What brought you to Christianity?

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Willot

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I was just wondering what brought you guys and gals to Christianity.
How old were you at the time, who told you about it etc.
 

lil_christian

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My parents told me about Christianity when I was I think 3 or 4. Got saved around the time I was 4 or 5. so basically I've grown up on Christianity...grown up a Christian.
 
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Neah

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My parents raised me up in it.
 
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biglou

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I was introduced to Christ through my in laws. But I didn't make the decision to submit to Him in baptism until after I'd been married for about 4 years. So, age 25.
 

shawntc

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Funny story! I was watching a documentary about the 2012 Apocalypse on History Channel. They listed something like 7 sources throughout history, and some of them seemed quite credible to me. It struck me as too much to be a coincidence, and that there was an intelligence behind it. When you think Apocalypse you generally think of the Book of Revelation's portrayal of the end of the world. From that I inferred that the Bible is real, and so is Hell, and I needed to get on God's side. So I asked God to accept me into his family, and since then I've been a believer.
 

BigFriendlyApologist

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Let's see... I have been a Christian since I was born. Raised in the church with a long history of pastors in my family. Although I have continually attended church all my life, I did lose my faith for a little over a year. I've examined atheism, deism, theism, Judaism, Islam and more. It is actually what first encouraged me to look into apologetics.
 
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Aqua_Girl09

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about 16, i grew up in church but never took God seriously until i cheated on my boyfriend and EVERY single one of my friends left me, i used to think i was popular. but everyone know me as his girl, so when they all found out i cheated i lost everyone. I only had 3 friends. one guy, and only because he liked me and was looking for a rebound. but the other two girls where REAL followers of Christ.

they told me straight out that they were disappointed in me but were still me friend because God loved me. i started going to church with them and seeing what they were all about because i had no one else to go to. . . .i guess i found God slowly. no specific Disney swirl moment.
 
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Crimeny

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terrible experience in drugs/occultism led me to get possessed, moved to a new city, final year of high school, i was a nobody, and then someone i met in english class invited me to his youth group. I saw a gold aura around the people and i was pretty amazed. I went to their saturday service and it was a terrible battle and later that night i had a pretty vivid dream and it was a slow crawl, got baptized in december 31, and began growing slowly but surely and still working at her.
 
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I’m not a teen, I am an old, old woman. I was a teen once, does that count?

God contacted me directly. I started asking about him when I was about four, living in a home and place where God meant nothing to them. I searched for him without finding Him until I was 18. I had decided to read a bit of the scripture I didn’t understand, even when they explained it in church. I read a bit each night. In a flash, one night, it was opened to me.
 
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Malcyboy

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For me I was 16 and at High school. Little background story, I went to a primary school which taught Christianity, however, when I went to High School, I never thought or considered Christianity. Throughout school, I became depressed, dabbled in homosexuality and started to self-harm. My mum and dad got saved when I was around 13/14, and I used to despise it, I felt that they were enforcing more rules and restraints on me, even though all they asked was for me to not use the Lord's name in vain, but they'd keep preaching at me like if I said I was dying with laughter, they would be like "Power of life and death is in the tongue!!" so it kinda made me despise God. Eventually one day I was sick of all the trash I'd been going through and asked if I could go to the party at the church for one of our youth's 18th, well i went along and I asked God to show me two people who would speak to me off their own consciousness, went whole night, no sign of God, then right at the end, as we were leaving, my parents got held up and I got thirsty so went for drink and one of the youth's (one of my best friends now) spoke to me, then as I went over to my mum and dad, his twin (my proper best friend) came and spoke to me, so went to church that Sunday and gave my life to Christ, 3 years later (now), I'm 19, going through Bible College and just been water baptized :)
 
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Livi94

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I was raised a Catholic, so yeah, my whole life. Of course, you understand more and more as you get older. Learning something new every day <3

Oh and Malcyboy: love the sig! :p

God Bless!

~Olivia
 
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Macie

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My dad was a preacher so I was raised up as a christian. I was 7 when my dad died, and I kinda stopped believing in God because I didn't understand how He could take my dad from me. When I turned 10 I got saved, although a few years after that I started slipping away from Him again. Now i'm a strong believer and I love my walk with God and everyday he never ceases to amaze me!
 
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pusparinjani

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hmm my fam all of them they are Christian and theyre pretty religious, maybe i was the one that lil bit different compare to them, since i was born im Christian but i accpted Jesus Christ as my savior like 2 years ago :)
 

Tsalagi

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I've always been a Christian. I grew up around Christians. I went to a Christian elementary school. I didn't have any nonChristian friends growing up. My parents told me God exists and Jesus died for our sins.
 
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jimmydiggs

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God.

2 Timothy 1

8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, 9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, 11 to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

John 6:44
44 &#8220;No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
 
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Crazy4GODword

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I was just wondering what brought you guys and gals to Christianity.
How old were you at the time, who told you about it etc.
I first was a satanist, who use to worship Satan and do all sorts of stuff that was evil. I felt one day maybe I'll try out this Jesus that my mom and dad brought me up sort of and see if this God was this good guy who can help me. Once I got in the word I became devotes to it, I gave my life to Him and was saved. I am crazy for God's word ever since, I was 14 when that happened, now I'm almost 17 this year. I was a satanist I guess cause I was trying to get God's attention and then found out I did it about the wrong idea, I must go to him. I feel like a Saul who turned to a Paul, that story reminds me of my life and how his evil dude became a devoted youth for Christ.

Thank you Lord for saving me, forever thankful.
 
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jessica_rose123

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i was forced to go to youth group with my moms friends daughter. it fascinated me but i didnt believe at first. it happened over time. Jesus saved me when i was out to destroy myself. now my mission is to tell people that there is hope and healing in Jesus Christ. <33
 

Descyple

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I came to Christianity because of the money (oops, I meant "manna")

"I will give some of the hidden manna to everyone who wins the victory." - Revelation 2:17
 
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JackSparrowHead

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From what I remember, It was when I was a very young lad (very early years of school). My mom was teaching me through homeschooling and we were studying a subject together (I can't remember what it was exactly, but I imagine it was Biblical). My mom started telling me about God, and how he saved everyone through Jesus Christ. I remember thinking, Wow! what a great guy! I want to know him. After me and my mom both asked God to come into my heart. It was a wonderful experience and I'll never forget it :D
 
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I think my RE teacher (at that time, now teaches me PE) who started it all off. He's a Catholic Christian. I was always wanting to learn something new in my RE lessons. Then I started going to church. An Independant Baptist, Protestant.

16th October 2011. I was 15. The evangelist Roger Carswell was speaking. He asked us pray the same prayer he was reading out (the ones who wern't a Christian). I prayed. After the service, I spoke the Roger and our pastor about it. We all prayed for me. They recommended me to God. On his way out, the pastor's youngest son (16 at the time) walked over to me, shook my hand and said; "I'll pray for you". He'd heard the conversation that me, his dad and Roger were having. From that moment on, I've been a Christian.

Then something happened the day after..................