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When did you get saved? Vote in the poll, and feel free to explain when, where and how it happened!
My story:
Unless my memory fails me, I was saved as a 6-year-old boy in our former mud room. My oldest sister told me about Christ, and through childlike faith I accepted Him. During the next 7 or so years I worried about my Salvation (praying the same prayer every night), but I finally came to the realization; Jesus already saved me! I don't need to keep doing this. God is merciful!
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Hmm... I guess I first accepted Christ in Sunday School.. Can't quite place it. Seven years old? (Pastor Pat. ) I had such a strong, innocent faith that I let get snatched away from me the summer before I turned thirteen. I'm ashamed to admit of the two.five year struggle that ensued, but after finally making a mental step earlier this year (and Camp Decision! ), followed with much more Bible study on my part I'm happy to say it's turning around. (took me long enough. <_< haha)
Random fact: Disciple's Worth the Pain is playing on my iTunes. Hehe.
Love you always, SnC "A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?" -Albert Einstein
I was saved when I was four. I've been truly blessed with parents who truly value the importance of teaching their children about Jesus.
We were at a post office mailing some tracts, and I started asking questions about the tracts. I asked questions about Jesus all that evening, and finally my parents asked me if I wanted to ask Jesus into my heart. Which I did! God is so good.
Something special about that night is that the sky was red, and either Mom or Dad commented on how it can remind me of Christ's blood being shed for me. So when ever I see a red sky I can be reminded of how Christ as saved me.
I was saved when I was five years old. I was in my room with my mom. I think she just read me a Bible story. Anyways, I guess I asked her that I wanted to be saved. The next thing I knew we were on our knees praying. AE, I did the same thing. When I was about seven, I started to ask God to save me at least once a week. Then my mom told me that he already saved me! I am so glad too.
"Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." ― C.S. Lewis
I did sort of rededicate when I was like a young teenager or something, though. Not that the first time necessarily "didn't count" but seriously, you can tell some little kid just about anything and they'll go along with it, so doesn't hurt to be doubly sure.
when I was 5 or 6, my mom led me and my sister to Christ. We got this newspaper thing called Child Evangelism Felllowship, and there was a story in it about the parable of the sower. Anyway, I know I prayed then because I felt like I had to not because I really understood what I was doing. And like AE and Sapphire, I doubted my salvation for a long time because I knew I wasn't living like one. But God is so merciful, I became a Christian again on November 20, 2009, and rededicated my life to Him 11 days ago. And I think this last year has been a huge process of healing and getting closer to God and getting free of a lot of problems. And I feel like my getting saved has been a process, not just specific to a day or two.
Yeah, sometimes I wonder exactly how I will handle salvation with my kids, because obviously I want them to be Christians, but at the same time I want the conversion process to really mean something to them, not just when they are a little kid they figure "FREE CHOCOLATE IN HEAVEN!? AND ELMO WILL BE THERE!? SIGN ME UP!!!!" or something.
So when my kid is 3 I'm gonna have him become a crack dealer so that salvation can be better appreciated.
I became a Christian 5 days before my 6th birthday. I've been a Christian since, although I've had my times when I struggled. God became a Father to me and I can't imagine ever leaving Him, but I have to admit it's not always easy. Especially reading the Bible. I have a hard time reading the Bible and can't seem to do it for very long. I try but it's not easy. And I've made tons of mistakes, as a Christian, and still struggle with feelings of guilt. But I'm a Christian and have been ever since that time, and I slowly continue to grow closer to God.
_Connie_ wrote:I was saved when I was four. I've been truly blessed with parents who truly value the importance of teaching their children about Jesus.
We were at a post office mailing some tracts, and I started asking questions about the tracts. I asked questions about Jesus all that evening, and finally my parents asked me if I wanted to ask Jesus into my heart. Which I did! God is so good.
Something special about that night is that the sky was red, and either Mom or Dad commented on how it can remind me of Christ's blood being shed for me. So when ever I see a red sky I can be reminded of how Christ as saved me.
thats a beautiful story TKD. I cant point to an exact date for the first time I got saved... but I finally got it for real at our Youth Camp this July. God is so good!
) I had such a strong, innocent faith that I let get snatched away from me the summer before I turned thirteen. I'm ashamed to admit of the two.five year struggle that ensued, but after finally making a mental step earlier this year (and Camp Decision! 
(took me long enough. <_< haha)
