We are able to find this place alone with God. I am an emotional being like most humans. Yes, we can get carried along with the emotion and excitment of watching God move. That doesnt allow us the luxury of not being attacked or going through difficult seasons in our lives. Do you think it is wrong to be excited about our God. We can be reverant and be excited. Faith is faith. True not to do with feelings if you are believing God ofr something. But I tell ya whn your about to loose your house bz the bank are going to forclose and you do spiritual warfare and fast and pray and God rescues you at the eleventh hour ........you sure get excited and are full of praise... .
I wonder whether you will be saying the same things in 10 years time.[/quote][/color]
To me this sentence was down right cruel and completely nasty.
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Post by gloryintruth on Oct 10, 2008 6:27:59 GMT -5
When God moves very close to me, I experience it as an amazing clarity of vision. Everything is crystalised - I realise heaven is where I want to be; I long with painful desire to be in the presence of God; and it is hard not to pray for death that I might at that moment be transported before his throne. I understand completely when Paul writes that we should not ask to be unclothed of this earthly tabernacle, but to be clothed upon with the heavenly tabernacle.
I feel an amazing joy. There is no place in earth that I would rather be than on my knees before the LORD. Sometimes this has been so intense that I have been literally crying with joy. Other times prayer is not on this level; but is more of a calm reassurance of the Father's presence. This is especially true during confession, when I declare my sinfulness before the throne of mercy.
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Post by gloryintruth on Oct 10, 2008 6:50:31 GMT -5
It is not that we are immune to temptation or to the "fiery darts" of discouragement or doubt, but the full power of Satan cannot be unleashed in the lives of those who recieve Christ and take refuge in the Church, which is the "household of God; and the pillar and ground of the truth". To imagine that Satan can come in, and go out, of God's household as he does with the rest of the world is to demean the Church.
I wonder why you feel that trusting in God's provision as exercised through his Church leads to a "self-righteous attitude" or a "false assurance". When I maintain that we can take refuge in the Church, I am not according any glory to anyone apart from God. For what is the Church without God?
I believe that God safeguards his people, and blesses his work in the earth. There is nothing sinister about that!
Did you ever wonder why Jesus prayed for Peter but not for Judas? And I am not so sure that God uses Satan as a tool to test us. None of the Apostles make this claim; rather the Apostles describe Satan as an ever-present foe always preying on our weaknesses like a "roaring lion seeking whom he may devour". Furthermore, does James not say, "He that is tempted let him not say, The Lord is tempting me. For God cannot be tempted by evil, neither does God tempt any man."?
I believe it is dangerous to go looking for evil spirits. They do not exist in the Church - as St. Augustine explained, in the City of God such evils cannot live - and I believe many good intentioned but naieve people have gotten themselves into great bondage by failing to understand this, and have instead gone hunting for demons and evil spirits, in order to exorcise them. The role of exorcist is not described in Paul's list of Spirit-gifted roles; and in any case, people can be cleansed by the Word of God.
It is dangerous ground for us to attempt to interact with the spirit realm in a manner not prescribed for us by God. The only Spirit to whom we are permitted to speak and pray, is the Holy Spirit. We are not Apostles; we are not Jesus. We would do well to leave these forces in the hands of the LORD, not our own puny wisdom.
Did you know the entrance to the Temple Courts was called "the way"; the entrance into the Sanctuary was called "the truth"; and the entrance into the Holy of Holies was called "the life"? I think this information helps to provide us with a new way of reflecting on Jesus describing himself in this way.
This is dangerously close to Gnosticism - the religion which looked down on the corporeal body, and sought to deny it food in order to induce death. The "flesh" referred to in Scripture is not our physical bodies. It is obvious that our bodies are neither good nor bad - our skin, bones, blood and organs are morally neutral. Rather, when the Apostles - and the Scripture - speaks of the "flesh" is in reference to the lingering sinful nature within us. I hope you recognise this distinction.
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Post by rational on Oct 10, 2008 8:10:49 GMT -5
Should we assume when you say Scriptures you mean only the New Testament?
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Post by Brick on Oct 10, 2008 8:16:09 GMT -5
Maybe I should look into becoming a Muslim. I kinda like the idea of all those virgins waiting for me up there. They are probably all old maids anxiously waiting for you, too. ;D And just think--you are stuck with them for all eternity. At least a marriage vow has an out--"until death do us part"
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Post by shushy on Oct 10, 2008 10:06:26 GMT -5
LOL@ Brick [It is dangerous ground for us to attempt to interact with the spirit realm in a manner not prescribed for us by God. The only Spirit to whom we are permitted to speak and pray, is the Holy Spirit. We are not Apostles; we are not Jesus. We would do well to leave these forces in the hands of the LORD, not our own puny wisdom.]
We are spiritual beings Jason. WE have authority in the name of Jesus Christ, because he has ALL authority. Even the babiest christian has authority over the kingdom of darkness.
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Post by hope on Oct 10, 2008 10:34:09 GMT -5
Anybody who is a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ has the authority necessary to drive out demon spirits. For Jesus said in Mark 16:15,17:
"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature... And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils."
Ephesians 6:10-12 declares, “A final word: Be strong with the Lord’s mighty power. Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies and tricks of the Devil. For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms."
What's your opinion on these GiC?
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Post by selah on Oct 10, 2008 14:21:54 GMT -5
I can't find the post right now but I believe someone said that they had Physically felt the presence of God upon (or around) them. I understand spiritually feeling the presence of God but how does one know of the physical presence of God? What does it feel like? My questions probably sound as clear as mud. Hi Gem, For me, sensing the presence of God in a physical way, is characteristic of a weightiness...it's like a blanket wrapped around me...as though His own arms were enfolding me. There is warmth, comfort...even bliss. Everything else seems distant and outside of the intimacy of that endearing moment with Him. So often, in the past, I would sing songs about Him. Now I sing songs about Him, but also directly TO Him. When we know He is present, why not sing right to Him? It's usually when I'm communicating with Him in a personal, intimate way, that I'm able to get in touch with my "spiritual" senses, and I actually "feel" His presence. A worship song... When I look into your holiness When I gaze into your lovliness When all things that surround become shadows in the light of you When I've found the joy of reaching your heart When my will becomes enthralled in your love When all things that surround become shadows in the light of you..... I worship you I worship you The reason I live is to worship you I worship you I worship you The reason I live is to worship you Blessings, Linda
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