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CraigAllen

CraigAllen

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I was born and raised Catholic until my teenage years. Im 59 now and am struggling to renew my faith. I go to different services in my area trying to find a place where i fit. I have always been shy in public where I am unknowing. I want to be baptized (again) and saved and to accept jesus into my life. Thank you for letting me join this Chat
 
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BreatheFocusBet

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Hey,

I would strongly recommend searching around the main page of this website and finding someone who can help you on their map.
https://map.thelastreformation.com/

There are a lot of people searching for people like you that use that map, but their main page can help filter out anyone that's not on the same page as them on the map as well.

God bless :)
 
TabinRivCA

TabinRivCA

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Nice to meet you and great to have you joining the fellowship here at CC! I'm sure you will find Threads that will help you in your desire to strengthen your faith and feel free to start a topic you want to discuss. God bless and keep you always and WELCOME😃!
 
Kireina

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Hello! Welcome to CC 🤗


God bless you ❤
 
Bingo

Bingo

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"Here my thoughts are best not to put forth. I have shared concerning
how my life was forever changed, now years past. I hope those searching
come to learn the 'key' to their search shall most likely be found in the most
unlikely place. It is with hope that all shall find what is truly needed in their lives.
I hope the Holy Spirit becomes a guiding light for those searching."
 
oyster67

oyster67

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CraigAllen said:
I was born and raised Catholic until my teenage years. Im 59 now and am struggling to renew my faith. I go to different services in my area trying to find a place where i fit. I have always been shy in public where I am unknowing. I want to be baptized (again) and saved and to accept jesus into my life. Thank you for letting me join this Chat
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I am so glad you have come, brother Craig. Welcome.

I want you to know that getting saved has absolutely nothing to do with water baptism. Salvation concerns a personal relationship with Jesus. Just get alone and talk to Him. He loves you and is waiting for you to completely give yourself to Him.

Revelation 3:20
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.”
 
HealthAndHappiness

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CraigAllen said:
I was born and raised Catholic until my teenage years. Im 59 now and am struggling to renew my faith. I go to different services in my area trying to find a place where i fit. I have always been shy in public where I am unknowing. I want to be baptized (again) and saved and to accept jesus into my life. Thank you for letting me join this Chat
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Good to meet you CraigAllen!
We share a similar background. I was also born and raised Catholic. When I was a teenager a man asked me if I were to die that day if I was 100% sure if I would go to heaven? I was not sure, but glad that he cared enough to ask me. Even by then, I had some close calls. I considered his message, by was not convinced until I could determine from the Bible. As a Roman Catholic I was taught that the Bible was truly God's Word which was trustworthy. I figured that important topic wasn't something God would want to hide from us. I took the verses on the paper he gave me and that night, remembered that I agreed to read them before I go to bed. I took it seriously and asked the Lord for help to know for sure what the truth about this is.
CraigAllen, I am more than happy to answer any further questions you may have. I will post two short videos that will provide answers to what it means to have Christ in your life and come to know what the Bible says about having a home in heaven.

Heaven


100% Sure?

Have a great day!

Health and Happiness
 
brighthouse98

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Brother CraigAllen,I have some very good news for you! Jesus is very much alive inside of me, to prove this to you, the Lord Jesus gave me this to tell you personally!! (Isaiah 41:9-13) There is nothing like being truly wanted by HIM!! May this both encourage you and lead you in love to help others as you are helped. Jesus wants thankful people!! It is his very will!!(1 Thess 5:18) Do not fear any longer, Jesus has heard your cry!! Blessing brother!! STAY DAILY in his Word, pray for his wisdom because he fully intends to give this to you! (James 1:5) And finally NEVER EVER GIVE UP!!!! No matter what! At 70 years of age brother, I have gone through the fire a few times, but Jesus pulled me out every time!! Blessing to you brother. There is no try, do or do not is his way!!!(James 1:22)
 
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CraigAllen said:
I was born and raised Catholic until my teenage years. Im 59 now and am struggling to renew my faith. I go to different services in my area trying to find a place where i fit. I have always been shy in public where I am unknowing. I want to be baptized (again) and saved and to accept jesus into my life. Thank you for letting me join this Chat
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Precious friend, A Very Warm Welcome To Chat.

Please Be Very RICHLY Encouraged And Edified In
The LORD JESUS CHRIST, And His Word Of Truth, Rightly
Divided (+ I and II) ←→ [I "don't fit in" denominations that
forsake teaching God's Word Of Truth, Rightly Divided :cry:].

Grace, Peace, And JOY! [no water in here]...
 
Wisteria

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Dear Craig, its not about where you came from but rather where you are heading. Let the Holly Spirit And Jesus Christ be your guide. All He want is a chance to reveal Himself to you and show you how much He cares.
 
Evmur

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CraigAllen said:
I was born and raised Catholic until my teenage years. Im 59 now and am struggling to renew my faith. I go to different services in my area trying to find a place where i fit. I have always been shy in public where I am unknowing. I want to be baptized (again) and saved and to accept jesus into my life. Thank you for letting me join this Chat
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Well I [also raised a Cafflick] was saved at home with no one around, you can too. Just humbly ask Jesus to come into your heart as your Lord.

... and welcome :)
 
oyster67

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Wisteria said:
Dear Craig, its not about where you came from but rather where you are heading. Let the Holly Spirit And Jesus Christ be your guide. All He want is a chance to reveal Himself to you and show you how much He cares.
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Amen! And welcome to CC, sister. :)(y):coffee:
 
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CraigAllen said:
I was born and raised Catholic until my teenage years. Im 59 now and am struggling to renew my faith. I go to different services in my area trying to find a place where i fit. I have always been shy in public where I am unknowing. I want to be baptized (again) and saved and to accept jesus into my life. Thank you for letting me join this Chat
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Welcome Craig. As I always say, Craigs make dependable friends. Just like God is our dependable friend. As long as you trust in Jesus, and pray with him, you can do anything. Ask Jesus to help you with your shyness, and he will help. If you need anything, feel free to chat with me. I'm the opposite of shy. Am a recently converted from non-denominational to Catholic right now (April 2022), but am open to any denominations and am non judgemental about any denomination.
 
oyster67

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SanderB said:
I'm the opposite of shy. Am a recently converted from non-denominational to Catholic right now (April 2022), but am open to any denominations and am non judgemental about any denomination.
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I used to be shy, but now I'm a sandy oyster like Sander. :geek:

BTW, it's ok to just be a plain-vanilla Christian like them in the early Church was. (y)
 
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I used to be shy, but now I'm a sandy oyster like Sander. :geek:

BTW, it's ok to just be a plain-vanilla Christian like them in the early Church was. (y)
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Awesome brother. It is good that you got out of your shell. :) And yeah, it is okay to be a plain vanilla Christian like the church of 200 AD.
 
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CraigAllen said:
I was born and raised Catholic until my teenage years. Im 59 now and am struggling to renew my faith. I go to different services in my area trying to find a place where i fit. I have always been shy in public where I am unknowing. I want to be baptized (again) and saved and to accept jesus into my life. Thank you for letting me join this Chat
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Nice to hear from you, friend. I am also an oldie --about 30 years older. If one has received the Lord Jesus into their heart in trust and conversation with Him (as John 3; John 14:6; Romans 8; 1 Jn. 5:10-12; etc. they are on real Christian ground. We need to be walking and talking with our Savior all day to be kept on track to honor and please our Creator-God. You do NOT need a new baptism. You can learn some more about this at the address: holdingforth 1 @hotmail.com for some information on living for God, I have found. Keep looking up?

--1ambassador
 
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