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To: gondramB
I was a volunteer fireman in the county in which I used to live. One day we got a call to a small baptist church for a woman who was having a seizure. I responded to the call in my car as did the folks in the fire engine. When we got there, there was a woman on the floor, her seizure pretty much over. People who have seen this know that the it's almost like watching a person's brain reboot (like a computer). She was laying there and gradually became aware of what was around her.

But what was really interesting was that when I went in the church, and saw all the people standing around in concern, I got this feeling. It is hard to describe. It was like an inner warmth and a feeling of absolute peace.

Anyway, as she woke up she for some reason fixated on me and looked puzzled (like "who is this guy?"). I am just a First Responder, and there was a Paramedic and EMT there and I figured I was just in the way, so I left the building. I've never been back there, but I've always wondered if I went back would it feel the same way.

26 posted on 11/22/2006 4:30:21 AM PST by Scutter
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To: Scutter

but I've always wondered if I went back would it feel the same way.

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Hard to say.

Quite likely not. But possibly similar.

1. If a church/congregation stays close to The Lord and worship is authentic, heart-felt and Spirit-led, you might feel quite similarly or more so walking into the building. That, sadly, tends to be a big "if."

2. God seems to have an aversion to doing the same sort of 'supernatural' confirmation thing over and over in the same way and the same place. Kind of like He doesn't want us addicted to the phenomena but in love with HIM AS HE IS vs merely in love with such side effects so to speak.

3. The situation would be different and the focus would be different. That setting was being compassionate, supportive, nurturing etc. to a sister who was having a difficulty. Next time, the pastor could be in the midst of a declarative sermon against sin. The subjective atmosphere of the place would likely be different even though Holy Spirit could be intensely there in the midst of such a sermon.

4. IT IS a GREAT clue, as Scriptue indicates, TO FOLLOW AFTER PEACE--AND THE SORT OF PEACE YOU FELT. That's a good rule of thumb about following an inner still small voice that one might wonder if it's Holy Spirit, or not.

May God lead you and all you love into deeper and deeper intimacy with Him.


32 posted on 11/23/2006 8:04:47 AM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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