Waiting for a sense of power leaves you equally open for a counterfeit. Best to just pray normally and get on with real life the Lord has given us. You’ll have what you need when time to face whatever.
“leaves you equally open for a counterfeit.”
Who said pagans are always seeking for a sign?
“Best to just pray normally and get on with real life the Lord has given us.”
Amen! If you FEEL confident, it isn’t faith. Faith is what persists when feeling and reason says you are screwed.
And our faith is in GOD, not in getting what we ask for regardless! We ask like foolish children but we have faith in GOD to see us through.
“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.” - James 1 Endurance because we often do NOT get what we asked for, but what God wills instead - and it is often a drawn out process, in which we change to accept GOD’S will, not change God to accept OURS!
I understand your concern, but the article describes the tactile sense of a presence that is there in the universe. It is not a feeling—per se—but a recognition of what is already there.
Prayer is not the Force for us to use to manipulate our environment.
If the focus in on the Power, the it’s on the wrong thing. It should be on Jesus.