What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen God do?

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If you’re a Christian, like a miracle or breakthrough, or even maybe someone encouraged you with exactly what you needed to hear and you know it was God… all those sorts of things… I wanna hear!

@zeitweilig you said that you were a Christian in the past. Can you expand a bit more on that please? What brought you to Christianity and what did you believe in at the time?

I'm not sure the majority of the christians on this thread would appreciate my honesty.

Perhaps frustrated that people, given the scientific knowledge we have, and the absence of any proof, still maintain that an entity/entities, disembodied, 'up there, somewhere', need/s to be appeased by regular chanting and monetary donations.
After 2000 -something years, this entity/entities remain/s unsatisfied and allows people to live and die in unfathomable agony, and allows wars to be fought consistently in their name/s
So much ungappiness in the name of religion

I mean this in all seriousness....

I'm severely unwell with horrible health conditions. I would never be duped into snake oil purchases just to stress. However, I would welcome an experiment whereby posters of faith preyed for me to have some healing. For me, healing would just look like some improvement or respite from my severe symptoms.

If you guys would be so kind as to do that I would find that a really welcome and kind gesture. I would obviously re consider my feelings on higher powers if I felt anything from this. My mind is open.

Thanks in advance 🙏

Gently, please check your predictive text
Preyed and prayed have different meanings!

Ah yes, I see the mistake there. It appears that when one quotes your post you can no longer edit it.

I will clarify that I do not wish to be preyed upon 😬🤷‍♀️

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I say this kindly: God can't be tested in this way and when we ask for answers to prayer we do so in the knowledge He doesn't always give us the answers we hope for or expect. He will not be used as 'an experiment'. Personally, I cannot promise to pray for random person on the internet asking for prayer as some sort of mass experiment. The Bible tells us how Jesus rebuked Satan and those who asked for 'proof'.

If you genuinely want prayer, there is a prayer thread for this: www.mumsnet.com/talk/philosophy_religion_spirituality/4197440-Christian-prayer-and-chat-thread-Open-to-all

@Thegreatestoftheseislove thankyou kindly for directing me to that thread! I did not know that existed and what a lovely concept that is for people of faith. That is most certainly the place I will go to ask.

How convenient for God that his power can’t be tested.

Hi @Tittat50, I'm just sorry to read that you are severely unwell with horrible health conditions. That can't be fun. I hope you find some relief. 💐

Indeed.

Yeah, the Bible tells us how it frustrated Satan and some Pharisees and Sadducees too.

Gosh who knew Satan was so sensible as to not believe in something that couldn't be proved.
Sending you positive thoughts rather than prayers @Tittat50 .

Im sorry for your struggles, I hope you have a really good medical team around you @Tittat50 ❤️.

@Jessie1259 Gosh who knew Satan was so sensible as to not believe in something that couldn't be proved.

Eh? 😂

Thomas Didymus is my favourite NT character.

That's just for starters. All the religions in know see women as commodities to control and definitely less than their males which is funny because those males are going around in dresses when they preach!? Can God explain that miracle of irony? 😜

I mean, it's not surprising the writers included that. 😵‍💫

I think this is from Jesus' temptation in the wilderness so not quite the same situation. But there's lots in the Bible about having faith, unsurprisingly.

I have received a couple of very clear, very direct messages from God. One was when I was laying in bed, and had been feeling really anxious and was praying about something. All of a sudden, a word appeared. I can’t even explain how it happened. It was one single, long word which I could somehow see so clearly, and hear at the same time, and it was a word I’d never heard or seen before. I jumped out of bed and ran to search for the meaning of this word as it felt so urgent and it was a very old Hebrew word which had a meaning that was directly linked to what I’d been praying about and was an enormous source of comfort. It still comforts me now when I’m feeling anxious.

Another time a similar thing happened but it was more of a message. It wasn’t said with words. It was clear as day. I can sort of express the idea with words if I try to explain this to someone, but can never get the words exactly right, as it wasn’t just said simply with words. It was really, really clear and I understood entirely yet it’s hard to express to others.

These instances really make me believe in guardian angels.

Another time, I was working in a country which isn’t Christian and where it’s illegal to actively participate in Christian activity (even churches aren’t really allowed) and there are very few Christians (although some small Christian groups scattered around.) I was working there for 8 years and never, ever heard anyone talk about God, Jesus, Christianity at all. That one day, I was walking along the street feeling real despair and doubt and really inwardly asking God for reassurance or something, and suddenly an elderly women turned around abruptly as I passed, looked directly at me and said, (in the native language), “Jesus loves you.” She hugged me. And then she left. Of course, this could be nothing, but to me it really meant everything.

There was another time when a friend was healed from something he shouldn’t have recovered from during a group prayer session which happening in real time seemed very powerful and like a real miracle.

It’s so hard to explain these things. They need to be experienced to be properly understood.

Interesting @rosesaredeadvioletsaretoo I’m glad you got comfort from those experiences when you were in need. I mean this from a genuine place, why does it matter that Jesus loves you? What does that mean?

It's unfailing, unbreakable love that never comes to an end. That's not something humans can provide for each other.

I'm sure I'll be laughed at by some on this thread for stating this view, but I don't especially care.

(ETA: sorry OP, not trying to answer for you, just stating my own view.)

I know a Jehovah’s Witness..she works in a charity shop and her God has asked her not to TOUCH anything Christmassy

But this love doesn’t manifest itself in any tangible way. It might be unfailing and unbreakable in theory, but it’s fallible, faulty, unreliable humans who are going to pick you up or call an ambulance if you collapse on the street, phone you if you’re depressed, hold your hand at a funeral, make you laugh, suggest you go and climb a small mountain on Saturday, ask you out, teach you a new skill etc.