When did you start to believe?

I have believed in God as far back as I can remember. I thought I was saved as a child because I said a prayer and asked Him into my heart.

My life never changed. As I became a teenager, I didn't act like a Christian. I lied, blasphemed, was disobedient to my parents, etc...

Then, I read that when we get saved we are supposed to become a new creation in Christ. I knew that wasn't me. I read that if we really loved Jesus, we would keep His commandments. I didn't, and frankly, it didn't even bother me that much. I would just say, Well, Jesus will forgive me. I'm still a good person.

At 19, I examined myself and realized I was not in the faith. I was not growing in holiness and I was not obeying Christ.

I looked at the precious cross and found the Savior who died to take the punishment for my sins. I repented and trusted in Him and He cleansed me from all unrighteousness.

I'm not perfect. I still sin, of course. But, I hate that I do. I can see that Jesus has given me a new heart with new desires.

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When I went through my divorce, I became a single working parent with not many friends and felt very much alone. I have always had very strong intuitive abilities however you want to take that statement, but this intuition has always helped me make the right decision even if it was not the easiest one to make. The rough path of knowledge is often lonely as it may not always be well received by others so it is my strongest belief that religion or spirituality is a very personal choice.

I believe in meditation using candles, music and affirmations to bring in love and positivity. I have used Reiki to help heal my emotional pain though it's not completely gone and a book called change your aura, change your life, to assist with changing bringing in more light.

I pray to Jesus, and teach my daughter to do the same, he is always with me and if someone asks me if I am going to heaven, the answer is YES.

When you go through life problems, you really do need to dig inside and ask yourself, what do I believe, when I think of God, how do I feel? Allah or Buddha, I believe that God was genius in that he implanted within us everything we need to get through this life. You just need to tune into your body to find the key.

It's a long journey but if you start doing the work, the answers will come and your healing will occur.

I used to be a very nervous person. I tried many different approaches to calming myself, but nothing worked.

Wasn't until it was suggested to me to use deep breathing to calm my mind and body. It was the first and only thing I could do that actually gave results.

I heard, from a friend, about zazen (zen meditation). I found out about it and it seemed like the perfected practice of using breathe and stillness. I mean, people had been practicing it for hundreds of years. I eventually went to visit a Soto Zen temple. The temple was very focused on the practice of zazen, and not philosophy. There was never any talk about "Buddhism". Nobody ever told you what to believe or how to think, or what kind of morals you should have. In fact, nobody was interested in influencing any one else. People came and went, and everybody enjoyed each others company (and a few disagreements too, occasionally). I loved being there.

There was lots of zazen practice, simple chores around the temple, and some time spent sitting out back and enjoying each others company.

I was originally therefor a week visit, but a after the week, I decided to stay longer. I lived there for four months. Its where I learned to practice and had great friends.

That was ten years ago. I still practice zazen.

For me, its not about belief. Its about what works for me, in a practical way.

I was in my graduate year of college and was experiencing a lot of insecurity and guilt. I found Jesus in a family that I was living with. I saw something in these people I had never seen before and i wanted what they had. When I heard the gospel, all of my questions were answered and I knew this is what I had to commit my life to. I did go through some years that were very difficult but God has been faithful and I do not regret that commitment 38 years later.

I was "in a bad place" also in my late twenties before I asked the Lord into my life. He changed my life. He has been faithful to me.

That was almost 30 years ago. Here are some Bible verses to look up that may help you: Romans 10:13, Romans 5:8, Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, John 3:16, Philippians 4:6,7; Proverbs 3:5,6.

Buddha is not a god. He was enlightened and gave teachings on how others may become enlightened.

I am an atheist and a Buddhist. However, if you are going through a hard time and looking for God, I suggest the Conversations with God series (or DVD) by Neale Donald Walsch.

I wish you peace on your journey.

Agnes, I was in the Navy when I sat next to an LDS. He gave me pamphlets and we talked religion and it all logically made sense to me. They had me over to dinner and they introduced me to the missionaries, and the more I heard the more I realized these beliefs were what I always felt. Example, I could never get my head around the fact that God was 3 in 1. I just could not believe it. When they explained their belief it clicked. Yes. I was baptized, later met my wife, she sent me a Book of Mormon, and Bible, iI started to read and I never looked back. - Short version

I became a Deist over a period of time. I was raised a Christian and studied religion in college. Through what I learned in college and what I studied on my own (and thought about), I realized I could not believe in Christianity. I realized I had Deist thoughts, but didn't know what it was called until much later. As I said, it came over a period of time (years to be specific, though I couldn't really tell you how many).

One day I decided to read the holy books and find out for myself which is the truth and which isn't. After reading Quran, I realized that this isn't man made and this is truely a message from God. After days went by, I found God mor and more in this holy book. It changed my life and my perspective about Islam.

I started believing in Santa Claus when I was three, but I stopped believing in fairly tells...oh you said God umm same answer.