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lauriellen:
was thinking along the same lines last night as i read these scriptures:

Act 17:27  to seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after Him and might find Him, though indeed He not being far from each one of us.
Act 17:28  For in Him we live and move and exist, as also some of the poets among you have said, For we are also His offspring.

was wondering if He is near, why don't i feel Him? If i live in Him and His spirit dwells in me, how come i don't somehow 'feel' it, or sense it or know it? Are we suppose to 'feel' different somehow, if God dwells in us? or is that the flesh wanting that 'physical' confirmation?....shouldn't we at least 'feel' different spiritually?.....just my thoughts.
lauri

markn902:
HI
I have felt that way before I don't have an answer but I can tell you what I do. I seek Him out. through reading the bible and praying. If it is not a Bible study with my wife then I am reading through the Old Testament not really looking for an answer just reading what is there and getting some knowledge.God is still there but it is harder for us because we don't go to church and jump up and down and all that. Sometimes being right and knowing the truth can be lonely. At least it has been for me at times. I am lucky to have a wife that is open to studying the Bible though.
pray,pray, and pray! and also check the intentions of your heart is the advice I would give myself.

I hope it passes soon for you  :)

Roy Coates:
I too am a part of this club! don't like it either. I trust that Jesus will finish the work He started in me for His Glory not mine.

GaryK:

--- Quote from: lauriellen on July 27, 2011, 09:44:09 PM ---was thinking along the same lines last night as i read these scriptures:

Act 17:27  to seek the Lord, if perhaps they might feel after Him and might find Him, though indeed He not being far from each one of us.
Act 17:28  For in Him we live and move and exist, as also some of the poets among you have said, For we are also His offspring.

was wondering if He is near, why don't i feel Him? If i live in Him and His spirit dwells in me, how come i don't somehow 'feel' it, or sense it or know it? Are we suppose to 'feel' different somehow, if God dwells in us? or is that the flesh wanting that 'physical' confirmation?....shouldn't we at least 'feel' different spiritually?.....just my thoughts.
lauri

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Hi Lauri,

Good questions and a dossier of questions I've thought so many times.   To pull a Spock, seems to be spiritually 'logical' huh?

On the other hand I'm of the leaning that the part in red is probably true.  That's a battleground.

gk

Kat:

Hi Lauri,


--- Quote ---was wondering if He is near, why don't i feel Him? If i live in Him and His spirit dwells in me, how come i don't somehow 'feel' it, or sense it or know it? Are we suppose to 'feel' different somehow, if God dwells in us?
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You know I have wondered about this as well, thinking about how the Holy Spirit is in us. Well it comes into our mind, it's manifested in the way we think and of course the change there is very profound. Since it's not a physical thing you can't actually feel it in your body. But I do think you realize when it's indwelling, I mean the changes in behavior would be very significant and noticeable. With the Holy Spirit indwelling your whole way of thinking, your attitude changes, you would be constantly moving away from the carnal and towards the spiritual.

Php 2:5  For, let this mind be in you that is also in Christ Jesus,

Mat 7:20  Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.

Gal 5:22  But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,
v. 23  meekness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
v. 24  But those belonging to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
v. 25  If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

I guess it is a gradual process and the changes are more noticed when you look back to how far you have come.

mercy, peace and love
Kat

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