What's My Story
Being raised by Christian parents and always attending church, as a child I assumed I was pleasing God and going to heaven just as a matter of course.
Donna
We learned in Sunday School that Jesus loves all the little children, so of course I assumed that included me, and all was well.
Then, when I was nine years old, I was challenged by a sermon that I needed to choose Christ and confess my own sin.
No one had to convince me that I was a sinner. I knew I deserved my parents' discipline when it came. But now I learned that God, too, was offended by my sinfulness. I confessed it, asking Him to be my Savior and was glad to know that what I had been mistakenly assuming was so, now was true - that He accepted me.
Now I can share with others the truth of the Gospel. It isn't guessing or empty hope, but a real confidence that Jesus paid the debt for my sin, and I am clean before God.
Now that my relationship with God is secure, I can always live a life of joy and thankfulness. My future in heaven is certain - an eternity in the presence of the One who loves me so much that He provided a way for me to escape from my sin.
Living the Christian life is a continually growing experience. Before I lived wholly for myself, not having the power to do any godly thing.
What a joy it is to KNOW that I am living an honestly truthful philosophy, rather than choosing some thought pattern that I blissfully wish to be true, then pretending it will get me to heaven. God, the Almighty Creator of the Universe is the ONLY way to Heaven, and He is wide open to us when we choose Him over all man's ways.