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24grlwrld

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Um...hey. I don't want to share much, but i wanted to know if anyone else is trying to improve their life through Jesus, or has already found their guardian angel. Because i feel quite alone.
This is gonna be so cliche..but i've survived a major overdose (and many other life major accidents), and before that, i was really reckless and doing things that weren't good for me or anyone around me. Because of this, i've lost a few friends and broken trust.
But...during the overdose...something amazing happened.
I was having terrible, demonic attacks (hallucinations) that were scaring me, and nightmares along with the side effects.
But then i saw a glowing light (and no, I'm not making this up) surround me when i was in my bed. I also felt someone, like, a comforting hug telling me that everything will be okay. This figure also appears in my dreams as a father figure, or a lover. He told me in a dream, that his name was Andy. So that's what i refer to him by.
Anyway, I've been trying to improve my life by talking to God more, and following the things He wants me to do. I'm starting to read the Bible more, and not focus on abusive relationships i once had, but focusing on myself, especially when my GSCE's are super close.
However, it feels very lonely because i would also like to speak to people with not just similar experiences, but who know and are on their own spiritual journey.
It's taking a long time to heal, especially with a lot of trauma, but I've got advice.
If you're someone who's having suicidal ideation, or is having a lot of difficult experiences, please know that YOU'RE NOT ALONE. And that even if people aren't always good, God IS GOOD. Please don't hurt yourself. Even if you can't think of the good things right now, think of what you won't be able to become when you're dead. Think of how your loved ones and your Angel will feel. And think of yourself, because the pain won't end unless you work out the problem one by one.

I don't want sympathy, or pity. I would, from now one, like positive interactions with people, and maybe people, like me, who are trying to improve their lives spiritually, or can give me advice about how to better communicate with Andy and Jesus Christ.
Thank you

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It appears you were very depressed, on the edge of suicide. The Lord has been known to intervene in such cases, because he does not want anyone to suicide due to his great love. His interventions can be vastly different, and I'd say Andy was given special permission to communicate with you as part of this intervention.

You have all eternity to get to know Andy, I recommend focusing on building a relationship with Jesus in this lifetime.
 

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Um...hey. I don't want to share much, but i wanted to know if anyone else is trying to improve their life through Jesus, or has already found their guardian angel. Because i feel quite alone.
We don't get to change our own lives any more than a leopard can change its spots. But the Good News is that if we let Jesus into our lives and turn our backs on our past sinful natures then He will do the changing through the Holy Spirit who will guide and teach us.

I notice that you are a recently joined member and I hope you will find what you are looking for here. But just to let you know that not everybody is a true born again Christian so please be aware of that as you receive replies to your posts.
 
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But then i saw a glowing light (and no, I'm not making this up) surround me when i was in my bed. I also felt someone, like, a comforting hug telling me that everything will be okay. This figure also appears in my dreams as a father figure, or a lover. He told me in a dream, that his name was Andy. So that's what i refer to him by.
Get rid of this. It's a demon.
 

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or can give me advice about how to better communicate with Andy and Jesus Christ.
Please do not seek to communicate with this being Andy as that can open doors to wrong (evil) spirits.... only pray to the Lord and seek Him.

Hope you have a good church where the Bible is taught and the members show love and support.
 

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We don't get to change our own lives any more than a leopard can change its spots. But the Good News is that if we let Jesus into our lives and turn our backs on our past sinful natures then He will do the changing through the Holy Spirit who will guide and teach us.

I notice that you are a recently joined member and I hope you will find what you are looking for here. But just to let you know that not everybody is a true born again Christian so please be aware of that as you receive replies to your posts.
thank you!
 
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Unfortunately Jesus Christ had to die, because man was dead in sins/ unbelief, and the rising of Jesus Christ is the righteousness of God, because God has given the way to not be guided any more into the same death everybody was in together.

So nobody can guide, as all needed to be guided, and nobody can show a person how to believe in the rising of Jesus Christ from the dead, they would have to understand, that if we believe in Christ, we do not prefer darkness, but if we do not believe in Jesus, we have rejected light...


John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
 
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Its highly unlikely we will see our guardian angel. Its hard to sense angels. I cannot sense the Holy Spirit either, but i do understand and sense God working far in the background. I am more alert of demons. I can sense them everywhere. In most, when i think someone has the Holy Spirit they show their true colours. But i still believe what the bible teaches. I have my literal experiences of the forces of light and darkness.
 
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Its highly unlikely we will see our guardian angel. Its hard to sense angels. I cannot sense the Holy Spirit either, but i do understand and sense God working far in the background. I am more alert of demons. I can sense them everywhere. In most, when i think someone has the Holy Spirit they show their true colours. But i still believe what the bible teaches. I have my literal experiences of the forces of light and darkness.
I also believe demons exist. I had an encounter with one while attending a meeting.

A gentleman who represented a company we were vetting became upset over something that in my opinion was a trivial matter.

As he began to escalate in his rebuke of the coworkers presentation I saw his face ripple , as one would imagine a shallow wave slowly rolling to shore would look.

It was a very slight movement beneath his skin. The floor to ceiling windows nearby made this easy to see.

Then he turned and looked at me. What had been brilliant almost Husky dog blue eyes when we first met were now a dark silver grey. And, he never blinked the entire time he was speaking.

I knew I wasn't imagining things when our transcriptionist who was seated across the conference table gasped as he then turned to look across the table and directly at her.

I also know what you mean when you say you can feel the presence of the holy Spirit. Only the presence this man exuded felt like I had just been pressed upon by a giant wall made of sticky fly ribbon adhesive.

There was a priest who performed Exorcisms. A few years before he died he gave an interview about his work.

He said one thing he'd forced a demon to reveal was how to identify one of their hosts. Someone they possessed.

The demon possessed are highly sensitive on the back of their neck. The demon explained that this was so because that is where their lady plants her foot to make her mark.

Had I watched that interview prior to that meeting I would have made a point of touching the man on his neck. Just to confirm.

That encounter will not soon be forgotten.