Why do I cry during church?

Question

I've been a Christian for 23 years. When I got married and had children, somehow it just became a little harder to get to church every Sunday, but it seems something has changed. I now can't make it thru the songs without feeling like sobbing my eyes out, especially during communion(sp?). I can't figure it out. Are my tears coming due to the wondrance of God, or is it the guilt I have for my sins. I just wonder if anyone else is like me. I know my sister used to cry during the communion hymn, when we were kids, but..... I guess I'm just looking for some insight, while I pray for it as well.

I don't recall really think about anything, but the songs we sing just seem to move me...to tears.

A couple of the songs are Nearer My God to Thee, and the Old Rugged Cross

Answer 1

Your tears are a sign that the Holy Spirit is working in and through you. As you continue to grow in your relationship you will be more aware of the Holy Spirit's presence and the work that He is doing in your life. Sometimes a certain song effects you that way because of something that the Spirit is trying to tell you. I still cry every time I hear the Methodist Hymn 'Here I am,Lord' . For years I had no idea why it affected me this way but now in retrospect I know that it was because it spoke to the heart of my calling and God uses it to make His point. I am so happy for you. Maybe this sounds nuts but it is so beautiful when the Lord begins to speak to you in new ways during worship. Pray to Him and ask what it is He is trying to get through to you. He will tell you.

Answer 2

It is definitely the Holy Spirit moving you. What are the songs about when you cry. You could feel like you are missing what the songs are talking about. I am not saying you are not a christian but if you haven't been to church you may feel distant from God. I don't know if you already are but daily prayer bible study and quiet time with God is a great way to get back into a close relationship with God.

Answer 3

You probably are geniunely moved by the service.

It can be a time of real self reflection and contemplation of how your life is going.

I get very emotional when I work with animals at the shelter. I really never feel closer to nature and something bigger than me at that moment when you have a valuable and innocent lifeform in your hands.

That is what opens my spirit up. Maybe church does that for you.

Answer 4

Don't be confused. Often times the Holy Spirit moves people to tears. Many times in the Bible when people came before the sight of GOD they fell on their faces and wept. It is not a bad thing. Sometimes I am moved to tears when I worship GOD, the same way I am sometimes moved to lift up my hands. Be glad that the Spirit moves you. :)

Answer 5

Possibly a combination of both. You are experiencing the presence of God, and as a result you are grieved by your sin.It happens to me sometimes. It seems that I will never completely be rid of sin until I am made perfect in the presence of the Lord. The glory and holiness and goodness of God is a stark contrast to our sinfulness, Yet He loves us perfectly anyway.Highest Praise to the Lord Most High.

Answer 6

I think you must have a kind and sensitive heart that's very tender toward the things of God. You feel His love very deeply, and you're moved to tears. It's not guilt. . .it's a natural reaction to loving and being loved by God.

The prophet Jeremiah was known as the "weeping prophet" because he wept frequently over the sins of Israel and the coming punishment. And I have several friends who frequently cry when they feel the Presence of God in a particularly close way.

So no, you're not alone.

Answer 7

Tough good question

You have to look at yourself and decide about you inner feelings No one can look inside your spirit other than you. The other could be emotions from the feminine side it could also be the feeling of the presence of of God. Sometime sit back and talk to God. I have no doubt, if you seek Gods answer, it can be found. May God bless you in your search.

Answer 8

Honey, you are crying tears of joy and let them flow. Going to church each week and feeling like you do is exactly what God wants. He wants you close to HIM. He wants you to spread the Good News of Jesus.
Your tears are not from guilt, they're from the joy of what you're feeling while being in church.

Answer 9

it's because u put your eyes stronger on the Lord, or the Lord is pulling u closer to him. U feel his spirit touching u, I've been brought to my knees in a uncontrollable weep. I've cried so much that people think something is wrong, I'm like no I'm just worshipping. Some times when I seek unto him I feel his touch, and he cries me. It perks my prayer up, and I try stronger in my prayers.

Answer 10

Without bringing God into it: Religious services are powerful, emotional, uplifting things. They were designed that way, hence the organ or other astounding musical accompaniment, the eloquent sermon or liturgy or reading of whatever sort, the architecture designed to draw your eye upward and outward. If you're someone drawn to that sort of beauty in life, it will very readily touch your heart and speak to you.

(I got choked up during a service at St. Paul's in London, and again during the Christmas vespers (Lutheran) here at college last year. I got choked up at a friend's bat mitzvah, at my boyfriend's mosque, and when I toured the Buddhist retreat and sat za-zen on the Hudson River. I am very emotionally impacted by beauty and wonder in the world, and I see it in all of those services.)