Soaking prayer/praise/worship. Of God? Of the occult?

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Tintin

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I've been to a friend's house church and seen my brother and a few of my friends laughing in the Spirit. It was one of their ways of praising God (and it didn't happen regularly). There was no rolling the aisles or anything more than praying and laughing for long periods. I didn't understand it at the time and it unnerved me (because I didn't find it funny, nor experience it for myself) but I never thought it was steeped in the occult. House church always involved soaking in God's Word, discussing it with each other, praying for each other and the community and singing songs of praise to him. Nothing occult. I think it's sad how some try to hijack words like 'meditation', 'mysticism' etc. and only understand them as something not of God. Originally, these words had Godly connotations. Also, the focus is exclusively on listening to God and hearing from him, not emptying oneself of all thought and opening oneself to anything (good or bad). The Bible talks about focusing our eyes of our Triune God and praying without ceasing. What I've just described is no different.
 
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Ryanmac92

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I believe that the toronto blessing is indeed the kundilini spirit, you may have already done the research on how hinduism has the same reactions when people lay hands on others.
 
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Ryanmac92

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Thank you for posting that video :) its so beautiful, i truly believe thats the right way of being quiet, reading the word and listening to praise music, God always come in such a gentle way its hard to describe haha :)
 
RedTent

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If we are truly soaking in the Lord, we must go to scripture about it, not what others do about mood music or meditation techniques, or any of that. Just scripture. David did this, he sat quietly and did not empty his mind, but put God into his mind. Christ did this, and I think of his time on Gethsemane. In Psalms it talks of this, and it always says to meditate on the Lord.

I do this, but I give myself helps for this. I want to close out my personal life and surroundings, I want only God around me with no distractions. I am going to tell you steps I, personally take to help me do this if your will please know it is not the steps I take to do this, but the results that are important.

I have a prayer shawl that was made in Jerusalem. I know that Jerusalem will be important when Christ returns, that is why I like the idea that it was made there. It is of wool, and wool that is not heavily processed by man but as natural from the sheep as it can be and not have a bad odor, so the wool is as close to how God created it as possible. It is blue and white, colors that have spiritual significance. Understand that these things are not important to have in a shawl, it is only important that we stay close to God. I use these characteristics in the shawl to impress my mind with this.

Next, I want to close our my physical surroundings to take in all that is spiritual of my God. So I put God's blessing on the shawl, and put it over my head. The shawl itself has no importance at all, but secluding myself with my God has every importance. I use the shawl as a symbol that all outside the shawl is not important, I imagine it as a shield so I am alone with my Lord. Understand, please, it is not the shawl that is important, it is focusing on my Lord that is important.

Next I make myself aware that light represents the light that is all of our God, all the love, all the understanding, all the healing power of God. I let that light fill me. Sometimes it is with scripture. Sometimes it is with an awareness of His love. Sometimes it is with answers to problems.

It is a wonderful blessing.
 
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