I want to share something that is not usually mentioned at church. It's common knowledge to many Christians that a goosebump type rush is often associated to a strong presence of the Holy Spirit. When I say this, I have experienced it during strong prayer, worship or sometimes even it becomes a sign/answer/confirmation to something your dealing with right then when the timing of it matches the current situation.
I did not have anyone tell me about this before I experienced it for myself. Only after noticing it happening during the above listed times did I question it. I had never received "goosebumps" this often before I fully gave my life to Jesus Christ, which this caused me to question what the reasoning or source behind them were from. I searched Google and found that many others Christians have also experienced it too and agree that they are not regular goosebumps. I searched the Bible and found a reference that relates to this reaction of the flesh to the presence of a Spirit.
Job 4:15 (King James Version)
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up
My last day at BAP Belvidere Assembly Plant (maybe forever, only God knows) was a very joyful one. I wish that I could include full details here, but due to peoples privacy I can't.
While working these past three weeks to help train the 1st shift replacements in group 9 team 5, I worked with many strangers. They were strangers at first but when I left, they were far from strangers. I received sincere goodbyes and even a hug from a very sweet Christian lady from St. Louis that shared some of her personal testimony with me. Many of these people were transfers from St. Louis and I'm happy I had a chance to meet them. I pray that people in the plant would stop pointing blame on all the transfers, they are NOT the source of our displacement of jobs. Our source of displacement comes from Chrysler's poor planning/management which opened up a 3rd shift when it was not needed and therefore causing many "new positions" that under our UAW contract these transfers have an option to move in to. These transfers are simply trying to provide for their family much like I am by taking a temp transfer to work in Kenosha Wisconsin at KEP the engine plant.
My wife told me that my mother-in-law told her that if she did not know me so well that she would think that I'm on drugs or something. Why? Well, because I'm so calm about this loss of job and temp transfer to Kenosha. This is the peace and joy you receive when you let Jesus take the wheel.
My last day finished even better than expected with God's hand at work. In short, while I shared Christian testimony with someone about how God's hand has moved in my life, a co-worker I had not seen in about a year stopped by and said hello. I mentioned that it was my last day and he said it was his too. He said he's going to Kenosha too and that he has an apartment already. He asked if I was going to drive or if I had a place yet. I told him I planed to drive until I received some clear direction. He said he was looking for a roommate but the requirements are no drinking, drugs or smoking. All of these requirements are just what I want myself and we swapped phone numbers.
In this short conversation, it seems God hand delivered more provision for me. Time will soon tell if this is truly from God, but everything points in that direction. The timing could not have been better both in provision for a temp place of residence but even more as testimony in action right in front of the person I was witnessing to minutes before about how God has and continues to provide for me in my life. I'm just giving credit where credit is due, thank you Jesus, AMEN!
CONFIRMATION - a. The act of confirming. b. Something that confirms; verification.
Not all confirmations received are happy ones. Saturday night during a song of praise before the service message, I felt a calling from the Holy Spirit to stand up in praise and exalt God. I have shown praise to God in this fashion before so it would have been nothing unusual for me, but I resisted. I really questioned at the time if this truly was a prompting from the Holy Spirit. I often receive confirmations after the fact if something was a true prompting or not from God. If not acted upon out of faith right away when prompted to do whatever, it's often too late to correct later as in this case. I have no reason for resisting other than by nature our flesh is always fighting our spirit. Even after returning home I could not shake the thought of my suspected disobedience. This inability for me to be at peace over a suspected prompting often signifies to me that yes that prompting was from God. I prayed and asked for forgiveness. I also often ask God to take me to the scripture He wants to speak to me through. As I opened the Bible to what non-believers would say is just a random page, I was unable to deny what God was trying to tell me. The pages I opened to spoke of Peter and how he in his weakest point, denied Jesus Christ. Today I have been directed to a verse that also relates to my disobedience:
Psalm 107:32 (KJV)
Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Just as Peter did, I'm not going to allow the enemy to turn my disobedience in to self-condemnation. As embarrassed as I am to publicly admit this disobedience, I must humble myself and just do it.
Many churches that believe in The Father (GOD), The Son (Jesus Christ) & The Holy Spirit do not agree on different topics such as:
Believers must keep the law (tithes)OR Believers are not under the law (tithes)
Believers can lose their salvation OR Believers cannot lose their salvation
Baptism is necessary OR Baptism is not necessary
Believers speak in tongues OR Believers do not speak in tongues
God will answer prayers of faith OR Many good prayers go unanswered
Miracles and healing are assured OR Miracles and healing are not assured
There is no pre-tribulation rapture OR The rapture is before the tribulation
Salvation by faith requires works OR Salvation requires faith and not works
Believers must keep the Sabbath OR Sabbath observance is unnecessary
Unclean foods are prohibited OR All foods are clean
If you have what I call a "SPIRITUAL ROADBLOCK" it is often caused because the Holy Spirit gives you unrest about what you have been thinking, learning or praying about. My most recent roadblock was about tithes being required. I could go in to detail here how God supernaturally revealed to me that we are under "grace" and are not required to give tithe, but I need to do that in person. Please feel free to email me and I'd be happy to meet with you.
I am not saying that you should not give to your church, I'm saying we are not required to give tithes (10%) as we have been so often taught. We should support our church with free will offerings, but we are not required by God to give tithes. God wants you do to give free will offerings because you want to, not because you are required to do so by His law.
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