Spiritual Birthday

[Willow]

...there was also a program for the church service that day, with my name listed for baptism! The hymn sung after my baptism was "O Happy Day." I'm actually in tears right now because that's one of my favorite songs and I didn't remember it being sung.

my church is too big....they didn't list our names but I remember that day since it was the last service the youth pastor at the time would be doing any baptisms before going to another church 4 Provinces away. He was a very influential person in my life. I knew after the year I had just had with God that if I didn't get baptized now, I would never be as serious about serving God and making hard choices relating to my faith.

Oh Happy day! When Jesus washed my sins away!

-Wills

[ann2]

I was saved and baptised 30yrs. ago,but really started mywalk with the Lord 4yrs. ago.It makes me sad to think of all the yrs. i just "got along " now that i really love and serve Him.

[Keith]

I was saved and baptised 30yrs. ago,but really started mywalk with the Lord 4yrs. ago.It makes me sad to think of all the yrs. i just "got along " now that i really love and serve Him.

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You aren't alone ann2. The Holy Spirit dragged me along for most of my walk as well. Complacency is dangerously deceptive. Thank You Father for calling me out of lukewarmness and into the fire to serve You! Only by Your grace and Your mercy was it possible. Snap me back into attention the very moment I become sidetracked and stray off the path without my Guide!

[Gerioke]

If you're a calvinist, then it would be Aug 11 1959. But since I'm not , it was summer of 1993.

[Remnantrob]

april 30,1994

[Artemus Prime]

I guess all I would say here is that salvation is an ongoing process, not a once-in-time event. Obviously most of us here profess Christ, but this process of His molding us what He wants us to be will not be complete until we get Home...ergo, yes I was saved by the gift of God's grace, and I began this process of salvation in August, 1998. Blessings,

AP

[Abigailwc]

December 1986.

[kittylover0991]

I guess all I would say here is that salvation is an ongoing process, not a once-in-time event.  Obviously most of us here profess Christ, but this process of His molding us what He wants us to be will not be complete until we get Home...ergo, yes I was saved by the gift of God's grace, and I began this process of salvation in August, 1998.  Blessings,

AP

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Someone once asked me if i believe in predestination.. I didn't know what to say. He opened up the bible and told me that predestination was biblical. If we are saved, we are predestined to live for God and to serve with all of our strength. He also told us that salvation is an ongoing process.. i don't quite understand how though..

One time, my pastor was talking about being converted. You are not converted when you are saved.. conversion is "after ye have suffered a while". We need to conform to him.... (correct me if i misunderstood him, please)

Since we are talking about baptism also, I accepted Christ July 27th, 1998 at VBS, and go baptised August 22, 1999 while my mom was in Korea. I started doubting my salvation and went and talked to my sunday school teacher. He led me to the Lord on AUgust 17th or 19th or 2003.. a part of me says i was saved 7 years ago, another part says that i might have been saved on that day. I also wonder if i knew what it meant to be baptised before.. I just learned that it means you are going ot serve God, but i had already said I would. I didn't actually starts serving the Lord until right after August 19th, 2003. I look back right now and say "in two days, it will be 7 years since i knew the Lord.. and look what i have done with that life Jesus has given me". Right now, he is giving me more days to live for him and i pray there will be many more years that i can grow in him, and learn to serve him with all my heart.

[Christ's Free Servant]

If you're a calvinist, then it would be Aug 11 1959. But since I'm not , it was summer of 1993.

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[kittylover0991]

what is calvanist again? *wasn't spurgeon calvanist?*