Steve
What was your life like before you came to Christ? Where did you find your significance?
Before I started walking with Jesus, I was searching for significance in the acceptance that I could feel through other people in my life- friends, teachers, family members. I would try hard to feel satisfaction through my actions to please them. This was a lot of work!
What and/or who was instrumental in bringing you to a place of surrender and faith?
As a teenager, I was encouraged to study God’s Word. As I did, I understood that my desire to sense fulfillment could only come through a personal relationship with God through Jesus.
What was life like after you came to Christ? What changed? How did family and friends respond to your new faith?
Instead of looking to the things of this world to provide me with significance, I now know I am fully accepted by my heavenly father. Instead of looking for relationships to provide me with ultimate fulfillment, I was now free to really enjoy them without any strings attached. Knowing that there is nothing I have to do to receive the full love of God leads me to freely live. I desire to see how God is at work around me and look for ways to join him.
Before I started walking with Jesus, I was searching for significance in the acceptance that I could feel through other people in my life- friends, teachers, family members. I would try hard to feel satisfaction through my actions to please them. This was a lot of work!
What and/or who was instrumental in bringing you to a place of surrender and faith?
As a teenager, I was encouraged to study God’s Word. As I did, I understood that my desire to sense fulfillment could only come through a personal relationship with God through Jesus.
What was life like after you came to Christ? What changed? How did family and friends respond to your new faith?
Instead of looking to the things of this world to provide me with significance, I now know I am fully accepted by my heavenly father. Instead of looking for relationships to provide me with ultimate fulfillment, I was now free to really enjoy them without any strings attached. Knowing that there is nothing I have to do to receive the full love of God leads me to freely live. I desire to see how God is at work around me and look for ways to join him.