r/FAITH

This reddit forum has thousands, hundreds of thousands if not millions of people. I scroll past conversations of discussion, debates, encouraging stories and even miracles.
“Then if any one says to you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There he is!’ do not believe it.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭23‬ ‭RSV‬‬
How often do we tend to believe what we read on this reddit forum… I pause and think back, oh the swine we have wasted our pearls on here REDDIT!

The last thing paul ended second corinthians 13 with (Last sentence to the church of corinth.) “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭14‬ ‭RSV‬‬

So i ask you again, if you believe prayer and the Holy spirit is real use this community for fellowship and prayer. If we all put our prayer request in the comments of this post I will personally spend time with the holy spirit asking God about each one.

TLDR; I’m Matthew from brisbane and if we have faith in the same vast God he will know. Comment yours.

I’m not sure if this is the right place to post this but feel like telling someone

I have struggled with addiction for years
Drugs and alcohol ruled my life and no matter I just couldn’t quit
I had to have something in my system all the time and for the last year I managed to reduce it down to just alcohol sadly it was a lot and it kept getting worse
I was angry I couldn’t quit and didn’t know where to turn so I started going to church at night sitting by the door and praying for sobriety
One night I prayed for the lord to take my desire to drink away
The next day after work I came home and stared at the bottle
I didn’t need it anymore
2 weeks later I thought I’d try a drink to see if it was a just luck and I didn’t like it
I liked the taste but the feeling was horrible and I couldn’t sleep that night

I’m still far from a perfect Christian but I like to think I’m getting a step close slowly

Please don’t use this as advice Im not saying you’ll magically be saved
but for some reason I was and I’m so thankful to the lord for that

I went through something traumatic a few weeks ago. I hit rock bottom as I was dealing with shame,guilt, and feeling like I keep failing God. I have been back and forth with my faith and the last year I was getting closer to Jesus. Than got involved with someone who strayed me away and have been blaming myself for the sins I’ve committed. A few days ago I was having nightmares and having very negative thoughts and felt myself drowning in those thoughts of shame, guilt, and that I’m a horrible person. I opened up my Bible and cried out to Jesus to not abandon me, to heal me, screaming to him. Suddenly, my mind went quiet and I heard a gentle but uplifting voice that wasn’t mine say “get up”. My thoughts disappeared, I obeyed. Got up and went for a walk. I knew then that it was God. Since then I’m still grieving but I know God is with me. Will never forget this moment.

Has anyone had a similar experience?

A week ago, August 4, i was praying over this promise i believe God revealed to me. It was kinda driving me crazy so the prayer was God, if this truly from you, i trust in time you will make it known to me. At the end of this prayer as i’m wrapping up, i feel this strong blow that places a specific verse directly into my heart. A verse that i attached to this possible promise. I felt very weak ups on feeling this and immediately or almost immediately after, i felt this intense pressure on my chest, lasted a good while but not more than an 20/30 mins. Well i begin to question if that was God or the devil, as the bible tells us to test the spirit and not be so quick to assume everything is God, right? anyway i keep dealing with this pressure throughout the week, though it feels random now and definitely not as intense, just enough to linger or feel it for a few seconds maybe a few minutes. I prayed and asked Hod to help me understand as i feel it has to be connected to this idea of this promise, i feel Him say “what is in your heart?” after a day of praying and being in the word, it hit me, in my heart was that verse! Though, i still don’t have much understanding so no resolve on getting rid of this. Well come Sunday, during worship, i feel it JUST as intense as i did the first time, and this time i know im in the presence of God and i can feel the holy spirit. So yeah just as intense and heavy pressure but so much peace, i was crying my heart out, not even thinking about the promise. However, it now two days later and i still feel this lingering pressure that comes and goes, seemingly random. I’m curious if anyone had experienced something similar?? Or could at least keep in your prayers, that i receive clarity, wisdom over this.

- For context: This promise involves a partner, i felt God revealed to me would be my spouse, through a dream and the peace that came with thinking of our future together. Of course, now finding out the truth that this person asked for space, and during that space was with his ex, then returned to me ready to be a boyfriend. lol God didn’t let it last more than a few days before the truth came out. So now where here where he has not talked to me and has picked to reconciliate with said ex. This of course makes it extremely hard to believe Gods promise and i question now if it was born out of my own desire. Which is why im very hesitant to put faith into that specific thing, however my faith is fully in God that His will be done.
Now i know for fact, when i met this guy i was very lukewarm, if not belonging to the world (God met me two years ago but i lost myself again). Not even thinking of God, then boom out of nowhere God started working in me without me realizing and i began to slowly show him God and pray for him without even realizing (i probably hadn’t prayed in months, like months). I was definitely in my flesh and sinning this year, but for whatever reason with this guy i started to find God again. Even when he asked for space, it hurt but i trusted God, told God i trust in His will not mine, that i understand i have to meet someone equally yoked even. And boom, some time after God reveals to me that this man is my spouse. So i know i planted a seed and God will grow it, i pray for this man’s salvation. But in regards to believing this revelation was actually God feels hard, even though i really want to believe it. This man has been checking my tiktok account daily since the heartbreak, i gave up tiktok a few days ago to really surrender control over this to God. There is a lot of other things i feel like God has met me in and shown me to confirm but i want to be confident in the spirit and not in the flesh. I truly just desire to seek God and know Him more, that is exactly where i’m at. Just really curious if anyone has experienced this chest pressure, and definitely pray for me!

They happen. They are necessary. They are real . Even if the miracle is a collective effort that you try to disprove or yank back the curtain or hat to find what’s hidden . Even if the miracle is to have another chance at going right instead of left . We can’t take away all the pain and even the blessed will have loss. You know or should know that I don’t fear dying because I know that there is more than this . You are only lost if you don’t want to be found or don’t remember where you’ve come from. I understand that forgetting is sometimes the only escape from it all . The burden isn’t to be carried solely but rather bearing the weight equally. Remember the book of Daniel and the three in the furnace . They said they believed their God would save them . And even if they weren’t saved ,they still believed. Just wanted to say that. Thank you for reading

Lord God Almighty,

Thank you so much for loving me, no matter what I do,

 No matter how undependable I can be, your love is always true,

 No matter how wrong my direction goes, When In darkness I can't see, 

You shine so bright, and powerfully, you reveal the truth in me,

 You are the truth, the way, the life,

 When you are with me, you erase all my strife, 

You set my heart with piece of mind, you fill my heart with love,

 I thank you for all your patience, and mercy from above,

 I kneel in respect to honor you, you reign above all names, 

Anyone who dares to challenge you, there defeat is there's to blame,

I will never find another love, that cares for me so much, 

Only you can strengthen us with your words and heal us with your touch,

You are the only Living God, I wonder why you'd choose me, 

Even through the darkest void, my eyes through you can see, 

I cannot blame you for man's mistakes, we make with our free will,

We need to call upon your name, it's power, peace be still,

I thank you for your love, your hope, my faith is always in you, 

I thank you for your, undying forgiveness, my saviour through and through, 

I wanted to take this time to thank you for teaching me to cope, 

In a world that stands, defying you, I know youre our only hope, 

Please forgive us, of our sins, transpasses, and all of our decisions to come, 

Only you can save our fate, oh Lord, you are the only one, 

You died for us on a piece of wood, with nails through your hands, 

By the words, of a mob of ignorant people, and rulers who gave into their demands,

But death could not hold back your power, your resurrection could not be denied, 

The Devil could not comprehend your strength, he thought he'd won when you died, 

But he did not know that it was your plan, to set our souls free, 

I thank you Lord, for loving me that much, you sent your son for me, 

Everyday I see mankind, fail in every way, 

When I wake and and breathe the air, I'm glad for another day, 

and finally I want to say, I love you with all of my heart, 

I'm thankful again for your great mercy, with you I have a brand new start. 

Amen

Shin

I don’t know how else to describe it. I’ve never been a religious person. In fact I’ve always been more of a skeptic to be honest. I went to church as a child and some as an adult, but never really fully believed. Lately I have been feeling something pulling me towards god or a higher power and I don’t know what to do with this. I have many mixed feelings on religion and how they all differ, but each one feels they are the “right one”. I don’t know how else to describe it other than a strange magnetic feeling trying to draw me closer to god.

Has anyone ever experienced anything like this? I feel very confused, but compelled to answer the call. I just don’t know where to go with this feeling.

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