How Do I Know?

[RKae10]

Hi. Ive been wondering how do you KNOW when youve given yourself to God completely . I go to church every Wednesday and I pray almost every night. I want to be as close to God as possible but I dont know where to start at.... I only know Im happy to have found my belief in him again. :confused: PLEASE HELP ME OUT I NEED THE ANSWERS!

[ephraimanesti]

Hi. Ive been wondering how do you KNOW when youve given yourself to God completely . I go to church every Wednesday and I pray almost every night. I want to be as close to God as possible but I dont know where to start at.... I only know Im happy to have found my belief in him again. :confused: PLEASE HELP ME OUT I NEED THE ANSWERS!

MY DEAR SISTER IN CHRIST,

This question of yours is one that Satan loves to use against the newly saved, playing with their minds trying to convince them that they are not "really serious" about the commiting their lives to our Lord Jesus, and are thus not saved, and therefore might as well give up and return to the world. DON'T FALL FOR THIS!

Not to oversimplify things--although it is pretty simple: If you look into your heart and see that you have a TRUE desire to COMPLETELY surrender yourself to our Lord--then it is a done deal. Our Lord accepts TRUE desires as accomplished facts--because, of course, He has foreknowledge of how it will all come out.

Learning to COMPLETELY surrender ALL areas of our lives to our Lord, God, and Savior is the work of a lifetime. Just don't lose your desire to accomplish this, and the Holy Spirit will guide and strengthen you step by step in this lifelong process. God looks for "PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION", so just keep on keeping on as the Holy Spirit gives you light, and you will do just fine.

The best thing you can do right now is to find a Spiritual Mentor--pastor, youth group leader, elder, whatever--whose spiritual authority you can place yourself under so as to receive the mature guidance and support you need at the point in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT PUT THIS OFF, as Satan is alive and well and anxious to knock you off the straight and narrow path you have chosen. Also, if you haven't already done so, prepare yourself--with the help of your Spiritual Mentor--as quickly as possible for Baptism. This is most important in protecting yourself against the Evil One as the Holy Spirit's power is limited until Baptism allows Him to indwell us.

MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU WITH HIS LOVE,
ephraim

[Catholic Wife]

Hi. Ive been wondering how do you KNOW when youve given yourself to God completely . I go to church every Wednesday and I pray almost every night. I want to be as close to God as possible but I dont know where to start at.... I only know Im happy to have found my belief in him again. :confused: PLEASE HELP ME OUT I NEED THE ANSWERS! It sounds as if you have gotten off to a good start. Prayer can definitly bring a person closer to God. As can having fellowship with other believers. Another thing to consider doing is reading God's Word daily as a way to defend against Satan. When Jesus was tempted in the desert, He quoted scripture to defend against Satan.

Ephraim gave some very sound advice (at least in my opinion). Following God and giving oneself completely to God to desiring to do His will is something each of us should do daily (if not moment by moment). But, since God is a full of mercy, if you slip up, admit your fault, repent and ask for forgiveness.

[1corinthian13]

keep seeking God. Then you will see how real He is. It's a lifetime thing that u continue doing.. not just like a summerfling.

[AvgJoe]

Hi. Ive been wondering how do you KNOW when youve given yourself to God completely . I go to church every Wednesday and I pray almost every night. I want to be as close to God as possible but I dont know where to start at.... I only know Im happy to have found my belief in him again. :confused: PLEASE HELP ME OUT I NEED THE ANSWERS!

Hope this helps:

How Do You Live The Christian Life? (http://www.rbc.org/uploadedFiles/Bible_Study/Discovery_Series/PDFs/how_do_you_live_the_christian_life.pdf)

God bless!

[holo]

Jesus is in you, and you are in him. You can't get closer to him than you already are.

All you need to do is realize that.

[TexasGirl06]

We can really get to know God....by studying Him.
In His Word.
The Bible.

The closer we come to Him intimately...
the more we want to throw away our old life...
and use our life for His Glory.

[twistedsketch]

If you've given yourself to Christ completely, you'll be doing dangerous things for Him that would make most of us shudder. What's more, you won't mind it that much.

Just concentrate on giving yourself to Him every day, and learn to rest in His love. Direct your heart's desire to following Him and growing with Him. Pray often, read your Bible often. When you practice obedience to Him with the small things, that's giving a little bit more of your heart to Him. Keep doing that, and He'll trust you with bigger things to obey Him on. This is the journey of faith that He wants to walk with us, and this is how we get more intimate with Him.

[twistedsketch]

Jesus is in you, and you are in him. You can't get closer to him than you already are.

All you need to do is realize that.
Not entirely true. We can always get closer to God, though He loves us unconditionally. The relationship with God is not performance based, but performance is a factor in the quality of that relationship. If you don't act like a friend to a friend, your friendship will suffer.

[holo]

Not entirely true. We can always get closer to God, though He loves us unconditionally. The relationship with God is not performance based, but performance is a factor in the quality of that relationship. If you don't act like a friend to a friend, your friendship will suffer.Well, but the veil has been torn, the way is open. You just walk right in to God's throne.

[DawnTillery]

I think a lot of people go through this, just not after first being saved, but on through their Christian walk.

I think if you asked more mature Christians if they wanted to get closer to Jesus, they would say yes. They wouldnt say I am as close to Him as I ever will be.

Prayer, Reading the Bible, spending time hearing His word.
I have been saved just over two years and I always pray for a closer relatationship. I truly believe we all do.

[Radagast]

MY DEAR SISTER IN CHRIST,

This question of yours is one that Satan loves to use against the newly saved, playing with their minds trying to convince them that they are not "really serious" about the commiting their lives to our Lord Jesus, and are thus not saved, and therefore might as well give up and return to the world. DON'T FALL FOR THIS!

Not to oversimplify things--although it is pretty simple: If you look into your heart and see that you have a TRUE desire to COMPLETELY surrender yourself to our Lord--then it is a done deal. Our Lord accepts TRUE desires as accomplished facts--because, of course, He has foreknowledge of how it will all come out.

Learning to COMPLETELY surrender ALL areas of our lives to our Lord, God, and Savior is the work of a lifetime. Just don't lose your desire to accomplish this, and the Holy Spirit will guide and strengthen you step by step in this lifelong process. God looks for "PROGRESS, NOT PERFECTION", so just keep on keeping on as the Holy Spirit gives you light, and you will do just fine.

The best thing you can do right now is to find a Spiritual Mentor--pastor, youth group leader, elder, whatever--whose spiritual authority you can place yourself under so as to receive the mature guidance and support you need at the point in your walk with the Lord. DO NOT PUT THIS OFF, as Satan is alive and well and anxious to knock you off the straight and narrow path you have chosen. Also, if you haven't already done so, prepare yourself--with the help of your Spiritual Mentor--as quickly as possible for Baptism. This is most important in protecting yourself against the Evil One as the Holy Spirit's power is limited until Baptism allows Him to indwell us.

MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT YOU WITH HIS LOVE,
ephraim

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ephraimanesti again.

[ephraimanesti]

Well, but the veil has been torn, the way is open. You just walk right in to God's throne.

The problem is that in order to do so we must leave all that is of the flesh behind!

IN CHRIST,
ephraim

[twistedsketch]

Well, but the veil has been torn, the way is open. You just walk right in to God's throne.
That's not what I'm debating. My point is that it is very wrong to be a jerk to Jesus by not obeying Him after He gave up His life for you.

[holo]

The problem is that in order to do so we must leave all that is of the flesh behind!What do you mean? And how do you do that?

That's not what I'm debating. My point is that it is very wrong to be a jerk to Jesus by not obeying Him after He gave up His life for you.Of course, but if I feel like being a jerk to Jesus, I probably don't really know what he did for me :)

It would be very wrong to try to earn God's acceptance AFTER he already died for us. It seems a lot of people are trying to do that.