the circumstances surrounding your decision to become a follower of Jesus Christ, using various bible passages as the framework for your salvation and eternal life in Christ.

I realized I needed the Lord as a teenager . Because I grew up in a Christian home , and went to church on a regular basis , I never really experienced that close and personal relationship with the Lord . It wasn 't until I was in high school that I grew close to Christ

My father fought stomach cancer for two years , and the three months he spent at home with our family taught me to rely on God for everything It was only through prayer and reading Bible passages that I was able to

be strong as my father passed away . This was a tumultuous period for me I was begging God for more time with my father , and praying for Him to ease my father 's pain . Instead of God healing my father , he showed me that Jesus is alive and with us . I was desperate to walk with Jesus Christ , and He helped me to see that He was with my father and my family . I always understood that Jesus is our Savior , yet I didn 't truly believe that He is alive in our heart , until my father 's illness . That was when I felt the promise that He would always listen to my prayers and be with me

The Spirit guided me through my prayers during different times especially during my junior year in high school . I have faith in eternal life and a strong conviction that I could never obtain through education , but only by experience in Jesus Christ . As a result , I have decided I will do whatever God leads me to do until the day I get to meet my father in heaven . I now truly understand the principles and ideas being taught in my church , and I have begun applying them to my own life

I have learned that every good gift and every perfect gift is from above (James 1 :17 ) and also that if I ask , it shall be given seek , and I shall find knock and it shall be opened (Matthew 7 :7 . These lessons although filled with a joyful promise , have not always come easy . There have been times I have prayed so much for something , to have it not happen or to not be fulfilled . It has taken many years to understand that The Lord 's path is the right path , and my way is not always what is best for me . Often times , however , I have been able to see God 's plan for me , after the fact , and was thankful that e is in control of my life

Any problems or questions I find in my life , I have learned that I can turn to the scriptures for the answers , like a handbook for life . I also know that the Lord is with me at all times . Like in Psalms 23 , probably one of the most well-known verses , I know that The Lord is my Shepard and I shall not want . And Yea , though I walk...