For a while I have been extremely depressed, pondering what life is about because I am a quiet person and incidently a "boring" person that no one would actually want to relate to or be friends with. I was constantly spying on other people's myspaces and day dreaming about the happy lives they have with all their friends and relationships. I was so mad at my inability I started accusing God of making me like this and really criticized God all day and even on Yahoo Answers. With this attitude, I went to my church. The weird thing was that the sermon was exactly the direct answer to my questions. It provided the causes, effects, and solutions to the problems that I was facing. After that, I just fell down and cried for forgiveness.I believe that this testifies to God's existence and his extent of love to embrace the lonely and the desperate even though these people may denounce God.
Did you have an experience that reaffirmed your faith in God?
2007-11-29 19:45:02 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, I have experienced the same thing, thinking or praying about something and when I go to church during the sermon
I get the answer.
During Hurricane Katrina I was separated from friends and family for a few months.
I was able to get in touch with some, but not my Dad.
I didn't go to church for a week and my pastor called to check on me, I told him I was upset because I had a few questions that God didn't answer.
My pastor told me everything would work out.
About a week later while I was working, the church secretary called and asked me to come to the church. When I got there my Dad was standing in the office.
God is amazing.
2007-11-29 20:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When your mind is preoccupied with something, everyday events seem to be geared towards this something. A person who has just been dumped will hear nothing but love songs on the radio, and everyone in the world will seem to be couples holding hands. Someone worried about an illness will find that there seems to be a report on the TV about it all the time, or on the Internet, or they will suddenly see mention of it in a book. The world hasn't changed for these people, nor are there cruel 'radio angels' making sure only heartbreaking love songs are played. It is just the human mind connecting the dots as it is so good at doing. It is exactly the same as horoscopes. Read them all and they will appear to be catered just for you. The sermon at your church was probably just something that any other day you would haven't have really noticed. Because you were preoccupied with your problem you immediately made a connection. It's good that you found your answers, but believing god did this is pure wishful thinking. If something as obviously coincidental as this 'reaffirmed' your faith, I'm surprised you had a problem with it in the first place.
2007-11-29 20:04:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes I did. Many years ago I married for the third time and was very much in the world. Well the woman I married was a true Christan but I figured as long as she didn't push it upon me it was OK. For years she would take the children to church and would occasionally ask me to go but would give her a crude answer. I remember walking past the bedroom and seeing her knelling and praying, It used to creep me out and I say to myself , who does she think can hear her. Well I did everything in my power to destroy my marriage and instead of asking me to get out. She asked me to get on my knees with her. She asked me to pray and I said, I don't know how your the professional. Well she started to pray and after about fifteen minuets I thought it would be better to just leave then to keep doing this. But it being my third marriage said to myself do you really want to go through another divorce. Then when she was done praying said to get dressed were going to church. As the ministers preached my heart was broken and the words pierced my heart. The Lord allowed me to see all the prayers my wife made answered the next week. I saw God's hand move and I can never deny him again. I praise Him and Love Him for truly He loved me first.
2007-11-29 20:17:49 · answer #3 · answered by furgetabowdit 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh boy! Did I?
Yes, many, many times.
I have a very strange testimony. If you want to read it, please comment on it:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-7rEUJP4lbqSbntikbR2aAw--?cq=1&p=20
Desperation is born of humiliation. Humiliation leads to humility. Humility makes us humble. And that's how the Lord gets our attention, when we need to be humiliated.
2007-11-29 19:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only retarded people can feel like that cause god doesn't exist
2007-11-30 02:38:27 · answer #5 · answered by ;) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋