when first received Jesus Christ as your SALVADOR (SAVIOR)?

I grew up in a christian home and I always thought as my self as a Christian.
But I truly did't mature as a Christian until my late 20's.

Hi marimia! I received Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior when I was five. I use to draw a picture for Jesus everyday, and stick in my window. My mom said I was so cute, lol! Once I started getting older, I started asking questions. I was asking why I felt so uncomfortable at our church. Well the church, that my family and I were going to at the time, had these rules. They told us that we could not go to our native festivals. They said we could not wear any of our native jewlrey. THey also said that we couldn't do any of our native dances. It made me wonder, if god created all the people groups, why would he want me to act like someone who I am not. Some of the native people called our family apples, red on the out side, and white on the inside. We changed churches. We started going to another church. It was more excepting then the other church. For about three years we were outsiders. We were the only none white people there. But the people there are great! There are other natives there now too! My realationship with god is thriving now more then ever! My family and I now minster to other natvies through our culture. So many native people believe that you have to act white if there saved. They now are starting to relize that they can worship and honor god through the way that god blessed them with. I'm sorry for rambling on and on. I just get excited when I talk about this stuff, lol!
THank you for listening.
Ashlea

I was 12 years old when I ask Jesus to come into my heart.
That night was the best night ever
I will never forget that very special moment.

I was 27.(back in 1986)

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come. 2Corinthians 5:17

i was about 9 or 10 years old when i accepted Christ in my life, but i mainly wanted to see what made everyone so happy, which is why i asked him in my life, but it wasn't until i was 13 when i suddenly realized the true love of Jesus Christ when i was at a youth conference in Dallas, TX and and i heard all these really great bands and i really focused on the lyrics and realized that i really wanted to live stronger for Jesus and i wanted to listen to this kind of music instead of the trash that i used to listen to, and now, i have appreciated my life and everything/everyone in it, and i've never been any happier! even though i've gone through some hard times, i've worked them out thanks to God's help, and i definately read my Bible more often now!!

I was ten when I accepted Christ in my heart.
I had a dream that I was left behind all my family gone (because everyone in my family was saved, I was not) ANd i Knew everything that I needed to know that he died for us......
so the next sunday I decided to accept Him. Then I felt Sure of my eterny Life.

That's a iNteresting story friendly
You Rock!

You Know FriEnDLy, I sorta had a dream like that about a week ago with my mom. I dreamed that she had died and I was in so much pain in my dream. I could feel how heavy my heart felt....and the only thing in my dream that gave me comfort was knowing that I was going to see her again someday in heaven. (Amazing)

By the way Ashlea- Very intresting story as well!

Hi there Marimia
You know what? Last year while I was in England, I dreamt that my mum died. She had gone on a missions trip and I was at the airport waiting for her to come home. Then a voice spoke over my shoulder saying, "What are you waiting for? Don't you know that you're mum died a long time ago?" Man I broke out in cold sweat the morning after. I spent the whole day wondering if the dream was real or not!
Then a month plus later, I dreamt that my little brother died. This time it was a worser scene. I actually saw him lying there in the coffin! Man it was like someone took a knife and plunged it into my heart and ripped it into pieces! But there was a lesson in those two dreams that God eventually revealed to me.
I'm just glad my family's alive and well! Praise God!

Anyway....I came from a Catholic background but I gave my heart and life to Jesus when I was 4, got baptised at about 6, sort of went through a rough patch in my walk with Jesus when I was in my late teens but now I'm walking close to my Love! My Perfect Love!

Hi Gabrielle

I thought the same thing after my dream. So blessed that I still have her around. I'm such a mommy's girl. Even though I'm 30 and have a life of my own.....I still depend on her for everything! My family tell's me that I'm still stuck to her Umbilical cord....but I don't care
In this life that we live in, I have come to realized through past experiences, that your mom is.... "your only true friend".

I will be forever grateful to her that she applied Proverbs -Train up a child in the way they should go..... Lord knows I have stumbled and fallen. Yet he was so mercyful to pick me up and show me the way!

Thanks for sharing!

Hehehe....I'm glad it was only a dream. But for me, these two dreams was a channel by which God was speaking to me stuff. After I had the first dream - the verse from Mat 10:37 "The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple."
I've never had good relationship with mum and dad and my family in general because parents marriage was very rocky years back and that effected us alot. But God's done a miracle in our lives and we're so close now - it's great.
I know God's got a call on my life and I love Him and want to give my all to Him. After those two dreams, I began to look at my life and ask God to search me and know my heart, to test me and know my deepest thoughts. He knew that I was becoming more and more attached to my family - which is good but then it would cause my heart to turn away if I wasn't careful.
I thank God for those dreams and the valuable lesson He's taught me. I've given my family into God's hands and I know that even if one day we are far apart, God will take care of them and He's taken great care of me! AMEN!

AMEN !!!

That was great. Your words are truly a blessing.

Awesome words!
Ashlea

I WAS AROUND 6

WOW! THAT'S VERY YOUNG!!

I just recently recieved The Lord as my personal savior a month ago. I started my walk with Christ a long time ago. There have been ups and many downs, but The Lord saved me by giving me special talents and mission oppurtunities. I felt my love and my spirit grow for Christ within the past few years. I finally decided that 2005 was going to be a year of "re-birth" for me personally. I read The bible and did many devotions. I started to figure out that God really loved me for the person who I was and am today. I realized that Christ has forgiven my sins. Everything in my life seemed to turn around and make sense. As of today, I am still wanting to see what God wants me to do for my life. I truly trust in Him! God LOVES and FORGIVES and is always with me. AMEN!

Welcome into the great big family of God Alli! May you continue to grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Keep staying in Jesus - the True Vine cos apart from Him we can't do anything!
Let Holy Spirit develope His fruit in your life as the days go by!
You've made a right decision and it's the most important decision you've made in your entire life!
God bless you and once again - WELCOME!