can you remember how it came about or what it was that turned the light on in the darkness?
can you remember the date ?
I got saved on Feb. 76
and it changed me forever...God Bless
2007-10-10 18:06:37 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
merrywhiterose........gee thanks, I'm glad you have the power to look inside humans hearts .
2007-10-10 18:17:22 · update #1
funnana....really great story!
2007-10-10 18:20:23 · update #2
Long story, condensed......
At the tender age of 17, my beloved Grandmother, who had reared me died. The loss shook the foundations of my world. I was not raised in a "religious" home, although it was a firm, "old school" and loving one. I did not know how to cope with the loss and turned to alcohol and drugs, which only numbed the pain.
After a few years on the streets, living on the kindness of strangers and "friends", whose only interest in me was someone to party with, I hit bottom. Sleeping on a borrowed bed, God came to me in a dream, and called me by my name, asking if I was "ready to come home".? It took only a few minutes to figure out that "home" was much more than the farm I had grown up on and would last much longer...........
I surrendered on the spot and allowed Jesus to save me.....I am thankful to have been saved, not only from a path of self destruction, but also for my eternal soul.
Years later, my youngest daughter would be born on my "spiritual birthday". I think that is pretty neat!
2007-10-10 18:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was saved in 1998 in a small church. I had prayed about a month before and, having been away from family and people I knew, I basically told God, "Well, if somethings going to happen it'll probably be now." I guess I sort of submitted myself to him in a way.
A month later, I made a decision to answer a call to pray for salvation given at a church service and determined that I was going to keep answering that call to the altar until something happened. One night, I tried to work up feelings and such and I couldn't. Then, I just bowed over and an onrush of divine love surrounded me and I had a peace like never before. That must have been when I stopped trying to do it myself and just resigned myself to the Lord. I couldn't believe God could love me that much. I remember asking, "God, how can you love me?" And over and over, He bathed me in His wonderful love. The church even started emptying and I was still there at the altar in that wonderful peace and glorious presence of God.
Thereafter, I started getting rid of stuff that I had around - worldly music, etc. I started attending chuch faithfully and have ever since. The Bible came alive and God was always there through the tough times.
So, that's how I got saved. There's more to it, but I'm not going to describe every detail I remember. It was wonderful and real. Even writing about it feels good.
2007-10-10 18:22:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well long before i got saved god had a plan , I'd say he was grooming me for being saved for sure , theres just no doubt in my mind , from the age of 6 on i learned about god and when i was 13 i was asked do i want to accept Jesus into my heart , well by then of course i did , so I'm now 39 and doing the math , i was saved in 1980 as far as the day goes , umm i don't exactly remember , but id imagine god does , think it was summer time
2007-10-10 18:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by jojo 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Paul speaks oftentimes of being deceived, led away, or common lack of interest/satisfication and go back to their old tactics. Christ continuously says "trust in me and obey the regulation", also, forgive 7 situations 70 if the criminal "repents" 7 situations 70. not door-matting christians with the "turn the different cheek" it truly is obvious that Paul, and others, could fall from grace. in the different case, why say something to any of the hot churces about "many will come contained in the call of Christ". i have met alot of Christians that do not look to have a conscious. it truly is like 'hiya i'm a christian, you are able to believe me.' not continuously actual. it truly is what we choose/determine. the way I comprehend the KJV is i can't say "i will Heaven". That, i imagine, isn't nicely-known until eventually we die. (i'm not so particular of this one, so i'm open) purely Jesus did a perfect interest of coping with this flesh body. we are able to all fail at situations. say sorry (and recommend it) and attempt harder. Grace is a present, not a license to sin. undergo in techniques it truly is effortless. Do unto others as you've finished to you. and all different guidelines will be fulfilled maximum magnificent reality that, as a tactics s i understand, Jesus is the author of. This short summation of the total regulation, decreased to 2 commandments is what convinces me the a large number of the reality of Christ Jesus. The Greek for "born back" is BORN FROM ABOVE. verify the Strongs Concordance's dictionary on the back of the e book.. and could He bless you all. I take heed to( see substances ) to those 2 because they both practice "words & definitions".
2016-10-09 00:24:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oak Grove Full Gospel Church, Springdale, Arkansas new years eve leaving 1993 beginning 1994 a NEW MAN.
I went because my wife wanted to go. I sat there cold hearted and mad, she went forward at the invitation, I was really mad when that happened, I knew I had just lost my drinking partner and my whole life was about to change.
As I sat there watching her, I remember feeling a softness come over me, I moved up closer to the front to see what was going on and I realized what was going on alright....God was calling me to a life of forgiveness and change. I nearly ran to that altar.
Lots of details and many trials later I was delivered from a horrible life of sin and addiction.
Sin is like a Pit Bull, it doesn't like to give up its hold on you. But God is bigger than any problem we face.
Questions like this make me understand just how much I am loved. I hate to think where I would be had my wife not obeyed Gods call and aggravated me about going to church that night.
2007-10-10 18:25:13 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1955 in the fall
A Nazarene Church
They preached hell fire
I waited until the last night of the revial, then I thought I would be left out so I ran to the alter, It was like something on the inside left me and it was so heavy, I felt much lighter afterwards
I had a real experience with God that night I will never forget it
I was walking on clouds and singing and dancing for a long time
I would go to the out house and pray every morning before I went to school, it was getting chilly by then
I had a wonderful time with the Lord, I read his word for hours I wanted to know everything that was in there
I had a real hunger and desire to be with him
I then went to the Baptist Church with my Aunt
I loved God and would go anywhere I could find him
2007-10-10 18:30:17 · answer #6 · answered by Gifted 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is just an excerpt. For the whole story, click on the link below.
Years Later, When I was 24 years old
I had come upon a time when I thought that I was Gay that I wanted to kill myself. Years of anti Gay input from people who I was supposed to look up to took their toll and I commenced to think that I was less human and a blight upon humanity. I thought that I was less than human. Even worse, harmful to the world in general. Conclusion: the world would be better off without me. Marijuana was something that I was addicted to, and paranoia would set in when I did it.
As a last ditch effort, I decided to put myself on the "Paths of the Gods". It was from a book series called the Crystal Caves, where the young Merlin was warned by his teacher that he would have to run away from the place he was living so that his Uncle would not kill him. The teacher said to him that the God's would either crush him, or help him. And so I adopted the idea, and would remind myself when my self loathing got so bad that I couldn't stand myself anymore. I would say to myself, " I am on the Paths of the Gods, and they will either crush me or let me live".
( What I didn't know is that I was making a faith statement, and I think that God heard me. I notice now that God does that, He will come down to the level of faith that a person has in order to lift them up, even though it is not perfectly viewed in solid Christian foundational teaching. He says that just a 'little trust' is all that is necessary. )
2007-10-10 18:13:56 · answer #7 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I got saved in '75 I believe and baptized a short time later. But I'm not Christian, I'm Agnostic.
2007-10-10 18:11:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sean 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
1976, MY 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER TOLD ME ABOUT JESUS.
Her babysitter had been taking her to church while I was working. One day I went to pick up my daughter , she said" Mommy ,Jesus is going to have a big party but you can't go .You don't have Jesus in your heart."
It made me stop and think,the next Sunday I went to church.Jesus is Lord of my life.I will go to that party.<><
2007-10-10 18:13:23 · answer #9 · answered by funnana 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
aw glad to hear
i was born and raised catholic never put much thought into it then
i think i was atheist
then i started thinking about the science and jesus and i did research which made me agnostic
and ever since i prayed that jesus would take my fear away i was 100% christian
2007-10-10 18:12:45 · answer #10 · answered by K.L. 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋