Hall7 Posted June 6, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,385 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 491 Days Won: 5 Joined: 04/25/2012 Status: Offline Share Posted June 6, 2014 Do you picture a person, a bright light or? In my case, for some reason it seems like I get two different pictures in my mind when I pray, I see God just as the word "God" but see Jesus as a person even though they are one. And I don't know why but I feel a sense of more compassion towards Jesus and see God as a stricter being, but then again they are one. Must be my subconscious, don't know... So just am curious to know your visions...Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted June 6, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.88 Content Count: 43,795 Content Per Day: 6.21 Reputation: 11,243 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted June 6, 2014 I dont picture anything. When I pray I just pray. Sometimes I pray with my eyes open and focus on a blank wall, but I do not hold any picture in my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Same as with Sheba, I do not picture anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall7 Posted June 6, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,385 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 491 Days Won: 5 Joined: 04/25/2012 Status: Offline Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 There are times when I don't picture anything at all once the Holy Spirit takes over, then it becomes a feeling more than anything, and a good one that is . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted June 6, 2014 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,098 Content Per Day: 7.56 Reputation: 27,834 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted June 6, 2014 that's an interesting question..... I usually see a mountain valley and I sense Him standing beside me but I don't actually see Him. It's my peaceful place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinM Posted June 6, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 144 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 4,512 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 625 Days Won: 10 Joined: 04/11/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/07/1979 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I don't picture anything most of the time, it's more of a feeling than an image. A feeling of warmth and love, I guess those feelings could translate into an image to some people. Sometimes when I pray, I do try to imagine what the world must have looked like when I think about the stories in the Holy Bible. Eden, the Promised Land, what the Jews were doing for the Pharoahs, Jericho, the 1st and 2nd temples, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OakWood Posted June 6, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 867 Topics Per Day: 0.24 Content Count: 7,331 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 2,860 Days Won: 31 Joined: 04/09/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/28/1964 Share Posted June 6, 2014 He looks a bit like the Jolly Green Giant but sat down (on a throne). I think it's an imagery from early childhood that I adopted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall7 Posted June 7, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,385 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 491 Days Won: 5 Joined: 04/25/2012 Status: Offline Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 He looks a bit like the Jolly Green Giant but sat down (on a throne). I think it's an imagery from early childhood that I adopted. Because you imagined Him as bigger than anything else as a child? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hall7 Posted June 7, 2014 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,385 Content Per Day: 0.32 Reputation: 491 Days Won: 5 Joined: 04/25/2012 Status: Offline Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 There was a time during my childhood when I pictured God as an old compassionate man with a white robe and white beard until I understood He isn't a human being. Ever since then It's impossible for me to come up with somewhat of an image of what He might look like. I can only picture and feel His Spirit within me which is invisible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OakWood Posted June 7, 2014 Group: Royal Member Followers: 7 Topic Count: 867 Topics Per Day: 0.24 Content Count: 7,331 Content Per Day: 2.00 Reputation: 2,860 Days Won: 31 Joined: 04/09/2014 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/28/1964 Share Posted June 7, 2014 He looks a bit like the Jolly Green Giant but sat down (on a throne). I think it's an imagery from early childhood that I adopted. Because you imagined Him as bigger than anything else as a child? I don't know maybe. I don't deliberately try to picture him as looking like anything. It's just the picture I get when I hear the word 'God'. I'm a very visual person and when I hear words a picture is formed in my mind. When most people hear the word 'rose' for example, they may see a rosebush or a pink colour or whatever. We're all different. Like a lot of people I have colours for the days of the week two. If you ask most people what colour Sunday is, they'll say 'yellow', probably because it's the colour of the Sun. God has always resembled the Jolly Green Giant but he's almost in Black and White. Probably because I may have seen these ads on TV when I was three or four years old. I don't deliberately try to visualise him like that, I'm aware of the perils of idolatry. It's not purposeful, and I don't believe for one moment that he resembles anything like that. It's just the way my brain works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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