Hey all, I am reading this book, and its okay, but it just struck me, why is it that some get this cataclysmic change when they are saved, like lighting strikes and they are transformed and their face shines like a 10,000 watt light bulb and they can suddenly sprout out Bible verses (its like this in this book I am reading) and draw those to them and the Lord and God speaks right to them inside. Well, I must say I feel slightly jipped. When I got saved, there was nothing amazing like that, I just did it and there it was and I went on to school-play practice and it stunk as usual. No change seemingly at all, I didnt feel particularly elated, I didnt shine, I couldnt sprout any Bible verses, no angels or nothing (oh and the girl in this story had her own angel too). Maybe its just some get this amazing wowness, and others dont. What about you?
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Wow-ness at salvation or not?
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jbarcher
ANE Social Science Researcher
After I was saved...my whole life turns around. Okay, it wasn't horrible but it became a lot better.
Heh. But some people who have been saved for a lot longer than I tell me that I am a lot stronger spiritually then them. I dunno...I just grew a lot. I still don't like my parents.
I was crying during that prayer.
And sometimes God does tell me stuff. Like when I doubted whether or not He heard my prayers, well, that verse that was spoken to me is in my sig.
Heh. But some people who have been saved for a lot longer than I tell me that I am a lot stronger spiritually then them. I dunno...I just grew a lot. I still don't like my parents.
I was crying during that prayer.
And sometimes God does tell me stuff. Like when I doubted whether or not He heard my prayers, well, that verse that was spoken to me is in my sig.
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I kinda don't really remember the exact moment I was saved. I grew up in a Christian home, didn't really go to chruch too often though. Anyway... If someone asked me when I was saved, I can't exactly give a date...
Did'nt really get the wowness either.
I think its different for everyone I guess.
I do know that lately I am alot more intouch with my spirituality lately though! I started reading the bible everyday, and have been doing it for 2 years now. My wife and I found a nice church...I joined a forum (first time, and I'm still having trouble interacting a little). Suddenly I have the wowness.
Did'nt really get the wowness either.
I think its different for everyone I guess.
I do know that lately I am alot more intouch with my spirituality lately though! I started reading the bible everyday, and have been doing it for 2 years now. My wife and I found a nice church...I joined a forum (first time, and I'm still having trouble interacting a little). Suddenly I have the wowness.
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Ok Salvation is different for everyone. When i was saved nothing changed. Nothing at all, cept those 33 things that happen when u accept. It wasnt until like 2 years later that anything happened, and by that time i had gone through about 6 or 7 years of christian schooling and going to church so i basicaly knew a lot of stuff. Problem was i got immunized... "i was exposed to the disease a little now its harder for me to get the real thing" kinda. Those that have cataclysmic salvations are running off of emotions, and thats great, but what tends to happen is the emotions wear off and they go back to the way they were (ive seen it happen), an example is a grill... you are supposed to soak the charcoal brick things in lighter fuel basicaly and let it soak in so when u light it, it creates a good flame and doesnt go out, emotions are like the lighter fluid, people who run off of emotions are running off of the lighter fluid without really lighting the charcoal, so no really big lasting changes. Those of us who dont have that kind of experience are left to wonder why we arent on fire, but we can have a lasting flame more easily because we ahve been given it to us for years. well i could probly go on for a while but i wont so...
God bless
God bless
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Hey God Follower,
That is a good way to think of it. Yes, we shouldn't base it so much on what we 'feel' or our emotions at the time, not that feeling that great isn't good, but its not going to last and sustain you, and I guess it makes me a little mad sometimes, these books and stories where the characters get saved and they have this very emotional crying all over and then suddenly life is all better and works out peachy for the characters and they live happily ever after. That kinda makes me mad, cause that isn't the way it is, not in my experience. I mean yes I can tell you I have at least changed some, but I still struggle a lot, and these people that portray it as a "quick fix" kinda make me mad.
That is a good way to think of it. Yes, we shouldn't base it so much on what we 'feel' or our emotions at the time, not that feeling that great isn't good, but its not going to last and sustain you, and I guess it makes me a little mad sometimes, these books and stories where the characters get saved and they have this very emotional crying all over and then suddenly life is all better and works out peachy for the characters and they live happily ever after. That kinda makes me mad, cause that isn't the way it is, not in my experience. I mean yes I can tell you I have at least changed some, but I still struggle a lot, and these people that portray it as a "quick fix" kinda make me mad.
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Stanfi
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When we are saved we are babes in Christ. Growing up spritually is a process. Some grow faster than others. We have to read, study, pray and "press forward" as Apostole Paul wrote about. When we experience trials in our life, it helps us grow. When we are saved, all of the problems of life do not go away, but we now have someone who we can go to and HE will help us through this journey called life.
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Well, a word of wisdom...every seed tells its own story. My salvation wasn't a very "special" event either. Nothing happened, and I didn't feel anything. No emotions, lights, or even a vague feeling of happiness deep in me. Ditto. Basically, all it consisted of was me saying,"Do anything with my life that you see fit." A moment of giving my life packaged in my hands to the Lord to do as he pleased. And I'm okay with that. But when I got baptised I was a little disappointed. I didn't feel anything or start talking in tongues like I heard people did when they came up. But one thing has gone right. At least now I can see the changes that I've gone through.
You surely aren't alone in your disappointment!
You surely aren't alone in your disappointment!
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Hey Brooke!
It seems that we have had similar experiences. I am not sure why God chooses to give some that "wow-ness" and others not, but surely God knows best.
It seems that we have had similar experiences.
I am not sure why God chooses to give some that "wow-ness" and others not, but surely God knows best.
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Hi Galadriel. I am not sure when I got saved. It happened sometime within a 6 month period. But I know it did because the change became very evident over time. It was so gradual, that it wasn't until years later that I realized "Wow, I got saved back then".
My wow experiences came later in life as God matured me. I have had many wow experiences with God but salvation wasn't one of them. It was just the beginning of the journey.
Blessings,
Mark
My wow experiences came later in life as God matured me. I have had many wow experiences with God but salvation wasn't one of them. It was just the beginning of the journey.
Blessings,
Mark
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Nicely said. Personally I'd rather not trade my quiet, uneventful salvation for a bigger one. It just feels right, you know? 
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The Midge
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I was wow on fire when I first believed. Then it burnt off like kindling.
I have just started a course run by the Anglican Church. They are not usually associated with wild and excitable expressions of Christianity. There are people from all walks of life and streams of the Church ranging from Anglo Catholics to low as you go Evangelicals. They are training for various ministries or just learning for their own interest. We discuss why we are there and how we decided or were called to start the courses. There is not one person there who I would judge as being lukewarm or superficial. All have a deep abiding faith and commitment and respect for the Bible.
The only difference is the expression of their faith and differing interpretation that their background brings out of the Bible. Some burn bright and fast, steady and slow.
I have just started a course run by the Anglican Church. They are not usually associated with wild and excitable expressions of Christianity. There are people from all walks of life and streams of the Church ranging from Anglo Catholics to low as you go Evangelicals. They are training for various ministries or just learning for their own interest. We discuss why we are there and how we decided or were called to start the courses. There is not one person there who I would judge as being lukewarm or superficial. All have a deep abiding faith and commitment and respect for the Bible.
The only difference is the expression of their faith and differing interpretation that their background brings out of the Bible. Some burn bright and fast, steady and slow.
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