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Interesting quote of the day i think
Quote of the Day
"We humans only have access to the internal experiences of perception and thought, so how can we be sure they truly reflect an external world?" - Brian Greene
Music of the Day
"Headlong" - the Frames
Quote of the Day
"We humans only have access to the internal experiences of perception and thought, so how can we be sure they truly reflect an external world?" - Brian Greene
Music of the Day
"Headlong" - the Frames
posted by goldberg2727 at 11/15/2006 11:30:00 AM
1 Comments:
thank you for replying to my comment! I grew up not knowing God. I believed there was a God, but i wasn't even sure about that, really. My parents delved in the occult and I just kind of did my own thing. I messed around in the occult myself later and by the time i was 16, I had seen strange things. I have seen flags waving as if the wind were blowing strongly, when in fact the wind wasn't blowing at all. Doors opening and closing by themselves. things of that nature. just wierd stuff. So i knew that there were things out there that i didn't want bothering me. I did drugs from 13-18, ranging from marijuana and alcohol to cocaine and methamphetamines. my parents had divorced when i was 14 and i lived with my dad until i was 17, whereas i came to live with my sister. My family kept inviting me to church, but I wasn't interested, so i made up excuses. Eventually i ran out of excuses not to go, so i gave in and went. As the pastor was preaching the sermon, I felt a bit uncomfortable. It wasn't anything he was saying that made me uncomfortable, i just had this feeling inside me that i hadn't been living the way I should, and not only that, but that I needed God. I didn't go up and pray with them, although they gave the invitation. But i did pray secretly, because i was embarassed, but i heard the pastor say that you have to confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior. I was with my girlfriend at the time (she came with me), and after the service we went back to her house. (When i met her i stopped doing the drugs. At this point we had been together for about 4 months.) Once we were inside her room, i stopped and looked at her and said, "well...I want you to be the one to see it. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior." Whew! i felt better after that. Like i had been carrying a 50 pound bag around with me my whole life and finally got to let go of it. and i thought to myself, "well i feel better now...." and i laid down with my girlfriend on her bed and we were just laying there. All of a sudden i got this feeling in my chest like my heart was on fire. It's hard to explain, but it wasn't painful. It was just as if i was having a heart transplant without the surgery. I was in total shock. not knowing what was going on, i asked my girlfriend, "what are you doing to me!?" she said, "it's not me, it's Jesus." Then i felt what can best be described as a wave washing over me, but not like a real ocean wave, but a wave of emotion in a sense, and i just started laughing uncontrollably. I had never laughed like that before, and i can only describe how i felt at that moment as perfect joy. After some amount of time between 5 and 10 minutes, i stopped laughing and just felt relaxed and at peace. not long after this i went to a prayer meeting with my family, and everyone was speaking in a language i'd never heard. The pastor asked if there was anyone who had not received the baptism in the holy spirit. I raised my hand and went up there and he put his hand on my shoulder and said, "I release the anointing of the Holy Spirit from the top of your head to the souls of your feet" and i felt a welling up in side me, and all of a sudden I was speaking a thousand miles an hour in a language i had never heard before - and it didn't sound like what the other people had been speaking either! then my hands started tingling, and the tingling sensation kept getting stronger until it felt like electricity was surging through my hands. The pastor saw the look of amazement on my face and God must have told him what was going on. He asked if anyone was in pain or if they just wanted a fresh touch from God. Somewhere around 15 people came and lined up in the front and the pastor instructed me to lay my hands on them and say, "I release the anointing of the Holy Spirit, from the top of your head to the souls of your feet." The first few people i laid hands on them and i didn't even say anything yet and they just fell on the floor. then i laid hands on a person's elbow that was hurting, and they said the pain was gone, and almost everyone i laid hands on seemed to lose the ability to function and fall down. I don't just believe that God is real. I know He is. I'm not just hoping for the best. I know that if Jesus Christ doesn't come back before I die, then when i die i'll be in Heaven. I know that Heaven is real, and that Hell is real too. You asked me why i believed so strongly that your disbelief in God was wrong. Now you know. Nothing i've just written was an exaggeration or lie. It is my personal testimony of Jesus Christ. You asked what the girl meant that wrote, "let God use you." Those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior belong to God. If you haven't accepted Jesus, then the bible says you are a son of disobedience. the Bible says that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. that means everyone has broken God's law. Romans 6:23 says that the wages of sin is death. That means that if you have ever broken God's laws (the ten commandments), and everyone has, that you are deserving of death. That means that if you died right now, heaven isn't an option. Some people say that all religions lead to God, but Jesus said "I am THE way, THE truth, and THE life. No one comes to the father except through me." That means that without Jesus Christ, there is no hope. But God loved the world so much that He sent His only Son to die on the cross for us, that none should perish, but have everlasting life. God uses those who are willing to do His work on the earth, and He has used me to talk to you. It isn't just a coincidence or chance happening that i came across your website, nor that you even replied. I know that you are feeling something inside you while you're reading this. That's because the Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgement, and He is speaking to you. Answer the call. thanks for reading what i have to say. i'll be looking forward to your reply.
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