My Life before Christ:
I Grew up in a Christian home I Went to VBS,Sunday school, and said ALL the verses and sang ALL the songs. Just went with the flow of everything and went through the motions. Just did all that stuff to do it and because it was what everyone else was doing. I knew the gospel and could answer questions about it....but I didn't really get how it applied to me personally. So I just said I was saved because that was the thing to do.
How I came to Christ:
Fast forward a few years. I was at a Christian Camp. It was a spring retreat.
I was 13 or 14 . I heard the speaker that night at camp and I remember him asking us if we were sure of our salvation and if we were to die tonight would we know where we would go?
I thought about the time I said I had come to Christ...but I felt at that point (when I was younger) I did it more to say I did and to be fit in with all the other kids around me. I didn't do it because I felt lead by the Lord That night at camp in my bunk silently...I gave my life to the Lord.
How my Life has Changed:
One of the biggest differences is the fact that I am no longer memorizing verses and not knowing or caring how they apply to me or what they mean. I know see the awesomeness of God's word.
Another big change is my attitude. I didn't mention this before but before I came to Christ (and I will admit even sometimes now) I have had a probelm keeping a good attitude. But with Christ in my life its easier, He is my joy and His love pours out of me. I am still not perfect but God is working on me and He is not finished with me yet!
The last thing is I have eternal life! I am not scared of death, because as a christian even though this flesh and bones body will die...my soul will live eternally with Christ in heaven.
Life Lessons:
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 God chose me...The weak, foolish, sinful person that I am to have eternal life in Him and be saved from His wrath. God has given me grace and mercy that I do not deserve! I can't boast that I did anything because I didn't...God did it all...I could not and cannot save myself. It was all Christ's doing.
Romans 12:2 I am no longer a citzen of earth but of heaven and I should act like it. I am not to act like the citzens of earth who are without Christ...I am like a foreighner in this place. I am being transformed by God everyday through His word and prayer. And because I am being transformed and my mind is being renewed in God's word everyday I am able to see more clearly what God wants me to do because I know God through reading the Bible and throught talking to God himself in prayer.
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