Accepting Jesus as your Saviour and Redeemer,will allow you to see the choices you have made in the past,that were wrong..and His Spirit will guide you to a beter path.
The thing is to be obedient to His will(which by reading the Bible,His will s revealed)

You will experience peace ,if you allow it to flow through your heart and spirit...but there are no promices your life will get better,
I lived in a good paying lifestlye before Jesus.
After Jesus ,and a move to a smaller town,I have lived in poverty.
So who's to say which was better?
It depends on how you want to spend eternity,and to have a loving relationship with GOD.

I'll add,I'd personally want to have my relationship with Jesus,because HE see's me through all my problems....than all the money in the world.

Glad to here you went to church for the first time today in years! You are taking a right step. Laura I have been a Christian now 25 years. When I came to Christ it was not for any other reason except I knew I was a sinner nobody had to tell me that. My sins caused me all kind of consequences. My sins separated me from a holy God. I knew God could never let me enter into His heaven with my sin. I could not have a relationship with Him because of those sins. I wanted to be free from my past and I wanted Him to be with me for my future. The first step as dancing said is accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior. To forgive you of your sins and to come into your life. God is not a genie in a bottle that we just ask things of. It doesn't work that way. He loves us and His desire is to conform us to the image of His Son. He promises to always be with us in good times and bad times. He loves us and wants to work things out for good in our life. Not that all things are good but He promises to use them for His glory. Laura God loves you and He wants you to seek Him because of that love not because of what you can get from His hand. As His children we have promises from God. But we should always seek His face first. If you based a relationship on only what you can get from someone it will fail at some time. Seek Gods perfect will for your life and you can trust Him to lead you the right way. God Bless and I pray that you will comprehend the depth and height of the love He has for you!

This is a hard question to answer exactly, so if I may speak in generalities, it would help.

Yes, you will be amazed how God changes your life, but he isn't SANTA. He doesn't work that way in my opinion. You life will improve by leaps and bounds, but maybe not like you desire always. The bible says he will always be with us (his saved children) and help us, but this is on his terms, not ours. He expects us to be obedient to him, first. And also, there are no guarantees about jobs, houses, etc. The bibles states that God provides for his creation, but sometimes I personally think that what God wants us to have is vastly different than what we want for ourselves.

Accepting his as Lord of our life, means just that. He is in control and that is exactly where we want him. I always say that the more we can turn over to him and trust him with, the better and better our lives will be.

I think he generally wants the very best for us, but sometimes withholds things or allows sufferings to teach us and grow us up. To refine us.

No matter how you look at it, life with him is always better than the alternative. always.

thank you all

Forgive me if this sounds like splitting hairs, its really not.

Its one thing to "put God in your life"

its a whole OTHER thing to "put your life in God"

Accepting him, not only as savior, but also as Lord. When you invite His Spirit into you, and ask Him to make His Will known to you, He is faithful to turn it all around, and to use your life for Kingdom purposes.

Its incredibly powerful how He can do such a mighty work in a blink that takes us years of our own effort to still basically fall short... There is a learning curve in surrendering to Him, but if you are committed and just keep seeking Him, He will not let you down. Pray for His Will...

Do you read the bible? Many suggest starting with the book of John...

In Jesus' name, be blessed!
~kimberly

this is new to me ok i took the first step i went to church!

Don't let the world confuse religion with relationship. I'm so glad that you went to church, and it is a valuable thing to do, which I would encourage you to continue on in, definately! But its only a couple of hours a day, a couple of days a week, depending on the church you attend. Invite Him into your life 24/7. Talk to Him, and you will become more and more sensitive to hear Him as you press in to Him.

Church is a great part of the experience, a vital part especially for being educated on the things of God and for fellowship with the body... but there is no replacement for personal intimate time spent with Him, just the two of you, every chance you get (which can be ANYtime... driving, showering, doing dishes... there is no time that you CANT talk to him!) Thats good news, in my book!

Welcome to the family! And don't be surprised if you find challenges... there is no time like now for the devil to come up and want to make you doubt... now more than ever... but Our God is bigger than any lie the devil can tell you! There is nothing to fear, there is no enemy who can match God!

It is not enough to just make him savior - he must also be Lord of your life as well.

Even Christians go through trials and tribulations. But with God - we are able to get through them alot better than without him. I know for fact that many of the problems I went through in early adulthood were because God allowed me to go through them. If I had not had those troubles - I may have never understood God's plan for my life.

Blessings to you.

Hi, that is so great to hear that you went to church. That's a big step!! We've all made wrong choices in our lives, don't let that stop you from reaching out to God. He knows we are all sinners and have done wrong. Ask God to forgive you of your sins,ask him to come into your heart and be your Lord and Savior. God loves you even though we've done wrong. He's proud of you taking that first step again toward him. Take it day by day and try to have a personal relationship with him everyday. I pray to him everyday. Talk to him like you would with a friend. You draw close to him and he'll draw close to YOU! God will change your life around. Things you once liked to do, won't look fun to you anymore. God could give you a job right away, but then again it could take sometime. Just trust that he's looking out for your best interest. Trust in his perfect timing. God's never early and he's never late. Continue going to church and start reading your bible. God will meet you where your at. Don't give up! He hasn't given up on you! : ) It'll all come, just trust in HIM. Ever want to talk, I"m here.

God Bless

you know the reason for coming to Christ is to know him and the hope he gives us through the benefits of the cross, there is a solution to everything through Christ Jesus and he directs our steps as we hope in him, Its doesnt mean it will always be easy or peaches and creme, but he promises to go through it with us as our hope is always in him. If you give him the chance to help you with the decisions you make he will help you, even if its not the answer you expected.

Yes...Mine did for the better.

When I turned my life over to Him, He flipped me upside down and inside out. He radically changed my life and who I was... to the very core. I'm SO glad I decided to follow Him. There hasn't been a single day that I regretted that decision.

But understand... it is a battle. Daily you die to yourself and doing things 'your way'. You lay down your right to your life and let Him be Lord of it. As you seek Him and desire to do life His way, He will strengthen you and make the way clear for you to do it. He is indeed amazing!