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I am also a new Christian with about 1-year new life. I was baptized on the Resurrection day last year. In the past year, I struggled a lot but also read a lot inside and outside Bible. Now I feel more and more inside Jesus. Think about the disciples who followed Jesus Himself. They were very timid people. However, they became very brave, peaceful, and joyful even when they were being executed. How could they behave like this if they don't have proof of eternity and Jesus resurrection?
Hope this helps and help you strengthen your faith in Jesus!
Hope this helps and help you strengthen your faith in Jesus!
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Thank you for sharing your concerns with us. Praise be to God that you want to respond the desire that you have in your heart. I encourage you to surrender, repent, turn to God and seek His Divine Will. In other words what is the purpose that Our Lord has for your life? Being a follower of Jesus means that we need to deny ourselves, take our daily crosses and follow Him. Let me tell you that faith is not a feeling or based in emotions. Faith is to believe in the things that we cannot see. Faith does not belong to the Science field that has to be proven. I encourage you do not base your faith on feelings and emotions because they are temporary. We are already saved if we believe that Jesus died for our sins on the cross and rose on the third day. Please correct me if I am wrong, do you want to ask or you meant how did I turn to God and How did I feel before and after? I think that God uses all the situations for the good. After my grandfather got skin cancer I decided to turn to God. I loved my grandfather very much and I couldn’t allow that my grandfather died without knowing Jesus. I started my journey while on a spiritual retreat. Then I started to read the Bible with my grandfather. There was a moment after my grandfather had four surgeries, the doctors predicted 48 hours of life and I was going to church and he asked if I could pray for him and asked God if he can live more. I was in tears and I felt completely unworthy to ask God for such a miracle. Miraculously Our Heavenly Father full in mercy, goodness and generosity gave to my grandfather three months more to live. That was I turn to Jesus and I felt His presence. Praise God! God is always good all the time.. I think you have the answers that all your questions. Jesus is the answer to our life and desires of happiness. In regards to your question we can be closer of Our Lord Jesus Christ, having the same thoughts, feelings and deeds of Our Lord Jesus. Being others Jesus to others. Love, forgive, and look at others like Jesus does with mercy. I encourage you to know Jesus through His Sacred Word. We are calling do not get tired to proclaim his Gospel, not just with words but with our actions, and our life. That does mean that all your deeds glorify Our Lord, taking His Light to everyone, to everywhere. I encourage you to forgive others, situations and yourself. Forgiveness is the first step of healing and change. God cannot live in a heart with resentments. Please let me tell you that there’s no sin that cannot forgive you. Our sins are only a drop in the immense ocean of his mercy. I encourage you to pray to God for discernment that what He wants you to do for your life. I’m glad to know that you purchased a Holy Bible. I encourage to start reading in the New Testament in the Gospel of Mark.Sending you hugs. I will keep you in my prayers, my brother in Christ. Keep us posted, ok?
