Comments on: Super-Spiritual

By: Birgit

Birgit — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:15:40 +0000

Hi Susan, welcome, and thanks so much for your reply and your thoughts here – it’s so amazing to hear about what God has done in your life, drawing you into such close relationship, and how much you love Him! It really is so inspiring to hear of your heart for Him, and all that He has revealed to you. With lots of blessings, Birgit

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Dear Desire, Sold Out and Koula, thank you to each of you too for your replies here – Sold Out, your love for God, and your surrender to Him, and what you’ve shared here is inspiring! Lots of blessings, Birgit

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:55:30 +0000

Hi Birgit. I am super spiritual and proud of it. God formed me in my mothers womb, He made me who I am. I did not always serve Him properly. I was religious for 42 years Then He came and draw me closer in a maraculous way. Now that I know my Lord and love Him with every part of my being, I want to shout it off the roof tops if I can. When I look at the condition of some of our churches I believe their would be more revival if more people were super spiritual. Look at the life of “Rees Howells, Intercessor” and then you see how God use a super spiritual person and how many revivals did God bring through him. I have seen and experience the most amazing miracles and moves of God. In the beginning it did hurt when someone talked down to me as being super spiritual but now I am proud to be called a “super spiritual” because I know who made me and I am formed in His image and He can use me for what ever He wants to because I am not placing limits on my life.
I must tell you that I dont like the wording “Jesus freak” because God did not make any freaks He is not a freak and I am formed in His image and I am not a freak, I am just so in love with Jesus. He is my Husband and my Maker. He is everything to me.
Susan in South Africa

By: Koula Amling

Koula Amling — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:12:19 +0000

Thank you Sold out! I can relate. You are such an encouragement to me today!

By: Sold out

Sold out — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:13 +0000

This touches home for me because often I am called superspiritual. Lately, it has really bothered me and I started to examine myself to determine whether I am a turn off to people around me. It is not my intent to make people fill uncomfortable around me, but Christ lives in me, so out it comes. We were created in his own image, so if we read the bible they were turned off by Jesus’s words. He was not popular. We will suffere like Jesus suffered. I recently said it works for me to someone who called me superspiritual. What I meant by that is that this is the only way I know to be. I am so consumed with God because of where He has brought me from and out of that I am totally sold out to Him out of gratitude. Why read the word if you are not going to apply it to daily situations. If I am so superspiritual then why do strangers pour out their heart to me and my students at work. If I didn’t read my word I wouldn’t be able to give these people sound wisdom that applies to their daily walk. In this world in which God is so uncool, it lets me know that I am standing out and being different, not wishy washy, professing my faith and not denying the God I serve. I am sorry, but I choose not to look like this world and I hold the saying to heart, “What would Jesus do or say.” Sure I stumble and sin, but I owe it to the man who died such a horrific death for me to not live a shabby life. If I chose to change the way I am to fit the mindset of the liberal christian, I still would not measure up. I love you Jesus and I am sold out for you. So superspiritual I am until I go home to live with my savior.

By: Desire

Desire — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:24:43 +0000

If oly we have had a fraction of God’s desire to have relationship with us, for Him… If only we did listen to recognise His voice… If only we stopped and fall in love all over again.
Because then I believe we’ll let the Spirit take control, in a “Super-spiritual Natural” manner. Sounds contradicting? Jesus was the most natural wise, kind, firm man on Earth; He was filled with the Spirit. He did offend people, were judged because he loved God. Do we care enough for our Eternal Home to live for it?
There is a time to stay quiet (Est 2:10), and a time to speak up (Act 2:14) but what I love it is led by the Fruit of the Spirit – I pray that every Christian in this World will have a close friend to share that sweetness with. Blessings

By: Birgit

Birgit — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:57:36 +0000

Wow Sands, what amazing insights. I’m really inspired by what you wrote, and look forward to looking up Jeremiah 13 to read this story.

The way you’ve applied this to living our faith ‘so that it shows’ kind of thing, is so good and so motivating. Like you, I’d really like to grow in this, that that love for Him would always be visible. Such a blessing hun, thank you.

By: Sandy-lee

Sandy-lee — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:47:40 +0000

God revealed an interesting (yet personal) thing to me the other night. It was regarding the story of the Linen Belt (found in Jeremiah 13). Jeremiah was asked by God to buy a linen belt and tie it around his waist. He was then instructed to hide it in a crevice of a rock. God then told him to return a couple of days and it was completely ruined…completely useless. I have been so convicted about this because I desire to live my life consistently (with Christian and non Christians friends alike). I know that I cannot spiritually vomit over my non Christian friends but why do I hide it when it is the most important thing to me.

We as christians are called to be the linen belt in our day-to-day lives, but burying it will only make us useless. We can choose to live boldly as a saint through our actions, through the peace of knowing Christ suffers with us, and through the knowledge that God wants our loved ones to know his Son even more than we do.

x: Getting there?!

By: Birgit

Birgit — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:43:10 +0000

Beautifully put @ngie, I really agree with all you said here.

At the heart of it, I wondered why a term with a negative connotation is used for people who are full on about Jesus.

It’s so good to see the way it’s sparked different thoughts, like the importance of being real and also being sensitive with what we say, especially around unbelievers. So good!

Thank you for your balanced, wise words @ngie, God bless.

By: @ngie

@ngie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:55:28 +0000

I do see that the great pressure to be ‘relevant’ has led to a confusing message that says to people who do not have a relationship with the Lord, “Come join us because we are just like you.” In cases where there is no distinction between someone who supposedly loves the Lord and someone who doesn’t then I want to shake things up and jump into a talk about spiritual things.

Then on the other side I have seen people avoiding talking about their marriage that is in desperate need of repair and saying a bunch of popular catch phrases so as to keep things apparently God-centered but oh so superficial.

So what I would desire in speaking with anyone would be authenticity. An authenticity that allows for rich conversations about God yet weaves those truths into the wholeness of our human existence touching issues such as career, family, finances, talents and interests.

By: Birgit

Birgit — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:41:59 +0000

Hi Hope, so good to hear how you share your faith both silently by your actions or with words in different situations. Love the way you put – “We’re not better because we have Him, we’re better off.” This is so true, I am so thankful. God bless, great to hear your thoughts :).