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giving my life to Jesus Christ
ok so after you've given your life to him, and asked for forgivness, and decided to live your life for him, WHERE DO YOU GO? what do you do? how do you start living your new life? im confused :S
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well you need to get baptised. find a church, and ask the pastor to baptise you. start reading the bible, seek God, do what the bible says. the book of matthew or john is a good place to start.
and do what the bible says. hope this helps, need anything else, just ask.
God bless
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This is a very good question. I think some people can be very overwhelmed by this thought, and sometimes it's hard to know "What's the next step?"
I don't know your background, but the first thing I would do is surround yourself with other Christians. Join a church if you haven't already. Meet other Christians your age that are dealing with the same things you are and can help hold you accountable for your actions as well as guide you in your walk with Christ by telling you the things that they've learned along the way. This is possibly the best thing you can do, because you'll be able to grow in your faith, avoid temptation in a positive environment, and you can meet new people with the same beliefs as you.
Is there anything in your past that you're ready to hand over to God? Drinking, drugs, porn, sex, cussing, lying, stealing, etc. He's ready to take those burdens away from you if you let him. When you pray, just ask God to provide you with the resources and the guidance from other Christians to start building up a new life in Christ and for him to take control of all your sin. It's so much easier to start living your life for Christ once you feel like you've laid all your struggles out in front of him and you don't have to deal with them on your own anymore.
PRAY, PRAY, PRAY! It's awkward at first, I know, I've been there. Just have conversations with God. Start replacing time on your computer or time watching TV with a few minutes just with God. Depend on him fully, and keep your heart open for ways that he speaks to you. A relationship with God is a growing process, but you can't grow unless you're willing to. Go in a quiet place where there aren't any distractions and just talk to God like you'd talk to a friend or a parent. Read your Bible. Study verses and see what sticks out at you or what you could take from those passages and apply to your own life.
Being a Christian really is kind of a lifestyle change, but it's a good one. There's nothing better than knowing you have the smartest, most loving guy on your side 24/7 whenever you need him. :) But for me personally, praying and surrounding yourself with other Christians is the biggest one for me. I think those things will help you greatly with your walk. :) Good luck! :)
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EDIT: I've been reading the other posts and PunkieFreak said something about keeping your prayers brief and vague .. ? There is absolutely nothing in the Bible that supports that statement. In fact, God tells us to "pray constantly". He wants to know our thoughts, our needs, and our desires and he wants to talk with us in prayer. Be specific. Pour out your heart and pray as long as you need to. Trust me, I think God has enough time to hear you pray for as long as you need to -- he's been managing the whole earth pretty well by himself for millions of years. Jeremiah 42:3 says "Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do." Prayer is YOUR OPPORTUNITY to connect with God, so take advantage of it. :)
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When I devoted my life to Christ, I was lost on where to go with this new life of mine, as well.
So to be brief, start praying. Buy a notebook, and jot down your prayers, so when a friend seeks you for advice and help, jot her down so you'll remember to pray for her the next time you pray. Really helps me!!
When you do pray, you don't have to make it an hour prayer. Make it brief but vague, and tell the Lord to bless the people you love, mention people who need His help, and talk about any problems that are happening in your life.
And keeping a small prayer diary really helps. Like if I am having a bad day, I write it down starting, "Dear Lord, I am having a bad day. Please help me get through this...... amen"
Go to church when you can. Do you have any friends that go to church? If so, talk to them about joining them. If not, then look up some good churches in your area. If you can't go to church, there are Christian channel(s) on TV you can watch every Sunday morning. I love it.
Also try finding if there is a Youth Group in your area. You hang out with kids your age, and you bond with not only to God, but you make new friends. Youth Group is very fun!! I love it. You also learn from the Bible, and you play activities that relate to God or the Christian/Catholic religion you are in.
If you need any more information on living the life of Christ, feel free to leave a question in my inbox. I am a strongly-devoted Christian, and I would love to help you out when in need.
God Bless =]
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In my opinion, a good general answer to that is: Put the needs of others before your own needs. Serve others in the name of Christ. And do these things no matter how they treat you (love your enemy).
And if you can, find others who also believe in doing these things. (Good luck finding a church that is actually active in these things more than just every once in a while, and isn't just basically a social club.)
Matthew 22:37-39 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment.
And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Loving your neighbor as yourself... Your "neighbor" being anybody else in the world, of course, not just the person who lives next door to you.
You love yourself enough to always try and make sure you have good food to eat and don't go hungry... So you should want the same for others, and try to help make that happen. You love yourself enough to always make sure you are warm and have a nice place to sleep, so you should want the same for others, and try to help make that happen. And so on...
Maybe you might have to give up your favorite coat to someone who doesn't have a coat at all... Or maybe even give up your only coat. There are limitless examples from small to large.
This mindset should be part of your everyday life. Be always aware of the people around you, and if they might need help or comfort... Even something as simple as a big smile and a cheerful greeting can be helpful to others.
I find that the following verses help me greatly when thinking of how I should be treating my neighbor... And how I really should visit people who are in the hospital and who are in prison. Just thinking about people in the hospital (or nursing home), I'm sure there are many who have nobody to visit them and would love to have someone just talk to them for a little while. How sad and lonely those people must be. Here are the verses:
Matthew 25:34-46 "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave [thee] drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed [thee]? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye did [it] not to me.
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."
And finally, here are the verses in the Bible that people usually point to when talking about the definition of the love we should have for others. It's interesting to note that the King James Version uses the word "charity" and the more modern versions translate the word charity to "love".
1 Corinthians 13:1-7 "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."
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pray !! (try to pray for others more that yourself)
if you haven't already go to confession
be kind to others try not to lie or swear and help people in need !!
go to church !!
hope this helps !!
x3 kaylee
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You tell others about Jesus's miracles & love for everyone! You pray, (like three times a day or as much as you need to) and everynight pray for forgiveness. Every morning when you wake up, when you pray, say, "Jesus, everything I do today is for you!" Go to Church every Sunday and before you make a decision ask yourself the following questions..
Is this the right choice to do?
Will I or others suffer because of this decision now or later?
What would Jesus do?
Live by the commandments and understand that you will sin more, it's part of original sin, but God will forgive you. Make sure you're conscience is well formed or in the process of forming and read the Bible every day, or like every 3 days. Just stay true to being a Christian, and ask for God's help to help you succeed in doing so. Good luck
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I hope things work out, and I hope I helped.
-Remembrance
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i'm a very religious person and i know all about this stuff.
just start going to church and praying throughout the day. read the bible and commit yourself to live by it.
if you really are serious about it, talk to a priest.
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you go to church every sunday or try to! and you should try to follow the commandments and pray every night for His forgivness of your sins. and try to be a better person and follow in His ways. WWJD.
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