Describe a time in your life that you strayed from God's path. What drew you back?

Answer 1

I walked away from my childhood experience in Christ and was away for appx 18 yrs., during which time with all the chaos that sin brings into your life I became a alcoholic, on drugs, two packs a day cigarette habit and very angry and lonely. Sin always take us farther than we intended to go and keeps us longer than we intended to stay. The devil had stolen absolutely everything from me including my dignity.

After receiving several DWI's and and doing jail time, one day God reached out to me again because people of faith were praying for me...and I heard His voice in my innerman. I asked Him to forgive me for all my sins and told Him that if He would give me a chance to be a Christian again, I knew I could make Him a good one (cause I had been living each day like literal hell). But to do that, I need Him to deliver me from alcohol, drugs, and tobacco quickly because I knew that would be my downfall...and so I asked Him to do it at a moment that I was literally experiencing His Presence upon me, and I believed that I received. That was the last day which was on April 7, 1996 that I have touched any of those things. He cleaned up my life completely. What the alcohol and the drug rehabs could not do (because they tried to clean me up from the outside in but He cleaned me up from the inside out) He completed it in a moment of time. So I have enjoyed almost 11 years of sobriety now. He has given me back everything many times over what the devil had stolen from me. This walk with Him gets sweeter and sweeter everyday as He takes me from glory to glory.

Thanks for the great question and the opportunity to share that. PEACE!!!

Answer 2

I can describe a time when i was so close to God.It was in the fasting month when I decided to read the whole Quran.I kept saying prayers on a reqular basis.Whould whisper Allah is Great and Praise be to Allah 1000 times a day.The beauty of God had penetrated my heart.My demeanor was changed dramatically.I can remember there was not a day when I'd ask of God somethin and he would ignore me.That short experience has left such a burning love im my heart that I can't stray.

Answer 3

I strayed a long time ago from God and started doing drugs and pretty much running amok. But one day, a song was playing on a cd I had just burnt(Gods gonna cut you down- Johnny Cash) I liked the song after seeing the video. But God spoke to me loud and clear through the words of that song "Ive been down on bended knee/talking to the Man from Gallilee/He spoke to me in a voice so sweet/I thought I heard the shuffle of the angels feet/He spoke to me and my heart stood still/ when He said John go do my will/ go tell that long tongued liar/ go and tell that midnight rider/tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter/ tell em that Gods gonnal cut em down. You may throw your rock/hide your hand/working in the dark against your fellow man/but as sure as God made black and white/ whats done in the dark will be brought to the Light." And after that day, I swore off of drugs and onto the Lord. God bless you all. If you dont know the Lord, please e-mail me and we'll talk.

Answer 4

I need to make my commitment daily and sometimes many times a day. Even when I am not quite in His path, I know I should. : )

I walked away from my childhood faith...not deliberately but just slowly and unnoticed.I am happy . I had this hunger for the God's Word. Jesus came after me, He still does.

Answer 5

I strayed away from God's path last year. and nothing has drawn me back and i dont think anything will. I've found what i'm happy with and that won't ever change!!

peace