Friday, 12 December 2008
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God Spoke to Me Audibly and Turned My Life Around
Guest post by flying_nutshell
When I was thirteen, I suffered from severe depression. I was terribly antisocial and had only two or three friends. Many times I would crawl into my closet and contemplate committing suicide. I really, really wanted to die.
Then my parents persuaded me to go to church camp for a week. It didn't make things better. I barely spoke to anyone and spent most of my time reading or sitting alone.
The night before camp ended, my small group leader - she was a college student - pulled me aside and said, "I need to talk to you." She must have seen the alarmed look on my face, for she laughed and added, "Relax. This is just standard procedure. As the small group leader, it's my responsibility to get to know all the girls in my group. I'm doing this with everyone, not just you." I relaxed.
We sat down on the steps outside the worship hall, and she said, very gently, "I think you're not very happy. Are you okay?"
"No," I said and burst into tears. It was the first time anyone had asked me that question, and I couldn't stop crying. She sat there with her arms around my shoulders as I sobbed and sobbed into my hands. I think it went on for about twenty minutes. I wept, she kept handing me tissues, and she prayed for me. Before then, I'd never seriously believed in the power of prayer, but when I heard her asking God to give me strength and joy and peace, I was moved beyond words. After a while, I finally stopped crying. I looked at her with swollen red eyes and thanked her in a hoarse voice.
"Are you ready to go back in now?" she asked. I nodded. She walked me back into the worship hall, and we parted. It was later that I learned - through correspondence with her - that she had actually lied that night. She never met with any of the other girls in the small group; it had just been me.
I found an empty corner in the worship hall and got down to my knees to pray. There was only one prayer I could say, over and over again: "Dear God, please, please, please make everything all right. Please God, please help me, please let everything be all right, please let everything be all right. Help me God, I really need your help. Please God, please let everything be all right. Amen." I still say it sometimes, when I'm in trouble or pain, because it seems to be the only appropriate prayer for me. "Please let everything be all right."
As I knelt there, praying, I began to cry again. And it was then that I heard a voice in my head. It was a whisper, but it was clear and real as any spoken words:
"It's going to be all right."
I looked up. There was no one near me. The next day, I made my first friends at camp. The next month, I entered high school and made friends in all of my classes. Today, I am happy to be alive and well. God spoke to me, and He made everything all right. Praise to the Lord.
How has God comforted you lately?
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Also i just saw some other comments above mine..
1. God loves everyone equally. He never loves someone more than anyone else.
2. You do NOT have an imaginary friend. God is real, and you felt His presents. Don't let anyone tell you different. Thats the enemy trying to take you back. Don't EVER let that happen!
3. People who don't believe in God.. i feel bad for them because they are missing the one who sent His son on earth to save EVERYONE from our sins... people arent' excepting it nor are believing in it If Jesus didn't die on the cross to save us.. God would be destroying us left and right. They don't want to open the door up to God. They don't realize that they are full of sin, and don't know where to turn for their problems. They don't believe us when we say "we felt God's presence" or "he spoke to me" It's really sad. I'm a friend of God, and he speaks to me all the time. It's just that step of faith that you have to take. All you gotta do is talk to God. That person up there.. with his/hers "imaginary friend" yea im sorry.. but that would be the devil. And the Devil is so smart and slick and evil that he/she doesnt know that! That person up there has no idea his little friend is the Devil because He doesnt have Jesus in his heart, so that person don't know the difference.. anway im gonna stop right here.
but yeaa...say what you want. But that doesn't change what God's word says. God's word is true. the same yesterday today and forever.
@jhaguar13@xanga - Lol, no. "Without my imaginary friend," meaning I don't have one. Whatever. The gi-normous debate about religion will NEVER end.
They call this schizophrenia.
@jhaguar13@xanga - apologies then
prayer is a beautiful & mysterious thing.. no doubt.
That gave me goosebumps, and made my eyes fill up with tears. I can relate to to some of it. I'm so glad for you.
That my friend. Is beautiful.
Amen. Amen. Amen.
@jhaguar13@xanga - Well, someone's a bit uppity, aren't they?
I bet you didn't bother to even google search "Quantum Mechanics in the Brain". Maybe before you should question others, you should question yourself. Seriously, you probably spent more energy making a fool of yourself than looking into it.
I suggest quantumconsciousness.org, if you're actually interested.
:) God is reliable and some of the most powerful spiritual experiences come through prayer and listening for response. I too have heard audible answers and commands. Praise the Lord for His faithfulness.
Anything is possible, I'd like to believe.
Your story is one of triumph and reading it made me happy.
He's comforted me through songs, stories, testimonies, sermons etc.
that's an incredible story~ thanks for sharing.
my small group co-leader has been a great friend even though we were strangers in the beginning of the school year. i'm so glad to have someone who is able to relate with me... and also be Christian.. because I have so few Christian friends to help hold me accountable in many ways~~~
this is beautiful
Thanks for this story. I actually needed to hear this kind of testimony. I'm kind of going through a rough patch at the moment...and your testimony keeps me hoping that God has not forgotten me.
that is great next time you are feeling down read psalm 91.
I am not a religious person I never went to church in my life but a few months ago I went one time because my house was haunted and i was really scared things have always occured in this house.I thought god could help me and I asked god into my heart and i got tingles al over my body. I quit going to church after I got my house blessed which on the last window as my aunt recited the prayer and applied the olive oil an evil scream was heard by both of us it was more like a growl. Anyway i quit with church but still grappled with the idea of god until today when I woke up this morning as soon as I opened my eyes a white Light with a golden light in the center went inside of me and i coudnt move or tak and i got the same tingles and then Jesus spoke to me and he said I love you in a whisper in my left ear ...I now believe in God and have just picked up the bible for the first time in my life. My family is nonbelievers and I always laughed but now I believe
praise God! i know you're going to be okay! it is He who arms you with strength and makes your way perfect! (2 samuel 22:33)
love,
a non bible verse memorizer
p.s. i just love that mantra! :D
That's a great story. Similar to things that have happened to me many times. Each time is an absolute injection of love into the heart. Each time is an absolutely overwhelming experience of the soul. Each time reveals a bit more just how far off the thinking of natural man is.
My hope and prayer is that you experience many more of these as your life progresses.
Visit my blog to read a testimony in my own life titled "The Grandsons." I will post it in a few minutes.
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As someone who's searching for God, I'm inspired by stories like yours.Â