Why dear friends do you suppose the Holy Spirit has led you CAF?

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PJM said:
Dear friends in Christ,

Because God IS In Charge, and their are no such things such as "luck:, “coincidence” or “happenstance”; this seems like a good question.

WHY do you suppose the Holy Spirit has led you to participate on the CAF Forum?

What brought YOU here?

What keeps YOU here?

God Bless you

Patrick
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To help others, to have others help me. And to help me understand others faiths, and learn so much more about my own faith.

It has made me feel Good when I felt like the Holy Spirit worked through me, and could truly help others, And feel like **** when I not only made a fool and disgraced myself and my faith.

I like to believe my heart was always in the right place, but have to admit my pride got the better of me at times, and that when I made an *** out of myself.😊
 
When depression entered my life, I had no idea how to cope.

It’s only through the grace of God that I am alive because the greatest danger to my life was myself. I was convinced my life wasn’t worth living in this fractured state. My twisted thinking had me believe that suicide was a relief and the answer to all my problems.

I was resentful and angry towards God. How can he let this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this? In my effort to understand, I began searching for answers, specifically on why God allows suffering. The Holy Spirit was at work.

One thing led to another and my faith began to grow when I discovered the truth about things. I understood that God wouldn’t give me a cross that I couldn’t carry. If God didn’t allow me to reach the depths of my personal hell, I would’ve NEVER turned towards Christ. I would continue to skim through life on my own terms.

I’ve been a long time lurker of CAF while only becoming recently active. I no longer consider myself agnostic. The Holy Spirit led me here because I want to grow and learn more about my faith. I want seek the fellowship and share with others who offer good will, which is quite rare in this day and age of internet anonymity.

CAF seems like a great place to start 🙂
 
michaelArc said:
When depression entered my life, I had no idea how to cope.

It’s only through the grace of God that I am alive because the greatest danger to my life was myself. I was convinced my life wasn’t worth living in this fractured state. My twisted thinking had me believe that suicide was a relief and the answer to all my problems.

I was resentful and angry towards God. How can he let this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this? In my effort to understand, I began searching for answers, specifically on why God allows suffering. The Holy Spirit was at work.

One thing led to another and my faith began to grow when I discovered the truth about things. I understood that God wouldn’t give me a cross that I couldn’t carry. If God didn’t allow me to reach the depths of my personal hell, I would’ve NEVER turned towards Christ. I would continue to skim through life on my own terms.

I’ve been a long time lurker of CAF while only becoming recently active. I no longer consider myself agnostic. The Holy Spirit led me here because I want to grow and learn more about my faith. I want seek the fellowship and share with others who offer good will, which is quite rare in this day and age of internet anonymity.

CAF seems like a great place to start 🙂
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Bless the LORD, my soul;
all my being, bless his holy name!
Bless the LORD, my soul;
and do not forget all his gifts,
Who pardons all your sins,
and heals all your ills,
Who redeems your life from the pit,
and crowns you with mercy and compassion,
Who fills your days with good things,
so your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.*
 
michaelArc, that was very inspiring! Thank you for sharing. And welcome to “active poster” status after lurking for awhile 🙂
 
Peter_J said:
Depends.

I don’t believe in luck … but I do believe, like philipl said, in free will.

That being said, I guess I also have an instinctive suspicion of thinking that everybody who joins an Internet discussion forum was led there by the Holy Spirit.
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In light of what I said above, I think I should add that I don’t agree with everything that philipl posted here, particularly his statement that God “in no way influences me”.

as a concrete example, if I join an Internet discussion forum, it is possible that I was led there by God (the assumption that is apparently enshrined in this thread) … and it’s also possible that God influenced me not to do so but I didn’t follow his leading.
 
rinnie said:
To help others, to have others help me. And to help me understand others faiths, and learn so much more about my own faith.

It has made me feel Good when I felt like the Holy Spirit worked through me, and could truly help others, And feel like **** when I not only made a fool and disgraced myself and my faith.

I like to believe my heart was always in the right place, but have to admit my pride got the better of me at times, and that when I made an *** out of myself.😊
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Thanks, Coulda been my own post:thumbsup:

GBY

Patrick [the OP]
 
michaelArc said:
When depression entered my life, I had no idea how to cope.

It’s only through the grace of God that I am alive because the greatest danger to my life was myself. I was convinced my life wasn’t worth living in this fractured state. My twisted thinking had me believe that suicide was a relief and the answer to all my problems.

I was resentful and angry towards God. How can he let this happen to me? What did I do to deserve this? In my effort to understand, I began searching for answers, specifically on why God allows suffering. The Holy Spirit was at work.

One thing led to another and my faith began to grow when I discovered the truth about things. I understood that God wouldn’t give me a cross that I couldn’t carry. If God didn’t allow me to reach the depths of my personal hell, I would’ve NEVER turned towards Christ. I would continue to skim through life on my own terms.

I’ve been a long time lurker of CAF while only becoming recently active. I no longer consider myself agnostic. The Holy Spirit led me here because I want to grow and learn more about my faith. I want seek the fellowship and share with others who offer good will, which is quite rare in this day and age of internet anonymity.

CAF seems like a great place to start 🙂
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BEAUTIFUL & profound!

What an AWESOME God we have:thumbsup:

If you like to talk, send me a private message. Like God, I’m on your side!

God Bless and Keep you!

Patrick [the OP]
 
Conversion by immersion. That which people most often hear is what they eventually believe.
 
Mammoths said:
Conversion by immersion. That which people most often hear is what they eventually believe.
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Heh. Well I’m not certain if that’s true, but I’m certain at least that lots of people operate under that assumption.
 
Peter_J said:
In light of what I said above, I think I should add that I don’t agree with everything that philipl posted here, particularly his statement that God “in no way influences me”.

as a concrete example, if I join an Internet discussion forum, it is possible that I was led there by God (the assumption that is apparently enshrined in this thread) … and it’s also possible that God influenced me not to do so but I didn’t follow his leading.
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AMEN

You Get it:D
 
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