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This is all true and this is my story.

experience 1: About October last year i had this dream/vision. Any way i was asleep one day and I had this dream where i woke up and i was lying on my back and lookin at the roof. I noticed it was still dark and there was a glow in my room like there was a light emmiting from my door. So I looked towards the door and i saw my door opened and i saw the Virgin Mary just outside the door. I was looking at her for about 2 seconds then my body felt really light and my body was shakin rapidly. It felt like i was my mid section of my body was being lifted and all the weight of my body was on my feet and my head, similar to how you see those gymnists arch their bodies with there belly in the air. The shaking sorta felt like an electic current flowing through me in an upward motion(NOT THAT I'D BEEN ELECTRICUTED B4). Another way i can sorta say it being similar to is when you get an adrenaline rush but it was lik 20 fold. I'm finding this very hard to explain. After this sensation which probably lasted 5 seconds i actually woke up for real. Sort of scared for a sec i looked over at the door and it was closed. Anyway i layed there thinkin about it for half an hour and then back to sleep.

experience 2: The weeks past and I put the dream/vision down to that i woke up cos i got scared, being that the Virgin Mary was transparent and ghostlike. And i put the electricity sensation down to being that goosebump feeling you get when something scares you.
I work night shift at a supermarket and used to finish @ 4am. I'd come home and have a few beers to try and knock me out to sleep better in the daylight. Meanwhile i'd be watchin what few shows the television stations broadcast at that hour. I got into a habit of watching Benny Hinn's "This is Your Day". For those of you who haven't seen this show it's a session of church basically, on TV. Benny Hinn also does these miracle crusades where he heals people. These are shown some days through the week. In about May i saw that he was coming to Brisbane Friday/Saturday the 25th and 26th. I decided i would go.

Saturday the 26th came and i arrived at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre at about 7:20pm and I was 20mins late. I arrived only to find out the whole centre was packed out and they were sending everyelse into what they called an overflow room. This was a huge indoor sporting room which consisted of about 6 or so basketball courts. They had heaps of chairs there for the overflow people and we were watchin Benny on these 2 very big TV screens. This particular event was what was called a miricle crusade. When the time of healling came he said it was time to heal and he told everyone that he knew cos he get this numbness in his hand. Benny said you too can feel this if you put your hands in the air. I put my hands in the air and withn seconds my hands were very very warm and i could feel heat emitting from may hands. The heat like if you put your hand over a toaster on a cool day. He said "do you's all feel it?" and then he said "touch" 3 times. Whenever he said touch I could feel an unseen force touching my palm. Similar to that of putting you hand over the hole of a subwoofer for your computer as the the bass pumps. There was one part of the night where he called all of the kids up to the stage from the section in front of him. He pointed at them and said "boom", all the kidds fell to the ground crying and rolling on the ground in some sort of dream state.

experience 3: About a week later(30th of June?) I had been up for hours after work trying to finish reading the revelations on this page (themiracleofsaintjoseph) and i finally finished reading them and went to bed. Anyway i was asleep dreaming about somthing, I cant remember what though and out of the blue i got that electricity sensation again. I went back to sleep not long after my alarm went off and I had to get up to go to work. I was so tired after only about 4hours sleep I was laying inbed falling back sleep and thinking "i gotta get up"... "I gotta get up i'll be late for work" I was also thinkin "I shouldn't have stayed up reading those revelations for so long". Then all of a sudden i heard a cheerful and happy mans voice. He said "here we go...la di da di da". Then straight after that was siad i got the electricity sensation again and i was wide awake. It was like the man (Jesus? an angel? saint?)knew what i was thinking and knew i was too tired to get up and he woke me up. I then got ready and went to work.

I'll say again all events took place and this is no bs. Thank you.

This electricity feeling does n e one know what it is??? blessing??? anointing???
Has anyone experienced this or know of someone who has. Anyone had similar dreams/visions or know of someone who has???

Believe in Jesus!!! God bless all!!!
 
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Welcome to the forum xylox747! We're glad to have you.

I was given a similiar gift as you were. When I pray, I can sometimes hear our Lord talking audibly to me. In fact, that's how I found out about these forums.

As for your experiences with the Virgin Mary, I was a little skeptical while reading your post. However, I asked God and he gave me the impression that your experience was genuine, whatever that may mean to you.

Here's my own interpretation of your dream.
You carry much worry and weight in your mind. It has become heavy with burden. Your legs are tired. You've worked hard for the Lord and your body is beginning to grow weary. Your heart is light though, full of praise for the Lord. Now do not fear anything. Make your mind and body light too by casting all of your worries upon Jesus Christ. Treat them both as you do your heart; like God's own personal temple. Only then may the Holy Ghost fill your body and lift you up to do his work. God wants to help you. Except his aid please.
 
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The title of your post is a bit misleading - at least for me.

Experience is a powerful thing - but we have a more sure way. It must be used to examine even powerful experiences. It is the word of God.

Have you found it speaking of heat from your hands, and feelings like you describe (electricity, etc.)?
 
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We must remember that satan is able to perform miracles. He can transform himself into an angel of light of light too!

Excellent point! God gave me the impression that your experience with the Virgin Mary was genuine, but I got nothing about Benny Hinn. I'm not sure about him at all.

It seems to me that a man of God who has a gift wouldn't advertise it like that and sell tickets. With most true followers of God who can perform miracles, it is the people who seek them and not vice versa. I'd be really careful about the "This Is Your Day" show. It seems a little strange and somewhat disturbing to me...
 
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First, welcome.

Second, how do you know it was the Virgin Mary? I didn't read that she identified herself at any point. Did I just miss it?

And last, and this may completely make you disregard my questions, I encourage you to stay far, far away from the teachings of Benny Hinn. He is a the biggest charlatan of all televangelists. I say this with true concern from one Christian to another. That guy is the loopiest character I've ever seen on T.V. His whole crew are reeeeeaally questionable.

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That guy is the loopiest character I've ever seen on T.V. His whole crew are reeeeeaally questionable.

I'm getting that feeling too, and it might even be directly from God himself. I'm very ify about televangelism. Sometimes it gives me the creeps.
 
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Second, how do you know it was the Virgin Mary? I didn't read that she identified herself at any point. Did I just miss it?

She did not identify herself but i knew it was her because she is the same as in pictures of her. After i saw her i got that buzz feeling and after praying for a while and reading a lot more i heard that voice and got the exact same feeling.
Have you found it speaking of heat from your hands, and feelings like you describe (electricity, etc.)?

Re-phrase please?
 
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zylox747 said:
She did not identify herself but i knew it was her because she is the same as in pictures of her. After i saw her i got that buzz feeling and after praying for a while and reading a lot more i heard that voice and got the exact same feeling.
Pictures of her? From where? No portraits or physical description of Mary, Jesus, or Joseph was passed on to us.

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Re-phrase please?
I don't believe the scripture speaks of any experiences like yours. Therefore, my judgement must be against them being of God. These are not trivial issues either, and I cannot, in good conscience, call them harmless. It is my belief that you will imperil yourself if you continue on the path I see you on; I advise you to recognize the dream as what it was - at best, just a dream; at worst, a spiritual attack on you. Were I you, I would seek the council of a minister, and read further in the scrpture - NOT looking for other materials out there that are not bible based - regarding the experiences of God's elect.
 
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zylox747 said:
She did not identify herself but i knew it was her because she is the same as in pictures of her. After i saw her i got that buzz feeling and after praying for a while and reading a lot more i heard that voice and got the exact same feeling.

I do not doubt you believe what you saw but I would caution you against giving so much credence to your feelings. Our feelings are often very deceptive. For you to see a vision in a dream of a modern day artist's rendering of the Virgin Mary seems to do more to lessen the credibility that it was an actual heaven sent vision. I would have to say in good conscience that it was probably more of your subconscious showing you something that you wanted to see.

God bless
 
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may this experience lead you to repent of all your sins, to deny yourself to the uttermost, to take up your cross, and follow Jesus til the day you die. Test all spirits, and pray the "our Father" model prayer faithfully. There is a spiritual war, and we must be careful what spirits we follow. And stay away from the TV, its bad for you - go make friends with fellow believers.
 
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[bible]Matthew 6:5-15[/bible]

some people have you pray through Mary, others through saints, ETC. Jesus taught us how to pray, not once, but twice...

[bible]Luke 11:1-4[/bible]

when you're talking to God, as a christian, you are talking to "abba Father" which is essentially "daddy". You are a little child talking to daddy, believing that whatever you ask your daddy, you will receive.

[bible]Luke 11:9[/bible]
 
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nb_christseeker said:
[bible]Matthew 6:5-15[/bible]

some people have you pray through Mary, others through saints, ETC. Jesus taught us how to pray, not once, but twice...

[bible]Luke 11:1-4[/bible]

when you're talking to God, as a christian, you are talking to "abba Father" which is essentially "daddy". You are a little child talking to daddy, believing that whatever you ask your daddy, you will receive.

[bible]Luke 11:9[/bible]

Okay. But why pray that model prayer. It was a model for how we should pray, not what we should pray.

As you quote, the verse says, "After this manner therefore pray ye:..."

God bless
 
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zylox747 said:
This is all true and this is my story.

About October last year i had this dream/vision. Any way i was asleep one day and I had this dream where i woke up and i was lying on my back and lookin at the roof. I noticed it was still dark and there was a glow in my room like there was a light emmiting from my door. So I looked towards the door and i saw my door opened and i saw the Virgin Mary just outside the door. I was looking at her for about 2 seconds then my body felt really light and my body was shakin rapidly. It felt like i was my mid section of my body was being lifted and all the weight of my body was on my feet and my head, similar to how you see those gymnists arch their bodies with there belly in the air. The shaking sorta felt like an electic current flowing through me in an upward motion(NOT THAT I'D BEEN ELECTRICUTED B4). Another way i can sorta say it being similar to is when you get an adrenaline rush but it was lik 20 fold. I'm finding this very hard to explain. After this sensation which probably lasted 5 seconds i actually woke up for real. Sort of scared for a sec i looked over at the door and it was closed. Anyway i layed there thinkin about it for half an hour and then back to sleep.

The weeks past and I put the dream/vision down to that i woke up cos i got scared, being that the Virgin Mary was transparent and ghostlike. And i put the electricity sensation down to being that goosebump feeling you get when something scares you.
I work night shift at a supermarket and used to finish @ 4am. I'd come home and have a few beers to try and knock me out to sleep better in the daylight. Meanwhile i'd be watchin what few shows the television stations broadcast at that hour. I got into a habit of watching Benny Hinn's "This is Your Day". For those of you who haven't seen this show it's a session of church basically, on TV. Benny Hinn also does these miracle crusades where he heals people. These are shown some days through the week. In about May i saw that he was coming to Brisbane Friday/Saturday the 25th and 26th. I decided i would go.

Saturday the 26th came and i arrived at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre at about 7:20pm and I was 20mins late. I arrived only to find out the whole centre was packed out and they were sending everyelse into what they called an overflow room. This was a huge indoor sporting room which consisted of about 6 or so basketball courts. They had heaps of chairs there for the overflow people and we were watchin Benny on these 2 very big TV screens. This particular event was what was called a miricle crusade. When the time of healling came he said it was time to heal and he told everyone that he knew cos he get this numbness in his hand. Benny said you too can feel this if you put your hands in the air. I put my hands in the air and withn seconds my hands were very very warm and i could feel heat emitting from may hands. The heat like if you put your hand over a toaster on a cool day. He said "do you's all feel it?" and then he said "touch" 3 times. Whenever he said touch I could feel an unseen force touching my palm. Similar to that of putting you hand over the hole of a subwoofer for your computer as the the bass pumps. There was one part of the night where he called all of the kids up to the stage from the section in front of him. He pointed at them and said "boom", all the kidds fell to the ground crying and rolling on the ground in some sort of dream state.

About a week later(30th of June?) I had been up for hours after work trying to finish reading the revelations on this page (themiracleofsaintjoseph) and i finally finished reading them and went to bed. Anyway i was asleep dreaming about somthing, I cant remember what though and out of the blue i got that electricity sensation again. I went back to sleep not long after my alarm went off and I had to get up to go to work. I was so tired after only about 4hours sleep I was laying inbed falling back sleep and thinking "i gotta get up"... "I gotta get up i'll be late for work" I was also thinkin "I shouldn't have stayed up reading those revelations for so long". Then all of a sudden i heard a cheerful and happy mans voice. He said "here we go...la di da di da". Then straight after that was siad i got the electricity sensation again and i was wide awake. It was like the man (Jesus? an angel? saint?)knew what i was thinking and knew i was too tired to get up and he woke me up. I then got ready and went to work.

I'll say again all events took place and this is no bs. Thank you.

This electricity feeling does n e one know what it is??? blessing??? anointing???
Has anyone experienced this or know of someone who has. Anyone had similar dreams/visions or know of someone who has???

Believe in Jesus!!! God bless all!!!
Everyone has their personal tastes zylox, but, if I were you, I wouldn't watch Benny Hinn.
And, can you explain what 'Mary' looked like in this 'vision'? You say 'she' appeared transparent and ghostlike. Can you elaborate more?
Please remember that satan can also perform miracles.
Also remember that there are no known portraits of Mary on this earth, only those made by man.
 
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From Corinthians11:14 I see that Jesus did not have long hair. Jesus had no shame.
Isaiah 53:2 tells us that Jesus would have no form or comeliness and no beauty that we should desire him.

In the pictures I have seen of Jesus, he has long hair and the face which would attract men and women to desire him!
In movies...he is only portrayed by the most handsome of men...with long hair.

The Bible is our guide. Not man made things.
 
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christiangirrl said:
Asar'el..- you said that there have been no portraits passed down onto us..but we do have an idea of what Jesus and Mary may look like right?
I may have an idea about what you look like too, from the little information I can gather about you. What would a portrait of you done from an idea be like? What purpose would it serve? How well could someone identify you in real life from my portrait of you?

It is more complex when considering images of Jesus Christ and other important figures from the bible. The fact that His physical appearance was NOT recorded in scripture should be a clear indication that we are not to dwell on it.

Relying on portaits made from such ideas is extremely dangerous, especially in a situation like the opening post describes - seeing a vision and identifying the person in it from some artist's impression!

Christ, after His resurrection, walked with the two disciples and they knew Him not, until God opened their eyes. Clearly our 'natural' sight is not a reliable way to identify our Lord! Surely you see that any arguments along the lines of 'I know I saw Christ because He looked like Max von Sydow in that movie' is ... foolish to say the least?
 
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Reformationist said:
Okay. But why pray that model prayer. It was a model for how we should pray, not what we should pray.

As you quote, the verse says, "After this manner therefore pray ye:..."

God bless
I look at it this way: Is Jesus going to count it against me if I pray the exact prayer he taught me? Is there anything ... missing from that prayer? No and no. I can't come up with a better prayer than the Son of God did, and I doubt anyone else can either. Certainly you can make your own up, but saying "thy will be done" pretty much covers anything a christian should want.

That's just my take on the way to pray.
 
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