NearertoGod

I don't remember exactly how I came to know Jesus Christ, God, and what had been hidden from me for years.

I know I began to change when I left the pressures of the public school system and all the nasty, mean people there. I think I became me.

And then I found God. I think it started when I attended a Christian school. Of course, they really didn't have good studies, but I learned of God. I learned that He loved me, that He sent Jesus Christ to Earth for my sins so that I wouldn't have to sacrifice innocent little animals to be forgiven.

When I came to God, I began to know more than just what I could see. I began to learn of what I couldn't see, that wasn't a physical being, that was the world beyond my physical eyes.

I began to pray, I began to trust in God to protect me, to help my loved ones, to heal me, and to care for me every single day of my life.

It was kind of like a flower blooming, every day it gets bigger and more beautiful than the last until it is this stunning little blossom.

That was a special time.

Thank you, Jesus.

I love you.

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Jesus came here not condemn, but to save.

Nature is God's gift to us. He loves it as much as He loves us, and we should give respect to Nature because believe it or not - it takes care of me and you more than you know.

smellycat

yep i was given a big nudge.which is a Good thing.

SweetSurrender

I think most of you know how I came to Christ, but there are a lot of newbies, so I'll share.

I had been into the Mormon church about 2 years when I decided I was still looking for something real. Someone directed me to this forum (CFS), and I was a "visitor" for a long time, reading all the posts before I started asking questions. My profile contained the date I joined the Mormon Church as the date of my salvation and when I was baptised.

Boanerges pm'd me and suggested I just surrender my life to Christ. It was so very wonderful. I knew I had found the key. I couldn't believe God loved me as much as He did. I could understand the Bible all of a sudden and have been unable to put it down for very long before I have to read it again. I changed my name from Honeybare to SweetSurrender. Now I have so many Christian friends whom I love and appreciate.

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BCheezy

I had it shoved down my throat by my parents, so I pickup up on it step by step. 19 years later it paid off.

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willing_servant

For me it was pretty difficult. For the first 20 or so years of my life I was an atheist/agnostic. I grew up under communism and without much thinking about it accepted what I was told and read in books.

Around when I was 22 I started to think differenlty, held God for possible. But I quicky descended into a bad illness, into schizophrenia and had many crazy ideas. It took me a long time to finally start seeking God where He can be found. I'm not understand that very well.

But last year in autumn I decided to take the matter on sincerely. And since then, with some ups and downs, I am staying with God. And this year's Easter was my day of baptism.

I still have much to learn and have to apply what I learnt constantly. Sometimes it's easy, sometimes not so much, but my eyes have also opened to the fact that God intends me to be happy, so I stopped my severe questioning and try to be simple. I have belief, I fear God, I love Him, so all is ok. Don't have to worry.