Why do you believe in God?

Question

This is for those who believe. I want to hear the personal experiences which led to that belief. It would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

God Bless!

Answer 1

I was visiting home from college one day and I wasn't feeling well. My family was going out and I decided to stay home. Not too long after they left I was lying on the sofa and I started feeling this excruciating pain in my stomach and I was also bleeding heavily (my sweatpants were soaked in blood). I tried to stand, but I only fell to the floor. I curled up into a fetal position and just wailed and screamed. I could see the phone, but I couldn't get to it. I don't know how long I laid there screaming, but after a while I distinctly remember crying out, "Jesus, please make it stop. Make it stop."----I know some people are going to write what happened next off as crazy, but it is the honest to goodness truth----I felt warm all over. I felt someone holding me, rocking me. I felt so calm and at peace. I closed my eyes and went to sleep. When I woke up...the pain was gone. I went to the ER and I won't get into what was wrong, but just know I should have died that day.

Thank You Lord for saving me, again!

Answer 2

I believe in God, and probably differently than most other persons reasons for believing. I believe because if there was no such thing as God to believe in then, what purpose am I here for, why do I think? Why do I care? That is why I believe in God. I also know that through God I have had answered prayers. God blessed me quite a few times in my life, there is no other explanation that I can think of, so that is how I come to beleive in God.

Answer 3

I can remember riding in the car with my parents I was around 4 or 5 and they were talking about God and I asked about Him and they explained and it satisfied me and I asked where I could learn more and thats when I started going to Sunday School. I have never not believed in God There have been times where I put God on the bottom shelf, but I have realized God is always on the top and everything else comes after God. God has proven Himself to me numerous times and my faith and love grow deeper and more abiding each day. Iam nothing without God.

Answer 4

Its weird, I'm not sure I completely did when I was younger because my initial experiences with God were based solely on what my family and church told me. Since religious leaders always make it seem as if questioning our faith is the worst thing ever, then I kept my questions and fears under wrap.

However later in life, I was unable to deny the manifestations of God in my life. I was unable to ignore the still small voice that guided me in making decisions, I couldnt block out the words of others who shared with me miracles and stories that could be attributed to noone else but God. I couldnt get past the feeling of peace and calm I experience when I commune with him and the way the bible is true to life.

So thats why I believe, God is really ammaazzing!

Answer 5

I was raised in a christian home but came to believe for myself in High School. After that I didn't know what to do with my life and I spent 8 1/2 years in a Christian Drama ministry traveling all over the world. God showed himself by always provinding. Recently He took away the constant, all the time, everyday knee pain I was in after 4 knee surgeries. (the surgeries hadn't helped the pain but God took it away.) and just today He provided me with a job for tomorrow and may be for the next 4 months. God is good (all the time).

Answer 6

Hello.. :)

I was raised an Atheist..I hated Christians..I would do anything and everything to try and discredit them..I used to be a druggie, whore and a child abuser..

My life was a living hell here on earth..I was bitter, wanting all for me, or nothing, I did not care about my family..

My brother asked me to go to church with him and my 3 young children, (he was screwing up my plan to commit suicide that day) I told him I was not dressed, he said he would wait..so I went..I swore at the Pastor called him a Jesus Freak and told him he was crazy..All the Pastor could do is tell me that he Loved me, and Jesus did too..that made me all the madder, I wanted to go back, to do more of the same..

The following Sunday, I did go back, but before I could say or do anything, the Pastor asked who wanted to be baptized that day..my hand went up in the air..I was baptized in the Lake (Kingston, NH) behind the church that as a little child, I would make fun and taunt the other children who went to that church..

The Pastor asked if I believed that Jesus died for my sins, I said No, but I want to..I said I knew that I was a sinner and I wanted to be a good Mom for my oldest daughter, whom I could not Love.. :(

That was on August 28, 1978..I smoked a joint on the way home..when I woke the next morning, I was quoting the Bible (I never read it before) I was so full of peace, Love, joy, kindness and gentleness, I could hardly contain the the Love that dwelt deep within my heart..the empty pit in my stomach was gone..a veil was lifted from my eyes..I was looking at the world through different eyes..my vision was finally clear for the first time in my life..I felt clean, as white as snow..I was set free from drugs, greed, hatred, anger and swearing..

My daughter came to see what was happening..I said to Sherry, I Love you..and for the first time in her sweet ten years of her little life, I meant it and I could feel within my soul..we both hugged each other and cried.. :)

I will never go back to hurting others, nor hatred, greed, lust, envy, strife and why should I for who the Son hath set Free, Is Free Indeed..Praise the Lord..Glory be to God in the Highest..

In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ..

Answer 7

I read cslewis' comment that the Savior was not a fine man and great teacher. He either was special or He was a raving lunatic. It occurred to me with great vividness that the same argument applied to Scripture. The more I studied (understanding it to be kind of an all or nothing thing) the more I could not rationalize throwing it all out.

Answer 8

First, thank you for the opportunity to express belief. Sometimes it seems that this site is only for those who laugh at faith. This is my personal experience.

As a child, I was introduced to scripture early. I was encouraged to read but sometimes confused by the language of the King James version. This encouraged me to search for a translation I could trust as well as understand. This lead me to the english translation of the latin vulgate, which is an older translation of the greek scripture than is the king james. In 1962, I found the english translation of the Greek scripture with a Strong's concordance. I began devouring this and learned much about Jesus Christ. I still had not given my life to Him but I was seeking. I traveled much and married and had 3 children. I got divorced and remarried and was loosing that marriage when my oldest daughter who was 10 at the time encouraged my husband and myself to go to church with her. We did so and we were drawn to the love we found there. This was l978, and the church was in Greenville, S.C. It was a racially mixed church and the Love of God lived there. My marriage did not improve right away and I cried to Father God one night. He spoke to me and He scolded me for praying for Him to change my husband and not to change myself. I was convicted of my own sins and in a moment I shall never forget, I was given the Holy Spirit. I saw Him come down to me and felt Him enter my heart and mind. My doubt of the existence of Father God and Jesus and Holy Spirit is non-existent. I had lived life without regard to the commandments of Father God until that time. It was many years of growing before I considered myself more than a baby in Jesus Christ. We will pay for hard living even if we become saved, as I have discovered. I have been told that my life expectancy is medically down to 6 months. I am only 62 years old but I do not fear death. I know that even if Father God decides to allow me to be present with my Lord Jesus soon, I will not fear death because I will not die. My spirit is the Holy Spirit and He will carry my spirit to Jesus.

Answer 9

You know what? I'm not sure... I just know that I believe in God, maybe because I chose to believe. Also, I don't need a religion to tell me what is good or bad, that anyone can feel it inside, just as God. I think everyone must find God in their own way, in their own interpretation.

Answer 10

I became one of those born-again Jesus Freaks of the 1970s. This was the Calvary Chapel movement that started in Costa Mesa, California USA. I was by myself when I asked Christ into my heart, because I figured if He IS God, He can meet me where I am at and not at a church. And He did, in a BIG way. Been walkin' and talkin' to Him for--oy, 34 years now.

I'm a big supporter of Israel and the Jewish people and Messianic Jews as well. I even created a CDROM for people to go to Israel and Jordan without leaving their house.

The more I read the Bible, the more I become convinced that there is a God, and that He has made Himself known and proven in the pages of scriptures. To those who are seeking, I try to pass this one in my answers and in my online studies.