Born again ?

Question

For people that have been born again in Christ, how different is your life from before you were saved? What do you feel now that didn't feel then?

Answer 1

I feel loved,
humbled,
hopeful,
grateful,
blessed,
like I want to serve Him in every way I can every day!

Answer 2

When I was saved as a young child, I felt a sense of moral superiority (could have just been the mega church we were attending at the time though) because of the exclusiveness in the message given the day I was baptised, a sense of responsibility (to reach others even when they were not interested which made me appear to be an arrogant brat), and a sense of accountability (not for myself, unfortunately).

Again, it could have been the church I was going to at the time and my young age because the rest of the people in the church were hypocrites.

Now that I'm older, wiser, and have experienced more, I look back on that time with great sadness and shame. Today I am far more likely to refrain from casting the first stone because I know I'm not without problems or mistakes. I also belong to a very inclusive church, a Unitarian church, that has taught me a sense of personal accountability not just for my own actions but for how I treat people, how I think, and for my impact on the environment as well.

Answer 3

I don't drink any more. I was an alcoholis for 25+ years, and when I became one of His Born Again, tongue talking children, He took my alcoholism from me. I went to bed drunk one night, just like every other. And when I woke up the next day, there was no hangover, no withdrawals, no urges to drink. It is a miracle!! Is has been over six years, and not a drop. I can even sit with people that are drinking and it doesn't affect me!!

Answer 4

When I go through rough times in life, I'm not alone. I was very lonely even in a crowd before I was saved. Now I have peace that Jesus is with me and even by my self I'm no longer alone.

Answer 5

oh wow. i can telll you so much and im only 16. before i was born again, or before God stepped into my life, my parents were drug addicts, drunks and fighters. they fought all the time. always being arrested. we were homeless at one point. i found out recently that my dad was going to kill my mom, he even bough a gun, but before he did, some guy came, and invited him to church. my dad went. he later took my mom. things changed little by little. he stopped drinking and doing drugs...he still fights sometimes, but not physically, just as parents do sometimes, and i feel loved for once in my life. my life has changed so much, it took time, but it has happened. and thats sort of why i hate people mouthing off to God. because you will never know what he is untill you find out. and i know some of you may make fun of me, but when God stepped in everything changed. i wish everyone can know how this feels.

below is my "religion" (we dont like calling ourselfs a religion, because its not. its about God. not about groups)

God Bless, and i really hope you go to one of my churchs and see how it is. =]

Answer 6

We are born again and again and again until we truly accept that escape from samsara requires belief in the dharmacakra, which will eventually lead us down the path to Nirvana.

Answer 7

before i didn't know where i would go after i died,now i know i'll be with Jesus

Answer 8

ewewewe@Jersey Rick

Answer 9

I feel all sticky...

and what is this thing hanging from my belly button...

Answer 10

it think its preatty the same, its awareness what you feel perharps,