To all Christians... what led to your belief in God?

Question

What happened that made you believe that there is a God?
Don't say that the bible said so...

how did he reveal himself to you?... popped through the window?

Answer 1

I was just taught there was a God & I have to believe because the thought of just rotting in the ground terrifies me

Answer 2

Well I went to a catholic primary school and im currently at a cahtolic high school, I had my holy communion at 9 but I never believed in God I was a athiest my parents wern't really religious either, my dads a agnostic and my mum was christian kinda.. anyway, I found my religion a few month ago,When my mum died with terminal cancer, Some people would think I wouldn't believe in God, but I reacted differently, and I knew God would look after her. My grandad has alysymes and the nurse saw my Grandma (who died when I was like 2 I'm 15 now) and she described her the exact way my grandma looks and she was near the cooker and my grandma always loved cooking. So obviouslly that gave me more evidance to believe in God. God also has ansered 2 of my prayers latley, I asked for him to look after my brother and he was in a car accident latley and his car tipped upside down and all he got was a arm injury even though his car was smashed to pieces even the tryes ripped off, and the guy who owned the garage said it must of ebing a miracle micahels car looked the worst out of all the cars there but he had the least worst injuries people had broken bones form accidents he had nothing not even a head injury.. It makes you wonder whether my mum is looking after us up there, or answered prayers? Either way it gives me comfort knowing my mum and my grandparents haven't gone anywhere. Some people would say it was just luck but I believe God is the answer.

Answer 3

GOD revealed himself to me when I was experiencing grief for the first time. I was losing my wife of 12 years and our 2 sons to divorce. After sobbing uncontrollably for A few minutes the sense of loss very gradually began to fade. This sense of being loved soon replaced it.The love came from a place deep inside of me that I had previously been unaware existed. I did not come to fully understand or appreciate the significance of this experience until this past year.

Answer 4

God I felt was always in me and by my side, and that He was my teacher all these years, teaching me through all the experiences I had. I have walked away from more serious situations and have survived more times than cats have lives.
Not only have I felt the holy spirit enter into me, but also felt God's presence intervene to me, and telepathically spoke to me, God communicates to me in many different ways. I was never able to understand the Bible as a young child, or teen, But God has teach me through the years. To learn from experiences is the best teacher.

Answer 5

I was raised Christian, so I always thought there was a God, but my true moment of conversion happened when I was a sophomore in college and went on a weekend-long Christian retreat. Throughout the weekend, I was able to feel the presence of God in myself and in others.

Answer 6

I searched for the answers of life for years. I'm college educated and I looked to science for the answers. I recieved technical answers for everything I was looking for, but something was missing and I couldn't put my finger on it. I was a Paramedic when I was younger and I was transporting a patient to the E.R. and she was alert and had stable vital signs with a normal heart rythm. All of a sudden I knew she was going to "crash (die)" on me. I told my partner to upgrade to code 3 (lights/sirens) and I started gathering and setting up the equipment I somehow knew I was going to need. The patient coded on me in the middle of a conversation, her last words in the ambulance was, do you know Jesus? I never heard a voice or saw a light, some how I had just known with out a doubt with no proof or evidence that she was going to code on me? She never regained consciousness while enroute to the E.R. but I had got a pulse back and she was breathing on her own. After that call I felt for the first time what I always thought was ignorance in people- I had faith! I knew that God was real without any evidence, just like I knew what was going to happen to my patient without evidence. I finally understood what I never could figure out about Christians. I always debated them on physical facts that I knew I was right, but I couldn't know what they knew without faith. I went to check on my patient the next day when I got off of shift. The I.C.U. doctor was my friend, he told me the lady I had brought in died- but the Doctor said her last words were, "tell the man who brought me here that Jesus knows him."

Answer 7

My parents were Christians so I was raised with a belief in God. But I also saw my dad's arthritic hands healed....He has no arthritis in his hands now and can move them as much as he wants without pain. When I was in High School I realized I needed my own belief in God not my parents belief.

Answer 8

When I was in great need I called on God for help...and he answered miraculously.....many times....I was freed from great condemnation and guilt of sin.....which i had been living in for a long time.......I am now free from the awful lifestyle I once lived....it is due to his mercy and help.

I saw His answer to my prayer over and over....then I began reading the Bible and thjings REALLY began to change.

I put my faith in Jesus and what He did on the cross....and realized He made it all possible....

Thank you Jesus.

Answer 9

Just look outside!

Go to the beach, look at the sky at night, taste your favorite food. It's all there! The magnificent creations around me tell me that there is a wonderful God out there.

Answer 10

He revealed Himself to me.