Your personal encounter with Jesus will change you so much that people will start to note the change. We had a new baby that had a milk allergy with a lot of vomiting and restless sleep. Preferred instead of 'personal' encounter was the idea of ecclesial encounter, which occurs, namely, through the sacraments of the Church. But we should remember that He’s kind and patient and He doesn’t point out our sin without also being there to help us overcome it and change.

The prophet Isaiah's testimony, recorded in Isaiah 6, taught me that having an encounter with Jesus isn't necessarily an occasion of ecstasy. You would want to tell everyone you meet about Him. At the age of eighteen years old, on a mid-afternoon in the summer of 1982, as he was passing through Brandy Camp, PA, Jack had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ Himself. I want to share with you five truths about encounters I … “Encounters with Jesus: With an Unclean Man” Introduction: When I was a freshman in college I had to preach a sermon in one of my classes, the teacher insisted that we dress up for the occasion. But I want to base this particular sermon on the Samaritan Woman’s encounter with Jesus. Most Jews would take a longer route just to avoid the Samaritans whom they hated. As Thomas a Kempis says: “You cannot live well without a friend, and if Jesus be not your friend above all else, you will be very sad and desolate. A third encounter with God: filled with the holy Spirit After months of studying the Bible and praying, I decided that I wanted to be baptized in the Spirit of God , and allowed the couple to pray for me. Yes, I have. If you have never had a personal encounter with Jesus you would know that Jesus is life changing. “And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem,” (Acts 9:28). Sometimes we don’t want to have our sin pointed out to us, and that can even occasionally make us not want to come to Him. Now in the Bible, there are many examples of encounters. Jesus is God and when we know Him and have a relationship with Him, there is … This is how you have a personal relationship with Jesus. To our Catholic ears, the expression had vaguely Protestant resonances. Personal Encounter with Jesus Christ – The Purpose of Pentecost. At the age of eighteen years old, on a mid-afternoon in the summer of 1982, as he was passing through Brandy Camp, PA, Jack had a personal encounter with Jesus Christ Himself. The same is true for my relationship with Jesus.

Your personal encounters with Jesus will compel you to speak in his name. Thus, you are acting foolishly if you trust or rejoice in any other. Today, I want to speak to you about divine encounters. When we truly have an encounter with Jesus, He’ll do this with us, too! Personal encounters with Jesus July 22, 2007 | 29 comments I was listening to a radio interview with Steve Ray the other day, and he mentioned that for many years he was a lukewarm Christian, until he had a “personal encounter with Jesus Christ” that changed his life and brough him back to faith in a big way. Christ appeared to him and confirmed it with another visitation several days later. Today we look on as Nathanael has a personal encounter with Jesus. Personal encounters with Jesus July 22, 2007 | 29 comments I was listening to a radio interview with Steve Ray the other day, and he mentioned that for many years he was a lukewarm Christian, until he had a “personal encounter with Jesus Christ” that changed his life and brough him back to faith in a big way. Christ appeared to him and confirmed it with another visitation several days later. Why?