no scripture please. share your experience. i'm asking have you felt things, seen things, heard things, been healed, etc. any change? anything out of the ordinary? how is life different? no scripture please...
2006-07-28 12:20:40 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i'm not christian so don't call me one
2006-07-28 12:28:42 · update #1
To me, life became different only after I left my parents house. Ive been a Christian since I was born, so I didnt know what it was like to be NOT one. So when I left home, thats when life began. I saw what the world was really like, I experienced music, people, going out on Sundays, staying home on Sundays, sex, etc. I would say that life without the restraint of Christianity is a lot more worth living. I am very happy now. I still believe, but I am certainly not a fanatic, nor do I attend an organized church. I do read the Bible when I feel like it, and I feel like I can speak with God and ask him things. I attend all types of religion churches, like Catholic, Baptist, Anglican...when and if I feel like it.
2006-07-28 12:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by bran 5 · 5⤊ 5⤋
Since I came to Christ three and a half years ago I have changed completely! I have so much more love in my heart, my relationship with my mother has been healed (she came to Christ soon after I did and she experienced physical illness and subsequent healing) and I am much quicker to forgive and not judge. I'm not materially richer but I don't worry about money like I used to - plus the little I do have I manage better. I stopped smoking pot, drinking alcohol and I even eat healthier. I no longer have broken relationships with men - and now I have a strong man in my life and our relationship has grown stronger as my relationship with Christ has grown stronger.
I've also traveled to Brazil three times (before I came to Christ I'd only been as far as Mexico) and seen the lives of street children drastically change. I haven't seen "instantaneous" miracles - but I have seen some miraculous things take place over time. I'd say the changes in me and those close to me who have also come to Christ are nothing short of miraculous.
The past few years haven't been easy but they have been so much more rewarding and purpose-filled than the twenty some years preceding. Learning how to walk by faith (not sight) is difficult... but when you are inspired by the Holy Spirit, anything and everything is possible.
2006-07-28 19:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by obrigadadeus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I went from being a person who was fearful and confused to a woman full of assurance, peace, joy and purpose. I also witnessed the salvation of my father before he died (a miracle). I've been in bible study for ten years and my life has turned around completely. It used to be I felt as if I could do nothing right, nothing ever turned out right. It's exactly the opposite now. My life is stable and ordered. He has encircled me with a hedge of protection. I feel like I live in a garden of beauty. This in the midst of a world gone insane.
Only knowing Jesus Christ can give you this kind of peace and joy.
2006-07-28 19:31:32 · answer #3 · answered by christian_lady_2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I've stopped going to topless bars. I don't read as much science fiction anymore because real life has become more interesting to me now. I study religion and the writings of early Christians. I go to church on occasion, though the rhythm hasn't set in yet. I've been on a mission trip and sang in a Christmas musical. I've stopped looking at crosses as things to be hated and now look at them with longing. I've let go of a lot of past hurts that I used to cling to. I've had days when I felt like God was speaking right to me. I've fasted and prayed. I've met other Christians who have claimed to have spiritual gifts above and beyond anything I might have. I've argued in Sunday school over the meaning of scriptures. I cut back on my comic book intake (although it's ramping up again). I've had a girlfriend (now ex-girlfriend). I'm more tolerant of other people now (in terms of being able to stand their company -- I'm generally a loner).
2006-07-28 19:33:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one change is I'm still alive, i had a gun to my head in my bed and i accidentally turn the channel to tbn and Joyce Meyers was on and what she was saying was directed to me and i put the gun down and was saved,our financial situation has changed, my husband was working for a gas station and they didn't have insurance and he put in for a job a week before Christmas,i had worked there for almost 15 years at one time, and they normally do not hire anyone a week before Christmas,the whole church prayed about it,one other person was suppose to interview for the job, and he had been, so we were told ,very interested, but he didn't show up and my husband got the job,and the boss is a christian and my husband only been there almost 2 years he's already assistant supervisor.there so many,his father's doctor found a blockage in my father-in-laws heart and they were going to do triple bypass, and he's almost 80,he had all the cat scans,xrays and there was a blockage,before they took him back, me, my husband, his sister and a minister, gathered around his bed and held hands and prayed,when they took him back they had to do a heart catheter to map out what they were going to do, about 1 hr in they called out to the waiting room and said they were sending him home they could not find the blockage and his arteries were as clean as a young persons,they were trying to say they made a mistake, but i know i was there threw all his exams before the hospital admission, i know he was healed.and i know times we've prayed for money for a bill and a check from a over payment would show up, and several times people have just given us money,and they didn't know what shape we were in at that time.there is no other explanation
2006-07-28 19:49:41 · answer #5 · answered by purpleaura1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this a comedy show? give the guy a break.
Christ brought me peace and joy and courage. As St. Michael the Archangel cries out "WHO IS LIKE GOD!" The closer I have come to God the stronger and more loving man he has made by his grace and Love.
If the pagans knew Gods love they would die of joy and peace. You have to be persistent - many people give up to easy - lack of courage - the temptations of the world draw to sleeping around with different people, drugs, drinking to much and becoming empty shells, violence etc. How that is a 'happy life' I do not know.
Only God can give true peace and love.
I turn to Mother Mary - she bings me to Jesus - She with the power of the Holy spirit makes me a warrior of God.
Don't be frightened by those who don't know God and all the lies and media propoganda lies... Jesus Christ if you trully follow him forms you into the Man, Woman you were called to be.
It is not always easy... But through trials and fires and pains and joys! God forms you in his Mighty and heroic image. Andy pandy weakling Jesus is not God! God is so mighty that his mere presence could destroy earth in an instant if he so wished! But he is LOVE - true Love!
Perfect Love cast out all fear! All of us have fears and insecurities! Yet the closer someone comes to Jesus the less fear they have - instead God fills the soul with his couragous and mighty Love! Go to Mother Mary and she with the Help of her spouse the Holy Spirit will form you into the person you were called to be!
I cry with Michael the Archangel "WHO IS LIKE GOD!"
2006-07-28 19:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by knightofchristandmary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I started feeling like I was better than those who don't believe in Christ. I started seeing Christ everywhere I looked. The other day he appeared to me in the bubbles that formed on my coffee after I stirred the creamer. I noticed if you tune the radio to 91.3 and listen to the static carefully you can hear Jesus talking. Finally I had an ingrown toenail for years that miraculously went away.
2006-07-28 19:31:00 · answer #7 · answered by Jason B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I let Christ into my life, He sleeps on the couch a lot, and He keeps drinking my last beer without buying more. He always wants to borrow my car too. I kinda wish He would get a job.
2006-07-28 19:23:33 · answer #8 · answered by rainfingers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I grown older , lost some hair off the top of my head , did not get richer ( so I must be poorer) Had a tooth removed , got divorced, kids left with the x wife , dog died , car won't start, passed a kidney stone, and caught the flu last month . Well does not look good ...........
2006-07-28 19:27:45 · answer #9 · answered by yes w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have a great testimony 6 yrs ago i was in a car accident and shattered my femur the doctor done surgery but he said that it wasn't going to help that i would never have use of my leg again. he also considered taking it off. today i walk perfect and have very little pain and i give all the praise to the Lord for healing me
2006-07-28 19:27:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋