Beth's Testimony

Before I received eternal life, I had no confidence or assurance in my relationship with God, no joy, no peace, felt burned out with religion, and felt something was missing from my life.

I remember always feeling unsure if I was doing enough to deserve eternal life. Wondering if God really loved me. I knew I needed to pray, but I had no faith in prayer because I felt my prayers were never answered.

Then I discovered the actual Gospel story, the Good News. I realized it wasn't about me and what I was doing for God that made me deserving of His love and of eternal life, but about what He had already done for me on the cross. Salvation is all of grace, not of myself!

Now that I have eternal life, I am confident and assured because I know where I stand before God: I am without blame, faultless, because of His grace. I have joy, I have peace, I have a hunger for His Word, and feel a deep need to pray knowing He hears and will respond in love.

I no longer worry about whether I've done enough to deserve eternal life, because I know it isn't about me. There are times when I don't feel worthy and I don't feel like I'm saved, but I know that I can stand on the promises of God: that because I am one of His sheep, NOTHING and NOONE can pluck me out of His hand!

I am secure in my salvation because my hope is in Jesus alone to save me, nothing and no one else! I am saved by the grace of God!