Personal Narrative: Growing Up As A Christian

However, two monosyllable words drove me away from God. Even though I had been taught that perfection outside of God didn’t exist, that I could do all things through Christ who strengthened me, and that above all God loved me, hearing the phrase thank you from someone was enough to make me believe that I could do it all without Him. Although the phrase is just an expression of gratitude to me it was translated to that person finding me valuable and lovable. Growing up my self-worth was found entirely in how many compliments I received. The people pleasing got to the point to where I would spend all my free time, church being a prime spot, trying to think

I am an atheist, but it wasn't always that way. My entire life there was a constant pressure on me to accept that there was a supreme being that created all. Even at a young age I couldn’t bring myself to fully believe this. I continued grasping for straws because, just like every other religious person, I was scared of the “consequences” that would come with not believing. My Non-Denominational Christian Church promoted telling this to everyone, even children.

poverty and I assumed that it only really existed in other far away countries. Everyone

I made few mistakes, thinking that I was the good boy in our family. However, I made many mistakes I wish I could repair. Despite every effort I did, I concluded that I was still messed up. I even fell into deep despair, wondering if God will ever love me if I confessed my sins. This story helped me realized that a true Christian is humble to God, acknowledging His sins and asking God to redeem him. Realizing how much I gave into these worldly possessions, such as money and followers on Facebook, gave me the opportunity to replace them with spiritual and holy desires, such as compassion and

rowing up as a little Christian girl. As a little girl I was ambitious, I was a leader and very outspoken. Growing up shelter is a good and a bad thing. This good Christian girl starting to encounter life experience. Being a teen mother at a such young aged. Not finishing my education. Just not being financially stable to care for a family. Having the fear of the unknown keep's you in those situations.

While I believe it is important to be able to work with any clientele regardless of their, sex, race, or religion. I would like to approach my education with a Christian world-view. As I myself carry a Christian perspective, I would like to continue my education in the environment that enriches this perspective. I hope to gain further education that instills these values that I can continue to maintain in my future career as not only a professional counselor but as a child of God.

I was raised in a Christian home. Both my parents were saved. My dad got a two-year degree from Appalachian Bible College but it took him four years to finish it. My mom went to college for a year at Bob Jones University. There were marital problems between my mom and dad while she was alive.

When it comes to my religious beliefs, I am Catholic and after taking this class Religious Imagination class with Professor Martin. I can say that I have gained new insight to the different religions that we have learned throughout the course of the class. This class really opened and broadened my perspective on different religions because never experience or even learned about these different religions before taking this class. The specific religions that I have gained insight on were Hinduism, Buddhism and Primal religion. Before taking this class I heard of these religions but I did not actually know what they were. Each Religion that we learned helped me is the amazing ways people believe in God. I found the Primal religion extremely interesting

When I began my Christian Service Project at my local senior center, I initially did not entirely look forward towards the experience. Run by Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, the Catherine Sheridan Senior Center provides various daily activities (Wii bowling, Age-tastic!, tai chi, etc.), daily breakfast (toast, bagels, spreads, coffee, etc.) and lunch (fish, chicken, potatoes, sweet potatoes, assorted vegetables, etc.), and transportation for seniors via paratransit vans. Since February, I have mostly been helping out at lunchtime, running Age-tastic! (a health and wellness educational game provided by the New York City Department for the Aging) in the afternoon, and participating in sing-alongs with the seniors. Otherwise, I spend my time conversing with the seniors, enjoying laughs and listening to discussions as they make the most of lethargic Monday mornings. Over time, my doubtful

This is part of my testimony. And it is part of a letter I wrOTE back in December 2005--a month before we were invited to the Salvation Army Church for the first time by our friends Doris and Efrain. “Our church has been closed and we don’t have a church to congregate. Now I am depending on what the Holy Spirit wants for us. I am waiting for Him to tell us where we will be meeting and continue doing his work. Nelson and I know that we tried to do the best we could with the strength that the Lord gave us. It has been a very enjoyable experience and I know that the work in the Lord is not in vain. “While meditating in my years after accepting Jesus Christ as my lORD AND Savior, the following are my lessons learned: 1)I realized that I had been

I was raised in a catholic family. Our parents raised us to believe that the catholic religion was the one and only true religion. We went to church every Sunday and was expected to find a person to marry within our religious beliefs. Which meant finding someone who was already catholic or convert them to Catholicism. As I grow older and started to question some of the catholic beliefs and expectations. So when I found the person I wanted to marry and we had to petition the Catholic Church to see if we could get married. My fiancé was not catholic and had been previously married. Two no no’s within the catholic religion. I couldn’t believe that a questioner was going to decide if I could marry the love of my life. We decided to get

The name of my country is Felix.It is located near Austrailia.Many people in my country have been fighting over which country should be ours. As their leader I think we should be in Christianity religion because they read a book about God called the Holy Bible.They have over 2 million followers.They also have this big place where they worship called a church.

I was thinking “Why is it so hard for me to be a member at UMC church? Am I really a trouble-maker?” Since then, I didn’t go to her church again, and struggled with what she said about me with self-doubt. My wound turned out to angry and hatred about her. While wrestling with who I was in pain, there was a season of Good Friday. There was a reading of the gospel of Luke about Jesus’ prayer one the cross, “Father, forgive them for they don’t know what they do.” I was shocked by how Jesus begged the forgiveness for his enemies, and had mercy for them. They wanted Jesus crucified. They wanted Jesus dead. How was it possible for Jesus to release his wound and anger, and even to love his enemies?

I studied how to socialize through secular pyschology books and so called pick up artist experts. I read a lot and also met few people who changed my view on socialization. I became more attractive to girls, cooler to guys and I was momentarily happier, but I needed more. I now know I needed Jesus.