What signs of grace has God gifted you in the past? Signs of hope for when you were falling and signs of love for when you were rising up again.I recently related this in the prayer request thread, but several years ago I had confessed for the first tim

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Christanon 11/25/17 (Sat) 16:27:22 d8045b No.562516

What signs of grace has God gifted you in the past? Signs of hope for when you were falling and signs of love for when you were rising up again.

I recently related this in the prayer request thread, but several years ago I had confessed for the first time in years, but it was a joyless confession as I knew in my heart I was still attached to sin and would likely throw my cleansed soul away within a week. I walked out of the church and there on the ground was a brand new copy of St. Ignatius's Spiritual Exercises. It's a comforting memory, especially recently when I remembered an old blasphemous use of the trinitarian formula from years before this and panicked that my soul had been unforgivably damned (in the name of the father and the son and the HOLY SPIRIT. Also i'm like 90% certain now that I remembered that wrong and just made the sign of benediction, and either way the Angel Prayer provides reparation for those offences against the trinity).

Christanon 11/25/17 (Sat) 16:29:57 5f0073 No.562517

>>562516

God appeared in my btc address. I forgot it because im dumb

Christanon 11/25/17 (Sat) 16:31:06 e20a12 No.562518

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I conquered my alcoholism. That poison brings no joy and ought to be exterminated.

Christanon 11/25/17 (Sat) 18:12:32 308bfa No.562595

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>>562516

As I read matthew's gospel for the first time, right when I finished reading the sentence about the mustard seed and the birds of the air, a bird flew into my window. It didn't die but instead kept flying in position and looked at me straight in the eye.

Before that, I used to steal from my boss at my job. One day he came back to me and insisted that I pay him back, I got a flat, my car broke, lost all the money I had in my wallet (200$+), all in the same 30 minutes. I prayed God, cried and asked forgiveness, swore that I would never steal anything, not even a single penny from anyone ever, and that I would pay it all back. The money legitimately reappeared in my waller and I could pay my boss back.

The first time I learned about the Jesus prayer from a video youtube of Father Lazarus, I tried to pray it totally unaware of the tradition latched to it. (That was way before I became christian.) After about 15mins I felt intense burning inside my heart that really scared me. I learnt the next day that it is also called the Heart Prayer and a burning can be felt, which is supposedly the Lord's grace warmth.

Christanon 11/25/17 (Sat) 19:23:30 8c83d1 No.562643

>>562595

> After about 15mins I felt intense burning inside my heart that really scared me. I learnt the next day that it is also called the Heart Prayer and a burning can be felt, which is supposedly the Lord's grace warmth.

i've had this happen before but i've always tried to ignore it bc we should avoid feeling/mental images while we pray. but i did not know about this. i will ask my spiritual father. thank you for this post lad

Christanon 11/26/17 (Sun) 03:29:51 462bdb No.562874

Bumping because I really love the idea of this thread and want to come back later and post an experience of my own when I'm not on mobile.

Christanon 11/26/17 (Sun) 05:22:08 d25c47 No.562913

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I got a sign of a rose from st. therese the little flower. I was going through some money issue and I felt like i was losing my faith. I prayed for a rose from therese as a sign that it will soon be over. That whole day i was looking for roses everywhere, I thought i would find some seeing that I work in downtown chicago and it was spring, but I never found one. After work I was on the train, dejected, after losing more money. Then outta no where I spotted a girl holding a single rose. I couldn't believe it, my jaw dropped and i was staring at that rose the whole ride. The sign happened in a way that couldn't only be explained by God.

This other sign I had, cemeted my faith in Jesus, I will believe any other religion or that there is no God because of this sign. It happened about 4 years ago, when I first became a Christian. I was begging God for a wife and kept praying and praying rosaries on top of rosaries up 6 a day for a wife. I was getting a nug to pray a novena for a wife, but I kept ignoring it. Then one day I said, might as well and started praying it. A couple of weeks into it, when I first started the thanksgiving part, I had a dream and in that dream I met a girl she was on top of a building, she was sitting down and writing poetry and listening to music, right after meeting her in the dream. That morning I was the train and this hot girl was sitting down. She was doing homework, and listening to music. She got up and smiled at me, so I started talking to her and it turns out she likes to write poetry! I didn't realize till later that happened in my dream, but man if you need signs God will give to you to guide you, but you really have to want to go to heaven. I have another sign but its not that impressive.

Christanon 11/26/17 (Sun) 05:24:46 d25c47 No.562916

>>562913

My post I a bunch of errors in it cuz I was writing fast just ignore them

Christanon 11/26/17 (Sun) 10:02:03 1c0d29 No.563037

>>562913

You married her?

Christanon 11/26/17 (Sun) 14:55:23 53219c No.563116

>>562516

I already posted this story here:

>Be me, new to Christianity, insecure about my faith, feeling down and ashamed of my unfaithfulness

>Was out all the day attending my classes at university

>It's night, I'm alone making my way home

>Suddenly a young man come to me

>"Sorry I know it sound awkward coming to you speaking of such matter, but do you believe in the One true god ?"

>start talking about Christ and the Almighty with all his heart, atheists must've thought he was crazy, even me was thinking he was at first

>I respond "Yes I am actually a Christian (I said it without much confidence because of the problems I currently face with my faith)

>"Be blessed, I don't know your denomination or your beliefs or whatever but you must know that Jesus Christ love you"

>Say goodbye to him

>Afterward I've checked my pockets just in case, I was stunned of what has just happened

>Feel something coming to my mind

>"Has God just sending this man to ease my pain and prove me that He care ?"

>Start feeling overwhelmed by such thoughts

>I feel for the first time True Happiness, the one brought by God.

And what is even more awesome is that really recently, weeks after this event, I was pained in my bed, I couldn't sleep, I was tormented. Because I was sinning again and again, and terribly ashamed. ..

I asked God to send me a sign, something to ease my pain, and be able to acknowledge that he was still supporting me despite how ungrateful I was. And suddenly I felt it, I remembered something I didn't recognize after meeting the stranger, 3 day before, I prayed the rosary for the first time, and in my prayers I asked for an event that would strengthen my faith. My demand has been granted ! And I wasn't even able to discern it when it occurred ! After this revelation all my pain was gone. I must thanks our Lord for his Love by acting, not only with mere intention and promise.