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You have said you repented and meant it when you prayed so you are saved. Joshua gives the Israelites some advice that is equally valid to us: Jos 24:14 Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. Jos 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. Whom we believe and serve is our choice. God gives us this choice just as, through Joshua, He gave the Israelites the same choice. Right now you have a choice to believe the doubts and fears or believe God. Which you choose to believe is entirely up to you. The doubts and fears say: you didn't really mean it when you prayed, how can you be saved when you don't deserve it, etc. Jesus says: Joh 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Joh 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Joh 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. From this verse we see that if you believe on Him we will not perish but have everlasting life and that we who believe on Him are not condemned. Who do you choose to believe? The bible says: 2Co 10:3 For though walking about in flesh, we do not war according to flesh. 2Co 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, 2Co 10:5 pulling down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought into the obedience of Christ. This tells us several things. One we can't fight against sin with our carnal fleshly thoughts and ways - we must use God's ways. Two we must bring every thought into obedience to Christ. We use God's weapons by slowly allowing the Holy Spirit to transform us to be more and more like Him. How we do this is by putting the scriptures into us and choosing to believe what God has said no matter what our feelings, circumstances or whatever tell us - even if we are just doing this to honor God.