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Chronic Diarrhea · 08-10-2002, 09:38 AM

OK, I sense some anger here but I'm going to write a few paragraphs so stay with me...

A few months back I was going through some old books and came across a devotional for teens. I read the first "day" and have read it almost every day since then. Now granted I have always been a Christian and have been baptized and everything, but I rarely turned to Christ for guidance. Since I have started reading this devotional, I have made an attempt to talk to God every day and change myself to become a better person. Now I turn to God for guidance and submit myself to the Holy Spirit for additional guidance. Doing these things has improved my life more than I could have ever imagined. It has given me so much more confidence in my life by turning to Christ for all the obstacles that I come to in my life.

Now about the eternal life deal. I do not believe that there is a narrow path to heaven and a wide path to hell. Our God is a forgiving God, and as long as you repent your sins and accept Christ as your Savior, God wil forgive you. God will forgive you because that's how much he loves you. Why would he have created you if he didn't love you? Sure, God flooded the world once because of all the sinful activities going on in the world. But He has promised us to never do such a thing ever again. It hurts God to see all the sin that he sees, but even before he created us, he knew that was going to happen. I don't think that you have to go to church every Sunday, say your prayers every day, and praise God every day to be a Christian. All you have to do to spend your eternity with God is to accept Him into your heart, submit yourself to the Holy Spirit, and accept Jesus as your Savior that died for you sins. It's that easy? Why? Because Christ wants to havea relationship with you. He wants to spend time with you. He wants to make you a better person.

I'm not going to lie to all of you here. I use profanity. I look at girls and think lustful thoughts. I watch stuff on TV and listen to stuff on the radio that I shouldn't. I have been violent at times with my family members. I occasionally use the Lord's name in vein. I lie. I commit all of these sins and more, and I don't have a choice; it's human nature to be sinful. But I repent for my sins on a daily basis, and I praise God on a daily basis, and I tell God how much I love Him. I don't do these thing because I'm afraid that I will go to hell if I don't, I do all of these things because I sincerely love God. I sincerely believe in Him. I sincerely believe that God is closer than I can ever imagine. He is closer than my skin, He is closer than my thoughts, He is closer than my family and friends. I love God. I love Jesus. I have improved my life dramatically over this summer by making my relationship with Christ closer. And that gives me confidence that I will spend my eternity in Heaven with the King of kings.

Sorry that this was so long. For anybody that read this all the way through, I thank you for listening to my thoughts.

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Chronic Diarrhea is Offline 1st Lieutenant Posts: 4,318 Join Date: Jun 2002	08-10-2002, 09:38 AM OK, I sense some anger here but I'm going to write a few paragraphs so stay with me... A few months back I was going through some old books and came across a devotional for teens. I read the first "day" and have read it almost every day since then. Now granted I have always been a Christian and have been baptized and everything, but I rarely turned to Christ for guidance. Since I have started reading this devotional, I have made an attempt to talk to God every day and change myself to become a better person. Now I turn to God for guidance and submit myself to the Holy Spirit for additional guidance. Doing these things has improved my life more than I could have ever imagined. It has given me so much more confidence in my life by turning to Christ for all the obstacles that I come to in my life. Now about the eternal life deal. I do not believe that there is a narrow path to heaven and a wide path to hell. Our God is a forgiving God, and as long as you repent your sins and accept Christ as your Savior, God wil forgive you. God will forgive you because that's how much he loves you. Why would he have created you if he didn't love you? Sure, God flooded the world once because of all the sinful activities going on in the world. But He has promised us to never do such a thing ever again. It hurts God to see all the sin that he sees, but even before he created us, he knew that was going to happen. I don't think that you have to go to church every Sunday, say your prayers every day, and praise God every day to be a Christian. All you have to do to spend your eternity with God is to accept Him into your heart, submit yourself to the Holy Spirit, and accept Jesus as your Savior that died for you sins. It's that easy? Why? Because Christ wants to havea relationship with you. He wants to spend time with you. He wants to make you a better person. I'm not going to lie to all of you here. I use profanity. I look at girls and think lustful thoughts. I watch stuff on TV and listen to stuff on the radio that I shouldn't. I have been violent at times with my family members. I occasionally use the Lord's name in vein. I lie. I commit all of these sins and more, and I don't have a choice; it's human nature to be sinful. But I repent for my sins on a daily basis, and I praise God on a daily basis, and I tell God how much I love Him. I don't do these thing because I'm afraid that I will go to hell if I don't, I do all of these things because I sincerely love God. I sincerely believe in Him. I sincerely believe that God is closer than I can ever imagine. He is closer than my skin, He is closer than my thoughts, He is closer than my family and friends. I love God. I love Jesus. I have improved my life dramatically over this summer by making my relationship with Christ closer. And that gives me confidence that I will spend my eternity in Heaven with the King of kings. Sorry that this was so long. For anybody that read this all the way through, I thank you for listening to my thoughts.