tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post3047073960900049184..comments2024-02-28T14:08:48.430+01:00Comments on A Yearning Heart's Journey: Living in Constant Awareness of God's Immediate PresenceBenjamin Schäferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14661827092578677661noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-46696023325961889832022-10-23T21:11:21.732+02:002022-10-23T21:11:21.732+02:00Thank you. Was exactly what I needed today. Thank you. Was exactly what I needed today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-63390887658730491612018-03-19T20:37:18.083+01:002018-03-19T20:37:18.083+01:00Yes, that's another aspect of His presence ent...Yes, that's another aspect of His presence entirely. There are many things I didn't cover in this article, but you can easily find resources on them on the Internet. But I couldn't find much on the aspects I covered here. Benjamin Schäferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661827092578677661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-42345801625432529122018-03-17T16:56:00.424+01:002018-03-17T16:56:00.424+01:00This is great but I was also expecting to see an a...This is great but I was also expecting to see an awareness that He lives in us. . .the God of the universe lives in the believer. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-28329736106541005142017-07-25T04:10:29.273+02:002017-07-25T04:10:29.273+02:00i am so blessed reading through this...
thanks to...i am so blessed reading through this...<br /><br />thanks to you BenjaminRev Abel Omozokpiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13105569921432554313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-79214211478494859712016-10-28T06:48:04.344+02:002016-10-28T06:48:04.344+02:00Great writing Benjamin. This is truly a wonderful ...Great writing Benjamin. This is truly a wonderful way to explain God's presence. Not only I am encouraged more, I am also more aware and glad to know that there are more people that experience God's presence. God bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-80707164359281807042016-08-04T15:51:26.096+02:002016-08-04T15:51:26.096+02:00Thank you so much Benjamin for this article. It ha...Thank you so much Benjamin for this article. It has been in my heart how to sense God's presence more and I have been searching for how I can have his manifest presence in my life. This article left me not only loving the Lord more but actually more than focusing on his manifest presence I just want to know more about our precious Lord who is within us and right next to me! I want to know his heart more! And who knows then his manifest presence may very well come along- However he chooses to reveal himself to me more I figure :)<br /><br />This is perfect. Thank you so muchEstanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-48397820650933959652016-05-22T23:17:39.516+02:002016-05-22T23:17:39.516+02:00Thank you, Justin! Knowing that my resources helpe...Thank you, Justin! Knowing that my resources helped you means a lot to me. Feel free to use them anyway you want. You don't even have to give me credit, but I'm thankful you did! God bless!Benjamin Schäferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661827092578677661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-68166637644629132372016-05-22T12:24:10.071+02:002016-05-22T12:24:10.071+02:00Thank you for writing this piece of work. Because...Thank you for writing this piece of work. Because of your faithfulness, you've helped me deliver a couple of messages to our small community of believers at a church plant that I'm helping with. I'm giving you credit for the content as well as giving God the credit. Be blessed!Justin Mausthttp://www.justinmaust.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-65431478174109545682015-04-25T15:39:25.410+02:002015-04-25T15:39:25.410+02:00Thanks for this Benjamin, I have recently just ret...Thanks for this Benjamin, I have recently just returned to Christ and by that I mean that I have had a general understanding of him all of my life but I have never really been close to him. I have never really understood the message of the cross and like many others I looked at him like a tyrant who was out to get everyone. Since coming back to him and being constantly aware of his presence, I have realized that he is so loving and so merciful to me and that all he wants is for me to live life abundantly in his presence and in full acknowledgment of his glory.<br /><br />Thanks for this article, I read it just at the right time. <br /><br />Bless you brother. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050652152969407163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-87632381414666554172014-06-16T13:25:52.435+02:002014-06-16T13:25:52.435+02:00"Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to l..."Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,<br />Prone to leave the God I love;<br />Here's my heart, O take and seal it,<br />Seal it for Thy courts above."<br /><br />You're so right! My tendency to "wander" (to get distracted from God, from the place of prayer and simple devotion) is probably my biggest struggle. It doesn't even have to be about falling in sin or living a season of compromise. It's just so easy for the human heart to grow insensitive to His presence, His Word, His love. I'm shocked so often to realize how quickly my heart can go from hunger to indifference, from sensitivity to distraction, from the heights of love to the boredom of mundaneness.<br /><br />Keeping my eyes fixed on God and continually reminding myself that His eyes are fixed on me has helped a bit. But oh how I wish that He would just seal me like in the song above.<br /><br />But God wanted life to be an ongoing journey of making decisions. And I believe that the returning, the choosing Him throught the span of our lives, He counts as love. Even our weak love is true love that moves the heart of God. He sees the struggle, knows our frame (Ps 103:14), and the fact that we have to choose Him again and again and again, and sign up again and again and again, makes it even more precious to Him.<br /><br />What a God! What a mercy! What a love!Benjamin Schäferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661827092578677661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-86380405772576678972014-06-14T01:03:10.016+02:002014-06-14T01:03:10.016+02:00This has been my pursuit for awhile. Thank you fo...This has been my pursuit for awhile. Thank you for this article it is very timely. I have known degrees of this throughout my walk with God and then get sidetracked and fall into some darkness in my life. We wonder sometimes how great men and women of God have such power and effectiveness in ministry in their life and then suffer some moral fall. I think that this is probably one of the keys. The result of intimacy with God naturally will produce the benefits of that presence... ie salvation in others... healings, repentance... etc... Then I think the enemy gets us sidetracked and gets our focus of our God... We suffer when this happens.. But God, in His mercy, so readily calls us back to His side. <br /><br /> Thanks for sharing this Benjamin!<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />KevinKevin Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531836418396147964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-37346548123788924672012-12-19T17:16:28.492+01:002012-12-19T17:16:28.492+01:00Thanks, Jamie, for your encouraging feedback. Yeah...Thanks, Jamie, for your encouraging feedback. Yeah, for me it's an area that God highlights again and again over the years and I really believe if we make this simple truth part of our everyday life it will change everything. So simple and yet so powerful.<br /><br />The idea of "universal and manifest presence" was actually inspired by A. W. Tozer. He mentions the difference between those two in his book "Pursuit of God" and it really helped me understand that whether we feel God or not doesn't depend so much on Him as it depends on my mindset, expectation and response to His presence.<br /><br />If you're looking for a good, inspiring read on this topic, I highly recommend "Practice of the Presence of God" by Brother Lawrence. You can read it here: http://www.jesus.org.uk/vault/library/lawrence_practice_of_presence.pdf and there's also a free Kindle version on Amazon.comBenjamin Schäferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661827092578677661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2063226095666261781.post-90254692338849869262012-12-17T22:13:48.157+01:002012-12-17T22:13:48.157+01:00Hey Benjamin, I totally love this article. God has...Hey Benjamin, I totally love this article. God has me learning, teaching and beginning to minister this same stuff in my sphere. I really like the way you phrased it, especially "universal vs. manifest" point #2. Keep it up. Awesome ministry and writing.Jamie Rohrbaughhttp://www.fromhispresence.comnoreply@blogger.com