I have been reading posts, but I come asking so questions about salvation. I was raised in a baptist church and know that one must believe in Christ with their heart in order to be saved. I went to an altar call when I was 6, but I really do not believe I knew what I did. At the age of 13, I really started to get convicted about that, especially during altar calls. I fel the holy spirit convicting me, so I stood by the pew and asked Jesus into my heart, but never went forward publically. I was always worried about what others would think since I was in church my whole life. I now that wasn't right, but I did do it. I struggled with this for most of my life, never really having the assurance of salvation, the peace. I've wrestled with this for too long. I talked with my pastor about 4 months ago, wanting to end this doubt. He counseled me and I got re-baptised because I did not feel like I knew why I did it at 6. I'm now 28 btw. I guess my concerns are I still don't have the peace of salvation. How does one know they truly believe in their heart? Instead of head knowledge. Although I've been in church my whole life, I feel like I don't know too much. Must one be convicted by the Holy Spirit? I'm afraid since I didn't go publically as a teenager, I just said the prayer to myself, pretty much after every time the message of salvation was preached, after being convicted, that maybe I'm not saved and God pulled His spirit from me. As I'm older that presence does not seem to be with me, but I knew I had to go publically. Any help would be greatly appreciated.