Anyone had a truly spiritual experience- that made them believe in God?

Answer 1

When I was 17, I fell pregnant with my boyfriend's baby and did not want to have an abortion, but my parents were trying to force me. Something told me to open the Bible in desperation, and the first thing I saw on the open page was "Children are a gift from God, they are a blessing".

This gave me the courage to leave home, stay at a hospice and have the baby, and 20 years later, it's worked out fine.

Then 6 years ago, my hubby and I had problems conceiving after trying for 3 years. We tried IVF to no avail. My mum told me it would happen naturally and to have faith, she knew that God would bless us.

We were going to go for another cycle and I left the drugs at home by mistake when we went on holiday. So we had to postpone the IVF cycle. Whilst on holiday, like my mum said, I became pregnant with my son, and 3 years later, I had my daughter naturally. I believe my children are blessings and I am here to help them realise their potential.

So this really helped me to believe that there is a greater design, I try not to call it God, as I am not into religion just into faith and spirituality. Call it what you will, it's hard not to believe from my personal experience.

Answer 2

For me it's been more of a journey than a one off experience. I've known that God existed since I was a kid through my family, Christian meetings that I've been to, nature, etc. Ever since then, it's been a journey of getting to know Him better, learning to hear His voice etc. I've made some mistakes on the way, but through it all He's been faithful, and I know that He's taking me to the right place in the end.

2 years ago, I had a panic attack, and subsequently was ill in hospital for a while. The whole experience made me frightened. I thought I was going to die and go to hell, however, since then God's been reassuring me, and I'm tonnes better. I sometimes do still doubt, but I guess it's just a matter of trusting.

However, I can tell you about something which happened to some of my friends... About 6 years ago I was out in Argentina doing some missionary work with loads of other ppl. We split into teams and travelled to different parts of Sout America to work with various churches. One team went to the south of Argentina... Towards the end of the time, whilst one of the ppl were praying they had a picture of a 4-digit number, which was a bit strange. Over the next few days they found out that the coach which they'd planned to take back to Buenos Aires had been cancelled I think. They looked around for other ways to get back to Buenos Aires, and found out that the only way they could get back in time was by flying... so they phoned the airport. However, all the phone lines were shut. They listened to a long recorded message, and at the end, it said the phone lines are shut, however, if you know the extension number, key it in now... Immediately he remembered the number he had thought of whilst praying... it was the right number, and got him through to the right department, they got tickets and came back to BA in time. (Getting the money for the tickets was another story in itself!)

(Just in case you're wondering, I don't think he takes prayer requests to find out what the national lottery numbers are :)

Answer 3

I had the opposite, a sceptical epiphany when I realised just how utterly vile was the creed I was being brought up in, and how completely stupid and insipid theism was as an explanation for the universe.
Then when I really began to understand Darwin, and read people like Gould and Dawkins, I realised how beautifully everything worked, and what an amazing world it was, that was a spiritual experience to rival any other.

Answer 4

Yes. Everybody has it , only we cannot recollect . What were we before we take birth , in the womb ? It is a fact that children do cry or laugh while sleeping . So what were we doing in the womb ? Were we dreaming ? We had no consciousness at that time? Were we a body only ? Then how premature babies develop? Why some are born perfect ? Is the birth time only decides our destiny and fate? We sincerely try to forget these things , that is why we do not remember.
At the time of accidents and disease , how do we recover ? When someone dies or some birth takes place , what do we think ?
If you believe in life , if you believe death and if you believe in birth , you cannot say I do not believe in God.

Answer 5

Knowing God is a spiritual experience!

I was on the tube and said to God, if you want me to speak to those Christians don't let me get off at Clapham South.
The tube train pulled into Clapham South but the doors remained closed and wouldn't open...so I ended up getting off in Balham where I bumped into the Christian!

...Jesus answers prayers!

Answer 6

definite, yet just to no longer sound like an echo of my brother the sunlight guy, i'm going to upload this. there is plenty that detracts from 'scriptural understand-how' that it beggars concept. working example in those passages you chosen there is the 'King of Salem'. Who among the readers this is acquainted with that this 'salem' isn't a 'place', yet a state of being ? the present Hebrew observe is 'Shalom', which, by utilising the way, ability a great deal extra effective than basically effortless 'peace. It derives from the classic Egyptian concept of 'Ma'at'. The idealistic state of the rustic whilst the king ( definite, king, i.e. in the previous the pharaohs, who have been extremely basically 'regents' ) grow to be put in as a 'god', and Ra or Amun, ensured the peace, prosperity, wellness, welfare, food and all issues had to existence in the Egyptian state, with the aid of his 'son', the god-king. whilst one reads those words with this perception they tackle a plenty deeper value ... nicely they do to me , besides. We actual people exist here in the relative realm of the actual Universe. That which we many times think of of as 'God' isn't certain by utilising the confines of this dense, heavy ecosystem, extremely neither are we on the energetic point, that's, in my view, the 'God' point. In that realm neither 'Time' nor 'area' exist, and the ought to degree all issues in linear words is rendered moot. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Cosmic Infinity}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

Answer 7

It comes the other way round: You have to open your heat for Him with a simple talk - prayer - and then you'll have spiritual experience every time you call His name (or He calls yours). If you close you ears and turn away from me, how can we have a conversation? The same with Him, the moment you turn yourself towards Him - you'll know He's been waiting for you all that time.

Answer 8

I was on a youth retreat last summer with my church's youth group, and one night we were singing praises to God around a campfire. We took communion (only with grape juice instead of wine) and my youth pastor told us all to remember that the bread of communion represents Jesus' body that was broken and torn for us, and that the juice represents His saving blood, and that we were to eat it in remembrance of His love. As soon as I put the bread in my mouth, I started sobbing, because I literally felt the presence of God right there with me. I was so overwhelmed by His Love! All I could do was sit there and cry, and over and over in my mind ask, "Jesus, why? Why do you love me? Thank you that you do!" Since then, my relationship with Him has never been the same; it has been stronger, and I love Him so much deeper.

Answer 9

Yes, actually, and I am really skeptical of spiritual experiences...Once on a trip to India and another time after a confession to my local Catholic priest. I am not a religious person, nor am I a practising Catholic.

Answer 10

Yes I have. But through direct experience beliefs are dropped and there is no longer a need for religion as one knows the truth of themselves.