Hello
@thejoshbro, what did I want to be saved from 37+ years ago (on the day that I finally came to saving faith)? Well, I had no desire to face the wrath of the Almighty in the age to come (so there was that, of course), though the Lake of Fire was (oddly) not my principal concern on that day (11/2/86). Rather, being forgiven of my sins in the here and now was, because I had begun to believe that forgiveness was off the table/no longer possible for me (because of the increasingly sinful life that I had been leading for several years at that point, even though I knew all along that it was wrong to do so).
At some point along the way I also began to feel guilty all the time (because of my many sins), so I wanted to stop sinning (I just didn't know how to). I actually had a GREAT life back then (by the world's standards, an enviable life, in point of fact), but even in the midst of doing everything that I wanted to do, and having nearly everything that I wanted to have, I began to feel an emptiness (like
@Maria Billingsley described above) and I began to wonder (in the midst of everything going my way) if this was all there was to life!
Just FYI, I was baptized as an infant and raised in the church (so to speak), and I loved it (for the most part). I went to Sunday School, sung in the choirs (childrens and adults), was confirmed, went on retreats, and I went to church regularly, you know, the whole 9 yards, until college, that is (when I walked away from church and into the world). This is why/how I knew something of God and also what He expected of me. Still, I always "thought" that I was a Christian (why wouldn't I have), until the day I actually became one, that is
That's when EVERYTHING changed
So, I wanted to be saved from many things on that day, from the penalty of sin, from the weight of the guilt that I was feeling (because of my sinful life), from the sense of emptiness/meaninglessness/hopelessness that I had begun to feel about my life, and about life in general, and also from my seeming inability to stop sinning (IOW, from the sway or power that my sinful desires clearly held over me in this life).
How about you? What were you looking to be saved from on the day that you became a believer?
God bless you!!
--David
p.s. - I'm sorry that this ended up being such a long post, but I actually have one more thing that needs to be said here (since I just noticed that you are a new member).
WELCOME TO CF 
1 Thessalonians 5
23 May the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and
body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass.
