Experiences

Contrary to popular opinion, Christianity isn't just a "religion". It's a relationship with a real, living, supernatural, spiritual being. Of course the difference is that God (called YHWH, Yahwheh, etc) is righteous and just, while every other spiritual force in Creation is inherently flawed ("only God is good", etc) and likely malevolent and misleading (see every non-Christian experience I've ever had, every account of ex-Satanists and ex-Luciferians, etc).

Christianity has "experiences" just like any other spiritual path. We have to be discerning, because the devil will try to mislead people who delve too far into "ExPeRiEnCeS", and the Bible even shows how the devil will do that in the future when the events of Revelation take place - bringing fire down from heaven, etc. We should always rely on God's promises more than outward miracles. The point stands, however, that God is capable of great things that neither we, nor science, can explain.

The other night, I was working on some album artwork and I was unsure about it. As with all music and art I do, the intent was to glorify God, but the subject just seemed... a bit "off the mark". Very paranormal, might have confused some people. Suddenly my mom, in the next room, told me she was feeling dizzy. I've been through things like this enough times that I immediately connected it to the artwork. I didn't want to delete it if I was wrong and God did want me to use it, so I basically prayed, "God, if You want me to delete this, just let me know. Let my mom feel better, and I'll know I should delete it." (Keep in mind the context here - this is NOT a case of, "If God does a good thing, I'll obey Him.") A couple minutes later I asked her, and she was feeling better again. That was the sign I needed! I deleted the artwork and she's been fine ever since.

This also reminds me of August-September 2014 when I prayed for wisdom about my old beliefs. A couple weeks later, not even searching for answers, I was given the wisdom I needed anyway. While I wasn't looking (so to speak), God was teaching me.

And around the same time when I was learning to reject things like "magick" and learning to embrace God as a source of power instead of my own intent. It started raining and I was planning to use "intent/power" to stop the rain (I now understand that magickal intent is a demonic trick, basically "smoke and mirrors", not an actual "power" that humans can harness) but decided to pray instead, and God stopped the rain for me. I also understand now that God doesn't just grant whatever we ask, but that small gesture was very important in developing my faith.

Not to mention all the other guidance that God gave me from around 2012-2014 as I learned to radically shift my worldview.

Originally I was going to post the above on a forum, but God directed me to post it here instead. May God bless you all and guide you according to His perfect will! In Jesus' name. Amen.