Comments on: Laughing In The Spirit

By: Bron

Bron — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:46:01 +0000

Anyone who has a sincere belief in the infallability of God’s Word could never endorse this manifestation as being from God. Just because the experience was real or positive does not make it from God. There have been documented manifestations which are exactly the same in the New Age movement. One has to be very careful accepting something that is not in the Bible. Very simple discernment suggests that one of the fruits of the Holy Spirit is self-control. Any manifestation resulting in a person losing his or her self-control is not from the Holy Spirit. Even those who fell prostrate before the Lord in the Bible, did so in total awe of God. They were worshipping Him from the heart and were not knocked backwards. How could God force someone to laugh or shake or fall backwards against their will and exhibit manifestations which are clearly not from the fruit of self-control. This may well be part of the last days deception which will almost deceive His elect. I had a similar experience years ago of being pushed over at a meeting by a force. I have since discerned that it was not from God. The fact that the attention is drawn away from Jesus and onto the manifestation should sound an alarm since it is very clear that the Holy Spirit will always give glory to Jesus and remind us of His teaching.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:16:57 +0000

I have experienced this once so far, only 2 nights ago!

I have been under a lot of stress lately because of a crisis situation in my life the last 4 months. So I went to a new (for me) Pentecostal church that is known for its manifestations of healing through the Holy Spirit.

Earlier that day I had been so very anguished and prayed to God that I could find rest in Him.

So I went to the service and within a few minutes I was crying. An elderly woman came on my left side and put her hand on my shoulder while she sang and spoke in tongues. She had the voice of an angel! Divine. And her language didn’t sound like the gibberish some people I have heard speak in tongues.

It was very emotional for me and before long I was sobbing, then I dropped to my knees. Deep, deep cries, sobs, from all the pain and anguish of the last months of dealing with my situation.

Then singing, beautiful singing came. I soon found myself, singing also, praising Him in a voice I didn’t know I had! It was so beautiful and I felt so free to heap Praise and thanks on Him through singing.

After about 30 minutes of singing and worshiping Jesus Christ I began laughing as if the Holy Spirit was making me laugh. I’d never experienced this before and I felt like I hadn’t had a proper laugh in at least 6 months. Yet here I was having big belly laughs!

It was as if God was laughing at the whole silly situation I am in, giving me the sense I have nothing to worry about. For Him my problem is nothing, like flicking a piece of dust away.

However, the thing I felt most profoundly was the sense of finding rest in HIm. I thank Him for this experience. Later, I walked out of the service wondering, “What just happened in there?”

I have also had the experience of shaking uncontrollably in the Holy Spirit in 2006. It was about 4 months after first accepting Jesus (as a last resort as I’d tried everything else) after being ill for 2 years with chronic fatigue and other health problems.

After being prayed for and anointed with oil, I shook on the ground for at least 20 minutes. After it was over I was walking back to my car and felt an incredible sense of energy and power in my solar plexus region. I also realised I was walking faster than usual! (I had previously struggled with fatigue and lack of energy). After this experience my energy remained high as it still does.

All praise, thanks and glory to Jesus Christ.

By: Lydia Spotswood

Lydia Spotswood — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:17:21 +0000

I have had about two or three experiences with laughing and being slain in the spirit. My first experience was when I was at a youth type rival called “the fire conference” just in the middle of the message, when the pastor was speaking.. two girls started laughing uncontrollably, and came up to the front, and feel backwards. It looked like something hit them.. and it looked way too real for them just to put on the act. I was like “wow, did that really just happen?” then I started shaking uncontrollably I didn’t know what was happening then, I went up and it literately felt like a big, huge wind of Gods spirit hit my and I fell backwards, then was still shaking uncontrollably. This went on for about 10-15 minutes. Before this happened, I didn’t believe in this kind of stuff,and when I would hear about it, I was like “those people are crazy!” And “They just want attention” But when it happened to me, there’s no way that, that wasn’t God’s power. Because I experienced it myself. There are many biblical verses about people falling or not being able to stand in God’s presence. When God decides to reveal His holy spirit to us so much, it’s too much for our human bodies to handle, because God’s spirit is just that powerful. Just thought I might share this