Good for you Craig, I'm happy for you that you have found what works for you. 

Jan 24, 2012 -- 2:47PM, Craig_w_dressler wrote:

For many years I tried believing a plethora of different religions and found no peace.  Only after I made Jesus Christ my Savior and Lord did I find the peace and joy I was seeking.  In addition, after receiving the infilling the Holy Spirit I was empowered to live the Christian life and given certain gifts of the Holy Spirit which help and direct my life.

I have been a carasmatic pentacostal for a while myself.  I love exeriencIng the POwer and presence of god.  But there are many of these churches that think it's satanic because they have been filled with so many dry bones for so long they don't know what being pentacostal means. They also said that only christians have these experiences.   After being rejected enough tmes I went outside of christianity and found the same experiences in qigong and reki.  It is known as kundalini in their terms.  The problem is I love the community church provides (if they are accepting of moves of the Holy Spirit )but they are so narrow minded.  But those outside of christianity like qigong, reiki and kundalini believe this path is a solotary one.  They don't know the power a group can provide.  I wish there was a group that understood this.