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To: wastedyears
I was baptized... about a month after I was born. First Communion... jeez, can’t remember what year it was. Confirmation as a Roman Catholic... age 13. Is there anything more along those lines I need to do? Pray for me all you want. Reading these just makes me more alienated.

I also was baptized, did my First Communion, Confirmation, was raised in a devout household by parent with conscience, weekly and more attending services, and believed in God intellectually, but i had no spiritual life. I "said my prayers" but God was very external. Church is the family coming together but the church of the Bible preached Jesus, not advertizing themselves or substituting rote professions and rituals for relationship.

But years after, when i realized how empty i was, and that my sins separated me from God and that i needed to really repent, and did so sincerely and tearfully, and came to trust in Christ to saved me on His expense and merit, did i really have heart and life changes that extended beyond what i could change by God's grace, so that even nature was new to this rural young man.

Was i perfect, and would never fall away to some degree, or no longer seek greater holiness, no, but a fundamental and radical change took place, resulting in my wanted to serve King Jesus, whom i see working daily as we seek Him.

Read some of the Bible, like the gospel of Luke (the physician) Think about your sins of omission and commission, and be honest and with God, and decide you want Christ over your way, giving Him your sins and life, trusting and asking Him to save you who will never leave those who follow Him.

You can watch some well done video testimonies of souls who found Christ here if you want. and keep in touch.

258 posted on 05/19/2013 7:50:18 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: daniel1212; wastedyears

Same here... raised Roman Catholic, but did not come to a knowledge of Christ and His saving grace until I was 17.


263 posted on 05/19/2013 8:05:54 PM PDT by thecodont
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