Personal Testimony : My View Of God

The results from my summary reveal that my number one personal value is religious. I was not surprised by the outcome at all because I am very much into my religion. I love to have my own time when I can sit back and read my bible in peace and reflect back over what I just read. Leaning on the Bible gives me a sense of peace, and it reassures me that I can face and overcome any obstacles.

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.

When I was about 12, I started to drift away from God. I had a whole new world of temptations to face. I always just figured if I sinned all I would have to do is tell God I was sorry and ask for forgiveness. The problem was I wasn’t being sorry in my heart, I just did it because that’s what church said to do. When I was 15, I renewed my faith in Christ and I have been going from there. Mere Christianity has really helped my walk with Christ over the summer. He showed me the wrong in the daily stuff I did. I started to change my life and fix what I did

My Christian faith is the reason I have accomplished what I have and why I am who I am today. A lot of my activities that I am involved in or have been involved in were centered on my faith. My faith has helped me through high school and given me purpose as well as strength to reach the high goals I have set for myself. God has been with me through difficult decisions and situations, guiding me along the way. I usually base my decisions on what I feel would be right by God.

I have change my worldview so many times, growing up as a Christain. I’m not orieganally not from here, I was born in Liberia during the the war. My parents lost everything we had, including our houses, clothes, food, and not to talk about money. They had to fled with me to a neighboring contry cslled Guinea for a safety. My mom whom I love to death was also pregnent with my younger brother who now goes to ASU. My biological dad was killed during the process of us leaving the country and my mom was stuck with both my brother and I in a country with no support. So many kids lots their fathers in the war, because the rebels were afraid that the men might one day fight against them and take charge.

I am loyal, responsible, capable adventurous, honest, and athletic. I love to try new things wither it is food or new Ideas to further advance my knowledge. I am the oldest of four so I have to take responsibility to set an exemplary example, and I have to help out around the house to help with my youngest sister. I love to play sports and I play multiple sports yearend. I am trusted by other families to babysit their children so I am definitely responsible and trustworthy.

I stood in the shower for a good forty minutes or so. It was warm, relaxing and dare I say even comforting, but best of all it wasn’t the Kingdom Hall. I thought that maybe if I stayed in the shower, My parents wouldn’t make me leave, felt as though I could live in there forever and never be forced to leave. However, as a child, I never felt this way. I was born into the religion, and was taught the teachings of the Watchtower (i.e. our bible) from an extremely young age, unaware of the brainwashing I would receive during the next 10 years of my life. It didn’t help that I was exceptionally gullible as a child, and believed just about anything. It definitely made it much easier for the Jehovah’s Witnesses, they would tell me about the 144,000

I started my journey working for an adult behavioral program at our local hospital. I worked there for 5 years with amazing people. I now work for a substance abuse facility as support staff that treats not only the substance abuse but the mental health of the clients as well. I have seen the love and caring that the counselors have for their clients. They have helped me understand the problems that the clients are going through. I have become aware of the link between addiction and mental health. These amazing ladies have inspired me to want to help and hopefully bring my faith in GOD as basis for my career in counseling. I feel led in this direction, GOD has put me in this position to witness and help people through his love and mercy. I have traveled many roads

I would describe my own personal faith to be Christian- Catholic, the same as my parent’s faith. I grew up being catholic. I was baptized, did my first communion and even did my confirmation. I believe in one God; but I also believe in God as a Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I believe in Angels, Saints, and the old and new testament. I believe in Mary, God’s mother, and I also believe in all of Jesus’s apostles.

Just what is theology? This question can have a wide variety of answers, from irrelevant facts about God thought up by men centuries ago, to complicated theories discussed by scholars. Typically, the average 21st century man does not consider theology as relevant. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Theology by definition has the characteristics of both expounding the truth, and impacting the believer with that truth (Himes, 2011). Therefore, theology and the church are intricately combined, in that the church embodies the revelation of God, and is reality, not theory (Himes, 2011). A personal practical theology must begin with revelation, not the individual (Himes, 2011), and proclaim

Erickson gives a great overview of the human experience when a person begins the road to salvation. “All humans are lost to sin, spiritually blind, and unable to believe, however, some action by God must intervene between his eternal decision and the conversion of the individual within time” (Erickson, 2015, p.350). The journey starts with the call that God places on our hearts. Then God starts the conversion. The conversion is an event that changes your life. There may be many conversions. “The first step of the Christian life is called conversion. It is the act of turning from one’s sin in repentance and turning to Christ in faith” (Erickson, 2015, p.351). God converted me many years ago, when I was a child but I have been on many conversions

My journey on to my Christian faith began when I was born so I basically didn’t feel. I had a choice not to be a Christian but I never asked why am I a Christian because I felt as though being a child of god was the right way to go I felt as though that god would always be here for not just me but with everyone that needed him. My journey to Christ probably would have to be in the miracles that he have brought me through and I have seen. A long time ago my uncle basically overdosed and the doctors said that he was brain dead and that we should just cut the cord. I will never forget the hospital room filled with the people from my church praying out loud. As I was sitting in there I could feel the spiritual energy. It felt like my skin was crawling with adrenaline. The doctors took us back there to see him and when I saw him I was honestly scared I didn’t think he was going make it but he made it my mother told me when she went back there she saw a angel over him and she said that his wings filled the room. After that day my uncle began to get better when he got home he didn’t have any memory of any sort he had to start completely over we had to help him step by step. And now today my

My journey with God started in February of 1993, when I went to a ladies’ conference in Columbus, Texas. It was while the speaker was explaining that she knew there were some of us out in the audience, who felt guilty about something they had done in their past, and they did not feel that God could forgive them for it. But then she quoted from God’s word; “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, not principalities, no things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 8:38-39 NASB) The speaker continued on to say that all we need to do is

Studies of Jesus primarily focus on the duality of Jesus and how he is able to be both human and divine at once. This subject was disputed at the Council of Chalcedon in the year 451 between the

A testimony is a personal story of what God has done in one’s life, the story of one’s conversion. Many people have dramatic testimonies of God rescuing them from death and destruction. Others have stories a little less dramatic; nevertheless they are life-changing. We truly leave the kingdom of darkness for the kingdom of light. C. S. Lewis puts it this way: “It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”1