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\"Experiencing<\/a>This week's question of the week deals with the topic of spirituality or how one could possibly experience God:<\/p>\n

Have you ever felt or experienced God?<\/p>\n

If so, what might you have contributed to this?<\/p>\n

If not, what might you have contributed to this?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Experiencing God - very dramatically<\/h3>\n

Sure, there are the stories that go BUM and seem pretty much as if a benevolent God had intervened. Like with Matthias, who was given up by the doctors after a serious stroke - and surprisingly came back to life. I have his story here in the blog.<\/a><\/p>\n

Or when an escaped Muslim woman on a sinking rubber dinghy cries out to Jesus and then sees a white figure on the water and shortly afterwards safely reaches the shore.<\/p>\n

Experience God - in everyday life<\/h3>\n

\"Experiencing<\/a>Such goosebump stories are impressive. But in many cases, people don't really long for the dramatic - they would find it wonderful if they could somehow feel that God loves them from time to time.<\/p>\n

This was the experience of a person in a caf\u00e9 who told me that he couldn't believe in God because he had never felt him. My friends and I then prayed for exactly that. I don't know what exactly happened in response to the prayer - only that the man said: \u201eNow I've felt it!\u201c That was the beginning of his walk with God.<\/p>\n

Reinhard, a former classmate, felt differently. We prayed the same prayer for him and asked him if he had felt God. He said \u201eno\u201c. I asked him: \u201eDid you perhaps feel something like a warmth or something similar? \u201cYes, totally. My whole body felt warm.\" I explained to him that this might have been God wanting to show himself to him.<\/p>\n

Experience God - through mindfulness for the small differences<\/h3>\n

\"Experience<\/a>With questions like these, my Coaching training<\/a> into play. One aspect of coaching is to help people recognise small differences that make things better or worse. For example, a couple can have deeper conversations when they are sitting together at the kitchen table than when they are cosying up on the sofa.<\/p>\n

Recognising differences in faith<\/h4>\n

I find it easier to enter into a dialogue with God when I sit, walk or dance on the floor. I have painted a prayer path on the roof of my boat especially for this purpose.<\/p>\n

It is also easier for me to pour out my heart to God when I can do so in a calm and quiet way. Wingwave music<\/a> that de-stresses the emotional system. Those who learn to recognise such differences can act more consciously and take action - in life and in faith.<\/p>\n

Experiencing God - how?<\/h3>\n

My question of the week is aimed at the small, subtle differences that affect whether encounters with people or God are experienced as satisfying: I assume that God wants to meet you. That is the core of the Christian message as I understand it. A God who is far away is not attractive, at least not to me.<\/p>\n

But now and again it is our attitudes - inner attitude and posture - and actions that close us off to an encounter with him.<\/p>\n

My tip: Use the question of the week to help you search for differences.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Experiencing God - a few further tips<\/h3>\n