What was the moment the truth of Jesus clicked with you? Like wow this is REAL

[watcher-witness]

 

[akaDaScribe]

it was about 20 years ago, i had a nervous breakdown from going without sleep, and found myself totally demonized... i fell to my knees saying "Jesus beats satan" over and over... i went to church after that, a LOT... and after a while, the torture kind of faded away... but then i got seeds of doubt, like hating on homosexuals, and subservience of women, stuff like that, and i fell away from Christianity, and went back to occult practices like 'a dog returns to it's vomit'... and soon i was in a worse situation than i was before.. and I called on Christ again, and this time He came and showed me visions and answered questions... i'm still demonized after all this time, and it still attacks my faith, but there is nowhere else to go, but to Christ... i'm having a really bad night right now, and i wonder why God has left me tortured all this time... it's been a very hard road for me, even tho i have met Jesus and know how sweet and tender He is.

Just go all in and don't look back.

 

[akaDaScribe]

Hi Needhugs,

Praise and worship songs may help you too if you know any you like. Praising God reminds you who you have on your side.

 

[TuxAme]

I was in my first year of college, and I was invited to attend Mass on a holy day of obligation. I was Confirmed in the Catholic Church but raised a mixture of Catholic and Episcopalian, and fell away from the faith afterwards because I was poorly catechized and just didn't care enough. Even though the Mass was short and "simple" (very few people showed up), it inspired me like nothing else. I began reading from my King James Bible that night. After brushing off my disagreements with the Catholic Church, I quickly began to change my life and started going to Mass weekly. My disagreements with the Church weren't deep rooted- I only had them because I'd heard phrases such as "man can't forgive sins" spoken before, and I had accepted them without caring to research either end of that argument. I read the Bible cover to cover just over a year after my reversion, and am in the process of doing so again.

I find it curious how God called me back. I don't think this would have happened if any other series of events in my life had happened. I don't have any visions or such to share. I crave them at times, wanting to have a "unique" relationship with God in the way that the saints do- but I know that I'm not humble enough. I would become puffed up if that were to happen, and my pride would set a horrible example for others. What I have is enough for me.

 

[Apologetic_Warrior]

If you could describe your journey and how you got to that point, and what happened/clicked in you that was the turning point and when you gave your life to Jesus?

Late in 1995, after a couple of especially lost in sins years. Because of the depths of darkness that I loved, and the light exposing the darkness in me, when The Light changed that darkness to light, the changes were dramatic and unexpected. The heart of stone was removed, and replaced with one sensitive to Christ. The carnal mind set on the deeds of the flesh, reborn such that my thoughts were focused on Christ, and the great salvation He accomplished, purely out of mercy and grace, I deserved to die in my sins, I deserved the flames of Hell, there was nothing in me worth saving, but God had mercy, on me an ice cold sinner, a wretched fool.

 

[needhugs]

Hahaha ok. I don't think black clothes will scare people personally, unless you're fully goth or something and you're wearing heavy dark makeup and have an eccentric hairstyle. But if you really do feel it is wrong for you, then by all means go ahead with that.

I'm pretty sure all that is required is to cast them out in the name of Jesus. It's pretty simple. It's probably not needed but it makes me feel more secure so I pray every night before I go to sleep, I pray over my house and land and myself and each of my family members including my dog, and I ask God to protect us from demons, unclean spirits, the powers and principalities of evil and those who do evil, and from witchcraft, in Jesus name.

You could even pray the Lords prayer. It's such a good one.

Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy Name,
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever. Amen.
​

It's just a great one to pray in general. I remember it really well because it's been made into one of my favourite worship songs, The Millennium Prayer.

I prayed for you that God would help you, and bring you peace and comfort and truth, and cast out any demons around you.

I think you personally should pray to be delivered from any unclean spirits who have attached themselves to you from dabbling in the occult, as well as repenting for those things, if you haven't already (or you could again), and ask Him to forgive your hidden sins and reveal them to you. You should also ask Him to cut ties to any generational curses (and forgive your family and ancestors of their sins, genuinely), and for Him to reveal anything in your life that is keeping demons around and letting them in, whether it be sin, your heart, or objects. Ask Jesus to come into your heart and to work on you and transform you into who He wants you to be. If you don't have faith, ask for it. Ask for help.

thank you, i had a nice prayer of the Lord's prayer and yes, i dressed fully goth when i was young, i used to wear a ton of makeup, and my hair? well, it's been a buzzed pixie cut bleach blonde for a while, but i'm growing it out now...
i have been praying for forgiveness of sins for years, going thru deliverance at church, the demons only laughed... i'm not sure what is going on... God promised to make me safe from demons, about 15 years ago, but about 3 years after the promise i said 'WHEN, Lord??' and He said that I am like Joseph (technicolour dreamcoat one) and that i have to wait... i ran to the Bible and tried to count the number of years between the promise and ruling egypt... but i think i've gone past those years... i know that my brothers hated me and did me wrong, but i can't see myself ruling egypt any time soon hehe.

sometimes i wonder if i'm really saved, coz God never uses my name, but the demons do, and there's a problem with 'knowing His voice' when i have deceiving spirits confusing me.

i get scared.

it is written that we do not war against flesh and blood... and it seems the war is ongoing... but i can't help but think of the scripture 'submit to God and resist the devil and he will FLEE'.... i can NOT figure out how to make the devil flee, not to curse myself, i mean i haven't figured it out YET. any ideas? the old 'cast them out in Jesus' name'... well... yeah.

 

[mindlight]

If you could describe your journey and how you got to that point, and what happened/clicked in you that was the turning point and when you gave your life to Jesus?

I have always believed in God but fell away in my late teens/ early twenties. 2 incidents stick in my mind about how God brought me back.

Once 2 Jehovah Witnesses came to my door and said do you believe in God. I said no but the moment i closed the door found myself praying sorry Lord I do believe in you.

The second incident was while i was roaming around travelling. American missionaries met me in the port of Algeciras on the way to Morocco. They shared the gospel and we talked for 10 minutes. There was something "shiny" about them I just knew was true though it was a while later before I recommitted to Christ.

 

[Natasha L. Polak]

my earliest memories as a child were of learning about Jesus from my mom, so that I can’t say I ever didn’t know Him in my life. But back then, I saw Him as more of a Father who was watching over me, but that was it. My mom had taught me how to pray, but I didn’t yet understand why it was necessary. There were a lot of things going on in our home life that made me question whether or not God would want to worry about a little girl’s prayers. I was especially spooked when I had prayed for a sibling, and then my mom got pregnant, only to lose the baby in an ectopic pregnancy and almost died herself. I thought for a while that it had been my fault that I had even asked for a sibling, and was scared off from praying. I was also just 7 years old! But the turning point in my faith came the next year when my parents took me overseas to visit our extended family. It was a trip with a whole lot of “firsts” where my eyes were opened to new culture, new food, and a whole lot of poverty and sickness. It was then that the Bible stories I’d learned came to life, and I was eager to attend my grandparents’ churches to see what else I could absorb, and one day in a moment of desperation and to see what God could or would do, I prayed in earnest that He would send food for me to eat. It had been a weird day, my family was in between paychecks, and having my parents and I staying with them was probably stretching things a bit, so although they weren’t poor, they were frugal, and being overseas, they also didn’t have a use for keeping snacks in the house between meals like I was accustomed to here in the U.S. I was tired, cranky, homesick, and cried out to God as a test. The very minute I finished my prayer was when my dad and uncle pulled up with groceries they’d gotten some deals on, and it had an immediate impact on me. After that, and for the next 10 years, I kept growing in my faith until I was stirred to baptism.

 

[Bobber]

I received Jesus Christ, eternal life May 26, 1976 at 10:30 pm. I was 17 years of age at the time but I had gone though what you might call a nervous collapse. I had to quit my job and while I was never hospitalized all I could was to take some nerve pills the doctor prescribed and lay on my parents couch watching TV. For those two months I was under such anxiety and cried much of the time. It's said that God works in mysterious ways.... well he used a soap opera my mother would watch to get my attention!

The fictional story was a woman who was an alcoholic and her son kept bringing her to Bible every day saying repeatedly "All the answers are in the Bible" I looked to the side of me and there on our table was a Bible and I'm not sure how it got there. Well I opened it up to read it and the more I did the more I like what I saw of how Jesus seemed to talk about a relationship with God each one of us can have. My nerves started to get better and with more peace, and I started to pray which led me a few weeks later to that night of May 26. I was by myself, the room was dark except the light of the TV on with a Christian minister I was watching praying.

I prayed with him the sinners prayer and that room filled up I'll say with the light of the glory of God which simultaneously came inside my spirit as the scripture says causing me to become Born Again. In that moment it seemed like a flushing out of something bad and a peace put within me of the presence of God. Having said this however if you're new to the faith don't seek a whatever spiritual experience.

Something like that might happen or might not happen in just the same way. The Apostle Paul was knocked off his horse by a blinding light (the glory of God really) and Saul repented and a accepted Jesus as Lord. You don't read however that everyone who receives Christ has some dazzling anything BUT they respond to the word of God or the gospel preached to them.

God watches over his word and how you respond to it and that's the important thing. Understand the good news of Jesus dying for your sins and you're receiving his grace of forgiveness and making you a new creature in Christ because of his precious blood which blots out all your past sins. As you then pray and praise him daily and seeking to walk in the light as he's in the light (which means walking in his word) and allowing his thoughts in the word to transform you (Romans 12:2) God will bless you with his manifested presence in whatever way he deems necessary. (John 14:21) Jesus answered and said unto him, "If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." If you haven't asked Jesus to come into your life though and acknowledged him as Lord please do so today! NOW is always the day of Salvation for all who haven't received!

 

[thesunisout]

The Lord revealed Himself to me supernaturally without any human witnesses. My testimony is long but I will share something that was neat. I know a few Christians doubt the Trinity but the Lord used the Trinity to confirm to me that the bible is His book. As I was exploring different religions He kept giving me signs about Him and the number 3. I searched everywhere to find the truth He was so insistent on showing me but I could find a match in any religion or spiritual practice. Then one day I finally sat down to read the bible and immediately I saw the trinity in the gospel of John. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Something clicked and I immediately knew this was the truth He was talking about. That He was the God of the bible and three in one. It was an awesome revelation and many more came after that. The Lord is so good!

 

[straykat]

After reading the Gospel of Matthew.. I think a virtual well gushed out of me and I said praises I couldn't exactly put into word. It's not just when Jesus became real for me, but the Holy Spirit too (although I wasn't sure what it all meant then).

 

[zoidar]

If you could describe your journey and how you got to that point, and what happened/clicked in you that was the turning point and when you gave your life to Jesus?

I had been "struggeling" with Christian thoughts for a while and this day I saw so many signs saying it was true. I know we shouldn't follow signs, yet I got convinced. So when I got home I was actually afraid. I realized I hadn't lived at all for God in my life and been into new age and buddhism for ten years. So I didn't know if God would forgive me. So I prayed to him that I believed that He sent his Son to die for our sins, and that if he would forgive me I would give him my whole life. And suddenly my heart fills with love, and I feel his forgiveness. I remember thinking: "Now I'm a Christian."

That is 10 years ago, and the start of a journey that has been everything but easy. But I'm still here, and God has been with me, and I'm very thankful!