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User Name: SteviM95
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My name is Stephenie. I am 25, single with no kids, and live in the midwest of the United States.

I became a Christian in May of 1999. I was in the fourth year of college, and a co-worker and fellow classmate had been witnessing to me for over a year. I had never denied that there was a God, or that the man Jesus Christ was his son...but neither did I ever spend any amount of time considering what exactly that meant. I was the only child, and grew up in a single parent home (just me and my mom). My mother is not authoritative, and had to work at least full time while I was growing up. I was not neglected, but I pretty much decided what to do and when to do it, and had no fear of what my anyone thought (in which I always considerred myself luckier than my friends who "had" to lie to their parents, all I had to do was worry about whether or not my mom would cry "if" she found out what I did). So, when my friend started showing me in Scripture where God is omnipotent and omnipresent, and judging...I felt really uncomfortable. The more I thought about it, the more quilty I felt. I remember an email I sent to my friend about all the other people I have known and what they did. Then I was shown passages where all men have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God, and all men need to repent (*note, looking back, and having since watched him witness to others, I am quite certain he delivered the whole gospel each time we talked, its just that my understanding developed one slow short step at a time). Then I finally understood the need for an eternal sacrifice, and why that sacrifice (Jesus Christ) had to be the son of God, so that He would be able to satisfy the debt of our sins. Acknowledging that I owed my life to God, and that eternal life was only available through faith in the fullfillment of the Scripture through Christ Jesus, I also realized that my life should glorify God. I cannot do this alone, but I do have access to the power to do that through the Holy Spirit. After confessing my faith in Christ, I began attending the very small Brethren Assembly that my friend was attending, and I was patiently discipled by his wife for about two years. Our assembly dissolved almost three years after I became a Christian, and I "broke out" into the wider Christian world. There is alot I have to learn about Christian cultures and the different denominations, and some of what I have learned has made me very leery of allowing myself to be taught by others. I am currently attending a Baptist church (and am very happy with it), and am at a place in my life where the next few months could bring alot of change, so I am kinda holding tight and waiting for God to reveal His will to me. The pastor today quoted "Seek ye the Kingdom of God, and the rest will fall into place", so instead of sweating about what is going to happen, I am trying to stop planning and just study the bible.

When reading my posts and questions, I ask you to keep in mind that I have alot to learn. Please be patient with me, but if you see me in err, please let me know and show me in Scripture the source of my err.
Thank You,
Steph

-Jan 28, 2003

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