What religious experiences have happened to you that have affirmed your belief in a higer power?

Question

for those of you who believe in something greater than yourself, what experience(s) have shaped the way you believe...

Answer 1

My faith is not based on fear, nor was it taught to me. I was an atheist. Now a christian, what keeps my faith is the continous work in my life and the lives of those around me by god. what caused and keeps my faith is the experiences ive had with god (answered prayers, overwhelming feelings of his presence etc). I do not believe in hopes that i will go to heaven, nor do i fear of hell. I live my life as a christian because my life is all I can really give to god to say thank you. to show him that i love him. I couldnt fathom denying my own mother that she gave birth to me. I will not deny my god whom loves me and sacrificed himself so that I could spend eternity with him. I do not try to convert people, because finding god is a matter of personal drive. you must WANT to find god and ask him HONESTLY to show himself to you and come into your life. it may not happen instantly but it will happen. God will never deny you. faith comes into play after. once you honestly give yourself to god all your questions are answered and there is nothing left to question. i had many many doubts and questions about the bible, now I have none, isnt that amazing? true faith can never be swayed because true faith is honest belief, not belief based on anything else but true love for god. my faith cannot be swayed because i have evidence of god working in my life. I hope one day you can feel that too.

also, there will always be second chances, if at times you do fail

and maybe this period of doubt in your life is just a way to strengthen your faith. to answer those questions, and then later be able to identify with those who are in doubt and be able to help them. at least, thats what I look at my time as an athiest was

Answer 2

Waking up everyday. I've been down to the bottom of the barrel with an abusive husband, 2 children to care for own my own, no money, no home, no nothing and I felt beaten and that I had no where to turn. Then the "last straw" came about and I had a total breakdown in the middle of my empty apartment and crying hysterically I fell on my knees and I yelled out to my Father, no matter what you do I will not stop believing in you! Just like that the burdens were lifted from my shoulders and my life begin a complete turn around and I have never forgotten that peace that came over me the moment that I said that. I believe that I was being tested and my failures and other problems were amassed on me like that for that purpose. Have you ever heard the saying that the Lord will not give you more than you can handle? I live by that. No matter what happens I keep my faith and I know that He has my back.

Answer 3

i had a dream and an angel let me glimpse into heaven where I saw a tiny light get bigger and bigger. As it grew, the love I felt coming from it grew and was awesome.
I was driving to the grocery store and for some reason passed the store and kept driving. I ended up going to the hospital where my father-in-law was a patient. He was there for some basic stuff. He died unexpectedly 30 minutes after I arrived. I know God lead me to go to the hospital.
My little boy had a great fear of dogs and would not go outside to play. I had to carry him in my arms to the car. I realized I had not prayed about this issue. That night I prayed and laid my hands on his head as he slept. The next day he got up, went outside, and got the mail for me out of the mailbox at the end of the driveway. My prayer was answered.
Many others.

Answer 4

The fact that I have intuition has me wondering about God. Also the fact that there are such precise calculations involved in every small thing that happens in the universe -- I feel a lot of intelligence working somewhere.

Also, the fact that even though I have never met the people physically, there have been people who've wondered exactly like me in the past (as written in their books)

Answer 5

I have had visions of heaven and hell through dreams, then later realized I was actually seeing things the bible actually described!
I also heard of others who viwed similar sights in near death experiences. I have had the lord hold my hand during a suicide attempt, and guide me safely through the streete of LA when a gun was pulled on me in crack land.
I have felt Gods love in the darkness. I have been given children when I was not able. I have held fast to faith, and still breathe to tell it. Amen.

Answer 6

I believe in something greater than myself when I contemplate on the complexity of the universe. It has nothing to do with a god though.

Answer 7

God physically spoke to me.. I don't talk about it much, because people usually think I am full of balony and then give me grief about it. But that's the way it is.

I could have attributed it to me being crazy with a voice in my head, but it wasn't mine and when I listened, he guided me to a belief system that makes me feel very complete.

I don't usually discuss this on public forums due to the above reason and I am a reasonably private person, but if you want to discuss it more with me, then feel free to email me.

Answer 8

Too many to write about......but I will tell you this. You are familiar with the poem about God footprints in the sand...I was carried once, to the point of literally feeling hands in my arm pits...holding me up through a rough period......when I stood up and went ahead and admitted my marriage was over...God didn't need to hold me up anymore......I felt his hands release me and I had the strength to stand on my own.

Answer 9

when you study the way humans are made...how we function medically. the complexity of our makeup was engineered masterfully.

Answer 10

i couldn't tell all i was heal know a lot people was heal