Snoozin said:
Let me just say now that I really want to believe in God. I do believe, off and on. Usually losing faith in extraordinarily hard times, which is when an individual is supposed to believe in God. So my question is, if you believe in God, how did you get to that point? How do you prove He exists?
Snoozin,
The existence of God is written on the heart of man. It is in nature and it is in his Word. If you truly search him out with your heart, he will identify himself to you. Much like you asking the question you did, God used Teenonfire to identify himself to you. Teenonfire, may God bless you and watch over you…may you grow in His love and his word. Anyone can pray to God, he knows our hearts, our sincerity. It is okay to ask him to identify himself to you but you do have to take steps to learn about him placing faith in Him.
I would recommend you reading the Gospel of John. If you don’t have a Bible and can’t afford one, I would be happy to send one to you…just PM me. Again, as you meditate on his Word ask him to reveal himself to you. Look deeply into nature, for example a feather…how perfect it is…how intricate it is… Search your heart, search your soul, you will find him calling to you. Once you accept him with a pure heart he will never let you go! He may convict you first, but he will show you his Grace and Love.
Some are waiting on Him to appear, when he does appear it will be too late for those that never accepted him. Some outright refuse him or deny him. The best ways for a Christian to prove God is; by His Word, by witnessing, by His love and with charity. The World looks upon Christians as hypercritical. This is false, Christians are far from perfect. We are sinners, just like any other individual on this earth. We just place our faith in God, in Christ’s gift of the cross.
Myself, I grew up in a Catholic home. I was raised in a Catholic school. I believed in God but I didn’t understand him. I didn’t understand how we could pray to saints or how the pope was god on earth. As a little boy I would talk with God all the time, asking him these questions. Later in my life I felt a pulling… I knew God was calling me. He led me to a church that was doctrinally sound. This is where I gave myself to our Lord Jesus Christ.
I was a babe in Christ during this time. Through the Spirit of God I was leading others to Christ. My belly burned to spread his Love. Unfortunately, satan attacked me in every way possible. My wife left me with a one year old and a two year old. I was transferred to Germany. Alone, in the army with two babies to care for, I began to slowly backslide. This lead to years of backsliding or ignoring God as he called my name.
I was involved in a car accident, resulting in two major back surgeries. I met a wonderful Christian woman. We married and had a child. We lost our son in the most horrible fashion one can imagine. Yet both my wife and I were able to hold him while he passed, a true blessing. Than the battle with my exwife and my children began. She introduced them to drugs…how does a parent explain to a child it is wrong when the other parent does it with them beginning at the age of twelve?
Through all of this, I would talk to God here and there. But my life was definitely not walking along His path. I was in sin…I was the wretched man that I am. Yet I could never deny or denounce God. I always felt him with me. Never forsaken me like I did him. I was that little sheep lost in the darkest parts of the forest. When he found me again I rejoiced. Now I can’t get enough of him…Now I can’t leave his side. Now I want to cling to him.
God is alive, he is calling your name. He loves you, hear his call…
In Christ
Daniel