My testimony

             I always thought I got saved when I was four years old. I remember that night as if it was yesterday. I asked my mother how to be saved because I didn't want to go to hell. My mother helped me recite the sinner's prayer and I honestly thought that I was a child of God.  I always had doubts though, but Then 4 years ago at Hearts On Fire, an annual youth retreat for two days every year in November at Gatlinburg Tennessee, God spoke to me and told me that I had never truly asked Him for forgiveness for my sins. We get saved because we have realized that Jesus died a cruel and horrifying death in our place to reconcile us in God's eyes,and because we want a personal relationship with Him. By asking Jesus for forgiveness for our sins, we are made acceptable to go to Heaven. I thought you got saved because you didn't want to go to hell. I didn't have salvation; All I had was "a false fire insurance policy." I am so glad Jesus knocked on my heart that night and convicted me! I could have easily died later that night in a car wreck with my youth group and died an unsaved sinner damned to hell, but Jesus loves me so much that He revealed to me that I was truly lost. I never have doubts now! Now I know that I know that know that I am going to heaven when I die. I am in God's palm and nothing satan or myself can do can pluck me out! PLEASE examine yourself if you are unsure of your salvation. We are not promised another breath. Talk to someone you know who is a Christian. It could be a youth leader, a parent, a family member, or pastor. It's challenge time! If you are not saved I pray Jesus convicts you and that He will not leave your heart alone until you confront someone about, but if you are already saved by Jesus, I challenge you to ask a friend this one simple question. "If you died today would you go to Heaven?" It's up to us Christians to lead others to Him. That's one of the reasons  that we are here.