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1 | I don't feel his presence. | 1 John 5:14 | faith_21 | 127317 | ||
Why don't I feel his presence in my prayers? Could I have done something wrong? | ||||||
2 | I don't feel his presence. | 1 John 5:14 | mathematician | 174365 | ||
This is a most common experience and may or may not have anything to do with whether we have unconfessed sin in our lives. My first thought is this: have you told the Lord about this in your prayer time? Being my thought it may not be of the Lord, so here are some other considerations. First, you may be experiencing the presence of Christ constantly in your life and so do not notice a difference while in prayer, and yet you expect to feel more holy or connected at that time than when driving to work or going for milk at the store, or whatever you do. Second, you cannot expect to be better off than even some of the great evangelists of recent days: Charles Finney (a nineteenth evangelist) experienced a six year period in which he did not sense G-d's presence in his life, even though there were no fewer people coming to know Jesus during that time than when the presence of G-d was so obvious to him. Even the great man after G-d's own heart, King David, had such experiences: read through Psalms and you will see. And then there is our Saviour Jesus Christ who had a brief but heart-wrenching loss of His Father's presence while He hung on the cross (Matt 28:46) "My G-d, My G-d, why hast Thou forsaken Me?". Because Jesus experienced this for you, even for a moment, you never need to. Are you abandoned by G-d? Never! His love for you is complete and unwavering. "Trust in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved, and your house." (Paul to the jailer Acts 16:31). Here is the challenge to every Christian: to trust Jesus, even and especially when we do not feel His presence, each and every moment of our lives. As A. B. Simpson once said, "Christ is not a reservoir but a spring." May you draw deeply and well from that spring. I have given a brief prayer for you that you will be firmly convinced that Christ Jesus has said to you, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." Next, this situation might give the devil an opportunity to lead you astray. Know this, that "No temptation has seized except that which is common to man, and G-d is faithful who will not allow you be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation give a way of escape." (I Cor 10:13). Ask the Lord to show you "the way of escape" so that you will not sin. Finally, be sure to thank G-d for His great love for you even though you do not sense His presence. Praise G-d for His incomparable Word! |
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3 | I don't feel his presence. | 1 John 5:14 | CDBJ | 174378 | ||
Hello mathematician, You will be shocked when you do the math on the question that you just answered; it's only a few days from being two years old! Check the date and time on the right side of the postings. I’ll venture to say that the poster is really glad it wasn’t a phone call. Just out of inquisitiveness, why don’t you do God the honor of spelling out just exactly who he is? Or is this one of your own styles of preserving an assumed form of a trigrammaton; GOD? 2 Tim. 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. Have fun, CDBJ |
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4 | I don't feel his presence. | 1 John 5:14 | mathematician | 174389 | ||
It is good for you to have derived some humor from my response. That is definitely one of my joys at being a mathematician! I am especially glad that you read it. May the Lord bless you abundantly. | ||||||