Experiencing with God personally.
- Thread starter Elizabeth1505
- Start date
-
Christian Chat is a moderated online Christian community allowing Christians around the world to fellowship with each other in real time chat via webcam, voice, and text, with the Christian Chat app. You can also start or participate in a Bible-based discussion here in the Christian Chat Forums, where members can also share with each other their own videos, pictures, or favorite Christian music.
If you are a Christian and need encouragement and fellowship, we're here for you! If you are not a Christian but interested in knowing more about Jesus our Lord, you're also welcome! Want to know what the Bible says, and how you can apply it to your life? Join us!
To make new Christian friends now around the world, click here to join Christian Chat.
This story is incredible, but one time I was outside laying down, watching the clouds, and praying when suddenly a large cloud began descending directly at me. I actually became alarmed because that's not normal. I took a picture of it and I could see that a figure had formed in it.
I showed this picture to a non-Christian and they were quite taken aback by this, but it did help my witness. Yes I believe that was a sign from God.
I showed this picture to a non-Christian and they were quite taken aback by this, but it did help my witness. Yes I believe that was a sign from God.
-
5
-
1
- Show all
I was in hospital 8 days with pancreatitis. It's awful. I've never been in such pain. I felt like my chest was about to explode. I found out later that one in ten people die from it. I found it near impossible to pray. At first, all I could do was cry out, "Lord have mercy".
I found some Christian music on my phone. They were gentle and encouraging hymns, including "A Mighty Fortress is our God". How I needed to hear that! Some of the nurses were Christians and were encouraged by the hymns. I was so out of it that I did not remember how to turn the volume down. I was able to witness to one of the doctors, She was from a Christian family but not a believer. My now wife visited me while the doctor was there. My wife prayed for me out loud. The doctor later told me that she saw my wife's prayer answered to the word.
I did not get other visitors because it was during the COVID time and hospitals restricted visits to one a day.
I was supposed to have my gall bladder removed. They kept putting it off as I was beginning to stabilise. I still have it, 2-1/2 years later. I had injections and blood tests twice a day. I ate and drank nothing for 5 days. I was given fentanyl one time for the pain. I refused it later because it made me feel way too good. I understand why people get addicted. The rest of the time it was oxycodine or morphine.
I knew that God was with me the whole time. In spite of everything, I had a deep down peace. I would not wish the ordeal on anyone, but I experienced the power of God to deliver and comfort in times of affliction. Lord Jesus was with me every moment. I never felt abandoned even in the worst of the pain.
I found some Christian music on my phone. They were gentle and encouraging hymns, including "A Mighty Fortress is our God". How I needed to hear that! Some of the nurses were Christians and were encouraged by the hymns. I was so out of it that I did not remember how to turn the volume down. I was able to witness to one of the doctors, She was from a Christian family but not a believer. My now wife visited me while the doctor was there. My wife prayed for me out loud. The doctor later told me that she saw my wife's prayer answered to the word.
I did not get other visitors because it was during the COVID time and hospitals restricted visits to one a day.
I was supposed to have my gall bladder removed. They kept putting it off as I was beginning to stabilise. I still have it, 2-1/2 years later. I had injections and blood tests twice a day. I ate and drank nothing for 5 days. I was given fentanyl one time for the pain. I refused it later because it made me feel way too good. I understand why people get addicted. The rest of the time it was oxycodine or morphine.
I knew that God was with me the whole time. In spite of everything, I had a deep down peace. I would not wish the ordeal on anyone, but I experienced the power of God to deliver and comfort in times of affliction. Lord Jesus was with me every moment. I never felt abandoned even in the worst of the pain.
-
2
-
2
-
1
- Show all
No one in my family believes me when I talk about experiences with God,or when talking about spiritual truths.If they were to believe me,they'd have to acknowledge that they wanted me dead so their secrets can be buried with me.Honestly,most of my family don't believe in God.And the ones that do,are lukewarm and think going to church on Sundays is good enough.
What they're doing is rejecting God,not me.They rather refuse to repent sincerely and hide behind their lies.
What they're doing is rejecting God,not me.They rather refuse to repent sincerely and hide behind their lies.
I have had a few God being present in remarkable ways but my life this is what I have felt most throughout it.
I found my mother dead at the age of 8 during the night/early morning after having a bad dream and my father died from cancer when I was 12. No matter if I was following God's will or not during my entire life I have always felt that God had his eye on me and it felt like He was always looking out for me like a protective umbrella. When I read the Bible verses where God is talking about being special to orphans and widows those verses hold a special place in my heart because I have felt his protection though out my life.
I found my mother dead at the age of 8 during the night/early morning after having a bad dream and my father died from cancer when I was 12. No matter if I was following God's will or not during my entire life I have always felt that God had his eye on me and it felt like He was always looking out for me like a protective umbrella. When I read the Bible verses where God is talking about being special to orphans and widows those verses hold a special place in my heart because I have felt his protection though out my life.
-
2
- Show all
I can identify with the hurt for losing a pet.
My dog , a mixed breed pitbull and chow, died April 4 2016 around noon. Exactly 1 year later to the day and almost the hour an unknown dog came to my driveway which was also a pit chow mix. (Chows have a blue tongue) It stayed there. I gave it water and it laid down in the drive. After a while it started to howl. I petted it a couple of times over the several hours it stayed. Finally I went outside and got close. Leaned over and it rose up and licked the tip of my nose. I then went back in my house. Next time I went out it was gone and did not return and I haven't seen it since. Still wondering if I should have brought it in to stay.
My dog , a mixed breed pitbull and chow, died April 4 2016 around noon. Exactly 1 year later to the day and almost the hour an unknown dog came to my driveway which was also a pit chow mix. (Chows have a blue tongue) It stayed there. I gave it water and it laid down in the drive. After a while it started to howl. I petted it a couple of times over the several hours it stayed. Finally I went outside and got close. Leaned over and it rose up and licked the tip of my nose. I then went back in my house. Next time I went out it was gone and did not return and I haven't seen it since. Still wondering if I should have brought it in to stay.
-
1
- Show all
16 years ago my family was driving back from a snow camp that our fellowship hosts every year. It was me, my husband, 2 year old daughter and 2 month old son. Long story short, I was driving and panicked when we hit ice and stomped on the brakes. Our car slid into the walls of snow/ice that had been pushed away from the road, flipped, and we spun upside-down. I can still remember spinning and thinking, "This is it. This is how I die."
We all made it through okay. The kids were sound asleep during the whole accident and didn't make a peep until strangers pulled them out of their car seats. Then they started screaming. lol.
When the police and paramedics came they said they were amazed because the roof of our car should have been crushed and that it looked like a hand had cupped the vehicle, keeping it intact. Really showed me that God was looking out for us. Makes me cry every time I think about it.
We all made it through okay. The kids were sound asleep during the whole accident and didn't make a peep until strangers pulled them out of their car seats. Then they started screaming. lol.
When the police and paramedics came they said they were amazed because the roof of our car should have been crushed and that it looked like a hand had cupped the vehicle, keeping it intact. Really showed me that God was looking out for us. Makes me cry every time I think about it.
-
4
- Show all
This is back in my numbskull teenage years...
My friends and I found a huge tree fort in a massive oak tree several miles out in the country from where we lived (Michigan boon docks and not another soul from us in miles!).
Well, we did some things we shouldn't have up there (thank you Lord for forgiving me), and then I fell down the massive oak tree and did at least three summer salts down a main branch before I landed on a platform a few feet from the bottom. 10 feet down from me was a barbed wired fence...I would have been split in two.
My friends from up above said, "Dave, are you okay". I mumbled, yeah, and they started laughing. Thanks guys...
Intervention from the Lord that I will never forget--I could have died that night.
My friends and I found a huge tree fort in a massive oak tree several miles out in the country from where we lived (Michigan boon docks and not another soul from us in miles!).
Well, we did some things we shouldn't have up there (thank you Lord for forgiving me), and then I fell down the massive oak tree and did at least three summer salts down a main branch before I landed on a platform a few feet from the bottom. 10 feet down from me was a barbed wired fence...I would have been split in two.
My friends from up above said, "Dave, are you okay". I mumbled, yeah, and they started laughing. Thanks guys...
Intervention from the Lord that I will never forget--I could have died that night.
-
2
- Show all
