Is God really there?
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I would love to hear your very own thoughts on this.
rob
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Greetings friend, I was teaching a young man from Argentina on genuine faith, and I asked him some problems he has in his life. He said he had problem sleeping, too many dreams.
Now Tomas was not a believer in God, though His Dad is a Greek Orthodox believer, his Mum (divorced) lives in Canada, I met Tomas as a backpacker worker in my place of work, QLD Australia. So I said to him, I want you to claim a Faith promise.
Ps 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
(KJV)
Here I showed him the verse. I also told him this is the fastest and easiest way to prove God is real.
Than I said tonight, pray these words "Lord lay me down in your shalom peace"
He said OK I will try it.
The next morning, I asked him how did you go. He said no dreams, just sleep.
Great I said, now I want you not to ask this again tonight and see if your dreams come back.
The next day I met with Tomas and the dreams came back ! (Now some of us more mature people will remember a Faith Promise Not to test the Lord, but this is a Gideon, a new believer, hardly a mature SDA person)
SO I said tonight and every night remember to claim this Faith Promise "Lord lay me down in your shalom peace"
Now Tomas asked me a question, the same as my friend here:
What if if faith is an illusion designed to be a coping mechanism,or maybe a i am wrong?
I said to Tomas, you can always doubt the private miracles of His grace that come because you ask.
You can write them off as a co-incidence, or some illusion? God does not force Himself upon you.
Genuine faith has to be that way - it is a unknown unseen power that we hope for. SO there must be always hope and therefore always the possibility to doubt.
Here is a Faith Promise I tried only last night with success. I get up to dribble at night and have trouble sleeping again, my mind is too busy...
I usually pray these Faith Promises : "Lord lay me down in your shalom peace"
"Be my shield and protector" "Lead me not in troubles but give me a way of escape"
"Control my mind O Lord"
But I couldn't get my mind to rest in the Lord, too busy thinking.
SO I researched a Faith Promise and found this one:
Isa 21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
This verse deals with the LABAB, the relationship of God with you in your mind. Also twilight (the early hours of morning and night) and the problems of fear and fearfulness ( a mind too busy).
SO I prayed "Lord let my heart with you have no fear or fearfulness, and rest in your care"
Today I wake refreshed and with a good nights sleep.
Was this an illusion? No. I suggest you choose to solve problems that a naturally dysfunctional in you and see if supernatural powers from Jesus flow as you ask.
A powerful one I claim is this one
"Lord call on me at 4:45 am in the morning" Jeremiah 33:3 - you can make it any time you like,
God calls on you - no alarm clock - and it tests your faith very well- I get the times to be exact -
However no faith promise to get you out of bed, Only waking you up.
More : https://spiritualsprings.proboards.com/thread/112/practical-examples-genuine-faith
Hope this helps. Shalom
Now Tomas was not a believer in God, though His Dad is a Greek Orthodox believer, his Mum (divorced) lives in Canada, I met Tomas as a backpacker worker in my place of work, QLD Australia. So I said to him, I want you to claim a Faith promise.
Ps 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
(KJV)
Here I showed him the verse. I also told him this is the fastest and easiest way to prove God is real.
Than I said tonight, pray these words "Lord lay me down in your shalom peace"
He said OK I will try it.
The next morning, I asked him how did you go. He said no dreams, just sleep.
Great I said, now I want you not to ask this again tonight and see if your dreams come back.
The next day I met with Tomas and the dreams came back ! (Now some of us more mature people will remember a Faith Promise Not to test the Lord, but this is a Gideon, a new believer, hardly a mature SDA person)
SO I said tonight and every night remember to claim this Faith Promise "Lord lay me down in your shalom peace"
Now Tomas asked me a question, the same as my friend here:
What if if faith is an illusion designed to be a coping mechanism,or maybe a i am wrong?
I said to Tomas, you can always doubt the private miracles of His grace that come because you ask.
You can write them off as a co-incidence, or some illusion? God does not force Himself upon you.
Genuine faith has to be that way - it is a unknown unseen power that we hope for. SO there must be always hope and therefore always the possibility to doubt.
Here is a Faith Promise I tried only last night with success. I get up to dribble at night and have trouble sleeping again, my mind is too busy...
I usually pray these Faith Promises : "Lord lay me down in your shalom peace"
"Be my shield and protector" "Lead me not in troubles but give me a way of escape"
"Control my mind O Lord"
But I couldn't get my mind to rest in the Lord, too busy thinking.
SO I researched a Faith Promise and found this one:
Isa 21:4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
This verse deals with the LABAB, the relationship of God with you in your mind. Also twilight (the early hours of morning and night) and the problems of fear and fearfulness ( a mind too busy).
SO I prayed "Lord let my heart with you have no fear or fearfulness, and rest in your care"
Today I wake refreshed and with a good nights sleep.
Was this an illusion? No. I suggest you choose to solve problems that a naturally dysfunctional in you and see if supernatural powers from Jesus flow as you ask.
A powerful one I claim is this one
"Lord call on me at 4:45 am in the morning" Jeremiah 33:3 - you can make it any time you like,
God calls on you - no alarm clock - and it tests your faith very well- I get the times to be exact -
However no faith promise to get you out of bed, Only waking you up.
More : https://spiritualsprings.proboards.com/thread/112/practical-examples-genuine-faith
Hope this helps. Shalom