How Do You Know When You're Born Again?

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And now, here's today's Truth Talk Live host. This is a live show which I absolutely love because we'd like to ask a question that we're hoping that you will call in and answer with. And today's question, I can't think of a more pertinent one. And it is how do you know when you are born again? You know, Jesus.

It is March the 3rd, or as my good friend Dr. Date, the word Carson would say, 3-3, right? And John 3:3, it says, Jesus said, Verily, verily, meaning truly, truly, I say unto you, except a man be born again, he cannot. C. The kingdom of God.

And later on he'll talk about Being born of water and spirit, right? And then the famous John 7. 3-7, excuse me, right, is according to Whitfield and Billy Graham and everybody else, what's headline? You must be born again. Right.

You must be born again. So, how do you. You know, somebody was you were working with them and they walked up to you and they said, uh Robbie? How do you know? You know, how could you know what is it that gives you some sense that that happened in your life?

Uh or how do I get that? Like, tell your story, Doc. What happened today at lunch of all things, man, right? At lunch today is with date the word. It's a tool.

For me, for one, engage in a conversation, I get to share Bible verse, and then I'm looking for a chance to share the gospel if the door opens. And so today, as we were at Olive Garden and this waiter was taking great care of us, I just said, Hey, when's your birthday? And sure enough, he said November the 1st. People tell you their birthday. I never want to know the year.

And if it's a lady, I'll always say that. I don't not the year, just the month and the day. And so, after a little bit, I've gone to my app and I pulled up the verse for any date that's on the app. And I went to November, pulled up verse one. And so, when he came back, the guy that was having lunch with me said, Hey, this guy's got something really good for you.

And I said, I don't know if anybody's ever done this for you, but you know, your birthday has some really neat birthday verses, verses that match the date. And he perked up and wanted to see, and I share it with him. Especially Ecclesiastes 11:1. I had bread right in front of me, Robbie.

So, breadsticks, bread sticks, cast your bread sticks. Bread sticks upon the water. And I said, I know that's this verse sounds kind of strange, but he's from Canada, moved here to North Carolina. And I said, It's the idea of you're taking a step out. Your ships were not meant to set in a harbor.

And he really liked that. And so then I asked a follow-up question. Uh Do you happen to have a date for your second birth? And then that stops. Yeah.

Second birth You can see, I mean, he's, I don't have a clue what you're talking about. He said, second birth. I said, you know, the Bible says in John 3:3. That Jesus says, you must be born again, or else you don't see the kingdom of heaven. You must be born again.

And he literally says, I don't know what that means. Yeah, and maybe you today feel like that's you call us. I mean, really, 866-348-7884. You may not know what that means, or maybe you know what it means to you, or how you would explain the experience for yourself, the date that Doc is talking about, right? When did that happen for you?

It's an amazing question. And, you know, I would imagine that many, many, many people listening would really be blessed with your answer. And that's why it's a live show, and I think it's a delightful topic. And so you call us 866-348-7884, 866-348-7884.

So if you do know your spiritual birthday and you want to know the verse for your spiritual birth date, go call and I'll be glad to share it with you because we can give you the physical date. Verse for that physical date, but also for your spiritual date. And some people don't know. But they do know that they were born again. And I've had that many times as people, as I've asked them, do you have a date for your second birth?

And they'll go, I just don't remember. But I do remember at a youth camp. I do remember a revival service. I do remember in my parents' living room. I asked the Lord Jesus to save me, and I was born again.

It started a brand new relationship with God. And that's the idea of being born again. You have a new relationship with God. You come alive. You were dead.

Now you are alive. And there's a sense to that. That I think is really helpful, and we would love to know how you sensed it. Yeah, 866-348-6. 7884-866-348-7884.

I know for me. You know, I was a heathen. I was a car salesman. And I. I had picked up this book by Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking.

I didn't buy it so that I could not be a heathen. I bought it so I could sell more cars, honestly. And in that was this line that will forever change my life. The very first. Chapter of the book.

It said, if you want to have a positive mental attitude, which is the name of the book. You've got to get up an hour earlier every morning and read the Bible, which seemed like an absolutely insane idea to me. at the time But nonetheless, I'd paid $100 for this tape set that went along with this book. And I was going to get to what if this is what it took to sell more cars, I would even read the Bible. And so, but interestingly, it even said, you know, if you're going to understand it, the first thing you've got to do is pray and ask the Holy Spirit to show you what it meant.

So I didn't know what that even meant either, but I just went along with it. I said, okay, God, if you're there and this is real, help me. Understand, because clearly I never hood. I never have. And Honestly, I read for months, right?

I I got I got all the way to the book of Job. Um and which happened in November of 1991. And so I happen to know that The approximate date, I've never pinned it down, but it's early November because it was before Thanksgiving in 1991. And All of a sudden I come across this thing that I'm getting madder and madder at God because. Of what he's done to Job through Satan and all this stuff.

And God shows up at the end of the chapter and says, you know, Job, so, you know, since you're so smart, you know. And, you know, you answer me some questions. You know, pull yourself up by your bootsteps and ask answer some questions by me is basically the rhetoric. This is the Robbie version. And.

He was talking to me. Mm. Because I had just, whoa, wait a minute. That's me. And when God started to talk to me.

I could see the kingdom of God. Yeah. Right? Then all of a sudden, the Bible began to speak to me. Yeah.

And I developed A relationship with God through His Word. that started then. which culminated with my understanding that Jesus Died. That I could live, right? And understood baptism and those kind of things.

But that all happened as a result of what. Norman Witzvield knew when he sent me on the journey of reading through the Bible that it would literally cause me. to be born again. Mm-hmm. I don't know what that experience was for you.

To say it changed my life. I mean, there's just no extra. 180 took place. More than that, it's just like there was. And here are some other things.

I did not really have a friend in this world. I worked with a lot of people and I knew a lot of people. But I remember going to church the first time with my wife, you know, and these people were like friendly to me and they didn't want to buy a car. And I'm like, what's up with these people? Like, they really want to know about me.

They want to know about my kids. I mean, these people loved me. But they didn't want anything from me, and that made no one hoping for a better car deal. No, I don't think what's up with that. And it was amazing to me.

All these things that were indicative to me that I was seeing things that I'd never seen before. How about you? 866-348-7884-866-34-TRUTH. How do you know? When you are born again.

It's March the 3rd, 3-3 day. Truth Talk Life. You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. How do you know? You are born again.

What was that experience for you? What might that birthday be? We've got Matthew is in Jacksonville, but we would love to hear from you. 866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. How Do you know?

How did you experience it? You were born again. Matthew, you're on Truth Talk Live. Welcome. How are you doing?

I'm excited to hear what you may have for us, but I see that your birthday is on May the 6th. That's correct. Is that when you were born again? No, when I was born again, I can't tell you exactly when it was. I know I was 17 years old, which would have been 94.

And I believe it was in the summer.

So it's somewhere between July and August. But I can't pinpate that date.

So for your physical. I could remember it, but I remember the moment I went down and my life changed. Amen to that.

Well, for your physical you got two great verses. Romans 5, 6, For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Christ died for Matthew. And then Matthew. You've got a Matthew verse, Matthew 5, 6.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Makes perfect sense.

So so what happened when you went down? You said you'd never forget. Yeah, I'll never forget because before that moment happened, I was a bit of a wild teenager. And after that, I you know, I slowly pulled away from my friends and I spent more time at home and more time in church. More time reading the Bible.

And the last time hanging out with my friends And until I got established in the faith, and then I tried to speak to them about the Lord. That's beautiful. And I've never yet to this day can I say I went back on God. I mean, we all fall short and we all do things we're not proud of, but. But I've never forgot God, and I always, you know, every decision I've pretty much ever made in my life.

I've always, you know, it's I've put there's weight behind it. because uh I've not want to disappoint father. That's beautiful. That's wonderful. Matthew, you're my hero, buddy.

I appreciate you calling in so much today. That's wonderful. God bless you. All right, man. Thank you.

Bye-bye. 866-348-7884. The number to call in and share. How do you know? How do you know when you?

What's it? What's the experience? 866-348-7884 got Robert is in Ohio. And his birthday is December 9th, Doc. Robert, you're on truth, Doc.

Hello, Robert. How are ya? I'm excited about your situation as well, Robert. Is that Is that your physical birthday or is that your spiritual birthday? That's my, uh, physical birthday.

Your physical birthday, Romans 12, 9. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good.

That's an excellent verse for a believer. And then 2 Corinthians 12, 9. Uh Paul is struggling a little bit with what's going on in his life, and God says to him, My grace is sufficient for you. Oh, my goodness. My strength is made perfect in weakness.

Therefore, most gladly will I rather boast in my infirmities that the power of God may rest upon me.

Now you kind of like that one, 2 Corinthians 12, 9. How's that impact your life? That's just amazing. Um You're talking to a guy who who uh is addicted to drugs. when the Mexican cartel and on his way to prison for 50 years and God intervened and He said, Okay, here's what's going to happen.

I call it the moment of impact when Jesus entered my heart, and soul, and mind. And uh I was looking at 50 years in federal prison. The moment of impact I felt Such a weight taken off of me. a weight that I didn't even know was even there. A relief a spiritual relief.

I just felt so Free. free to run and dance. and dance like David with no ashame whatsoever. just to praise the Lord and I felt his presence. in that moment of impact.

And There's many stories that I could tell during my time in prison and how he saved me. from from some situations that get me out of trouble and not that I pursued it, but I I was really into the word when I was in there. And uh even to now, thirty years later, almost twenty 24 years later, Never went back. Never did anything crazy again. The Lord brought me out of all that stuff.

Um fifty sentenced for fifty years. I was yep. Wow, that was that was the start of it. that was the start of my my first uh sentence, yeah. Wow.

And so I think that's a good idea.

So obviously the grace of God verse is like kind of. Apropos. Right, so what a powerful story, Robert. And the fact that he also says, Robbie, he abhors evil. I didn't go back.

I wasn't part of that anymore. I love that. That's the changing power of Jesus Christ. And right there w when I started laughing is because Right now. I decided look I I still drank, you know, a little bit.

My My compromise when I got out. It was about five, six years ago at I really slowed down from when I was when I was younger. But the past twenty years I was drinking you know, maybe a beer or two a night or maybe a a beer or two A month or three or two a week, or then I got to cans, you know, the top boy cans. In the end, I felt started feeling the presence of the Lord and conviction just with like one or two beers. I'm like, It's just only it's only one or two beers.

It's not like it's a lot. You know, that was my compromise. Wow. this particular moment. I said, Lord, I don't want to drink no more.

But I still kept finding myself going to the drive through and buying a can of beer or two. you know, I wouldn't get to the point where I would go out again and get some more beer. No, I just stay home. And then that'd be it. What?

In the end, I bought three beer can tall boys Modelos are metkin beers. And then I cracked open one. Instantly. I got a headache. After two sips, I'm like, this must be a bad batch.

I poured it down the sink, right? I poured it down the sink. And then Uh The second the second beer I opened the next day. Same thing. I drank about maybe half a can, then I got a headache.

I'm like, this is It must be the same batch. Board it down the sink. The third day I got home from work I cracked her open. And that moment of impact of the Lord, I heard his voice. as you're hearing my voice.

Right now. But I didn't hear it verbally on the outside. I heard it verbally on the inside. And he I it I felt like he put Oh, good Lord. Thank you, Jesus.

There we go. And that voice. Yeah. I cracked open the beer and then I felt like he put his hand his finger on my hand. And he said, I heard him say, I got bigger plans for you.

There you go. That was five years ago this August, and I've been I've been completely no desire for alcohol whatsoever.

So that's how I know I'm saved. That's how I know the presence of God is here. He he's still alive, he's still doing miracles. For whoever's listening, please.

Now is the time to repent. with everything going on worldwide.

Now is the time to repent. Because you're going to bow, whether you believe it or not. Your knee will fall to the floor and confess that he is Lord, whether you believe it or not. Robert, oh man, what a call. Psalms 40.

Yeah, take it out of the horrible pit, and now he's testifying. Robert, thank you so much. God bless you, my friend. We got Jonathan in Ohio, too. We're going to get him in a minute.

But we need your call: 866-348-7884-866-34 Truth. Robert. What a hero, man. Thank you so much for calling today. Truth Talk Life.

You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. How do you know? You were born again. What's the experience, or how would you explain it to somebody who said, Man, I just read this in the Bible. What in the world?

866-348-7884. The number to call in and share: 866-348. 7884. We got Jonathan is in Ohio, and his birth date is October 14th, Doc. October the 14th.

Is that your physical birthday, Jonathan? Yeah. Wonderful.

Well, 10-14 Uh Proverbs says wise people Store up knowledge. but the mouth of the foolish are near destruction. Wise people store up knowledge. Jonathan, you sound kind of young. Yeah, I'm uh 13.

Oh, wow, this is a great verse for you then, because right now you have that opportunity to store up knowledge that in the future God can pull out of the storehouse and you can make a great impact for him.

So how would you answer that question, Jonathan? How do you know or how would you tell somebody? That you knew you were born again.

Well, I've been a Christian for as long as I can remember. I grew up in a Christian family. Uh-huh.

So, I don't know exactly when I actually came to know him, but it might have been around 8, 9, or 10, I'm not sure. basically how, uh, I guess I feel like I know is that like If you're a Christian, you kind of like got a The Bible says that none seek him and that God has them. or has to allow us to seek him.

So I think that like when we're saved, God, like if you have like, if you feel like you have a desire to seek God or come to know him, that might be like God pulling you towards him. and might be a little bit of a sign that you're that you are saved. That's a neat feeling, isn't it? And so have you have you had that experience when you were reading the Bible, Jonathan? Yeah, I have been uh I do w I do uh Sorry.

Yeah, I do want to come to know God closer because as I continue to grow and learn, and especially as I get older, I notice that. life d definitely isn't always easy all the time, and God is Well, we need to seek out for God and try to Know him better because God is really the only way that we'll be able to get through this life. And I've gone through some hard times where I've really needed to seek him out.

Well, I would encourage you to read 1 John. There's five chapters. And in that book, 1 John, it's going to speak to in chapter 2 about young men. And the way a young man becomes strong is by the Word of God abiding in him. And so read 1 John.

Again, five chapters you can Start I I always like to tell people, start on Monday. chapter 1. By Friday, you're chapter 5. And just take your time and enjoy 1 John. And God's going to speak to you.

He's going to be imparting His insights about His word into your heart.

Okay. Yeah. That sounds good. That's great.

Well, Jonathan, we're so grateful that you called in today. And again, Proverbs 10:14: wise people are storing up knowledge.

So you store it up. That's the best way to store it up. And like you say, I always say, Doc, in the 119th Psalm, I think it's verse 9, it must be. It says, How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed.

Thereby according to his word. There you go. It's in the word of God, Jonathan. You can't go wrong, and the more you hear him, the more you get to know him. God bless you, my friend.

Thank you for calling. You too. 866-348-7884. 866-348-7884. We lost Ruth.

She might have gone through a zone or something, but she could call us back 'cause we really want to know. You know, what's your birth date? We would love to give you a birthday verse, or if you got your spiritual birth date, you know, how fun is that to get that? 866-3666. Three, four, eight, seven.

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So how about you, Doc? Like how did you n I mean, what was your experience where you would if somebody said, How do you know you were born again, Doc?

Well, I it it It's one of those questions I really did have to deal with, and I was rebellious. I didn't start out, quote, rebellious. I started out religious. I wasn't, quote, dragged to church, but we were at church. And it was expected every Sunday you're going to be at church.

Grandparents were at church. And so with mom and dad, grandparents, some point I'm going to be at church every Sunday. And there came a point where, hey, you need to be a member of the church. You need to be baptized. And I got baptized, and I became a member.

But as I got older, um I didn't have anything in me. to keep the world out of me. That's how I now look back on it. And so as the temptations came, I just yielded right to them. I wanted to be part of the crowd, so the peer pressure.

And uh and then I became the peer pressure, got involved in all the wrong things and um That's where the rebellion kicked in. And then I got Religion. I went back to church because as I as I believe it was Robert talking about the alcohol. I it was messing me up. I needed to quit this.

So get some religion. But After getting religion, that didn't work. I went back to rebellion.

Now I make a decision. I've got to get involved in a church and what happened was a 12-year-old girl involved. asked me to come back to church. And then now I'm now seeking the Lord, asking questions, and I came to a place where. I understood all I'd ever done is religious activity.

And on February the 15th, 1983, I knelt down and I said, Lord Jesus, I've been trying to save myself. But I've come to understand you are the Savior. And I repent of my sins. And call on you. Your word says, Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

I'm calling on you to save me. And that night I was saved. And here's how. I know. that I was saved.

because anyone who ever talked with me would t tell me that my conversation was always about God. I talked about God. But that night when I asked the Lord to save me, I I I said and father. In my prayer, all of a sudden I went from God to... And Father, thank you for saving me.

And that's Romans 8:15. The Spirit of God comes in and causes you to cry out, Abbas, also Galatians chapter 4. And so born again means you have an eternal Father. Oh, that's awesome.

Well, we got Carla is in Jacksonville, Florida. Carla, you are on Truth Talk Live. Hi.

Okay. I guess when I got saved, I was it was a little storefront church, and they were having a Wednesday night prayer meeting, and the pastor was talking about God's attributes. And He was omnipotent, omniscient, and all of that. And he says, and God can hold the universe in his hand. And I'm telling you, a light bulb went off for me that night because I realized I was about twenty-one at the time.

My God concept was that. The universe was infinite, even though I knew he created it, and he lived inside. And he just turned my whole God concept upside down. And. I had been raised in a Lutheran church.

You didn't hear much of a gospel. It was just, you know, going through the motions every Sunday. And I was glad I was there. But this pastor taught me the gospel. and what being saved meant.

And what you needed to do to go to heaven. And that was simply to believe. And he gave me a. an exercise. He's to take a red pencil, go in the book of John.

And circle the word believe in any form. And it's in here about a hundred times. It sure is. And he said, remember the thief on the cross. The guy on the left said, if you're God, get yourself down in us.

And a guy on the other side said, have you no fear? We deserve what we get. This man's done nothing. And he said, Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And he said, Today you'll be with me in paradise.

And he didn't say, Wait a minute, did you get baptized? Or? Let me get you down and see how many old ladies you can get across the street. He didn't say anything like that. Today you'll be in paradise.

No purgatory, no nothing. The guy had not a chance to do anything. And that's the night I got saved. Wow. That is wow.

Wow. What a story. Yeah, that's bad no. I love it. I absolutely love it, Carla.

Was that May the 2nd? Yes.

Well, that's my birthday. May the 2nd is my birthday. 1982 was the year. Um That I got saved. I can't remember.

I understand I'm with you on that one. And went down that one.

So May 2nd, or 5-2, I can hear him saying it.

Well, male weird. And it's not Cinco de Mayo, it's Dosa de Mayo.

Well, well. Uh Being a Christian, you've got to love Ephesians 5:2, as now Paul says, Walk in love as Christ also has loved us, and given himself for us as an offering and as a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling aroma. Walk in love. Ephesians 5:2. And then 1 John 5:2.

By this we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep his commandments. I like the aroma one because you know I know that that sweet faith that Carla has, you can hear it. That's a wonderful aroma to God. It is, it is, you can hear it. It's sweet.

And I am telling you that. And when other people hear what you just did, that's a 1 Corinthians. The people who are getting saved because you share your testimony, who knows who's going to hear this, it becomes a sweet aroma to them. Because it goes from death to life. Our world we think about going from life to death, but the spiritual is you go from death to life, and all of a sudden that which was a horrible smell becomes a beautiful smell.

And we were actually talking to Carla right before we went on the air. You know, Doc was talking about how. You know, this man, he was just shocked that he didn't even know what it meant to be born again. Like, he'd never heard it. And I said, I said, Well, Doc, why would he?

No. And the point being, if nobody ever tells you, and that preacher told you that day. How wonderful. And what wonderful advice to go circle, take a red pencil and find the word believe everywhere you can find it in John. And that is such a spectacular.

And I love she said 100 times because it's right out. I think one of them has 98.

So, if you want to learn about believing, I did a thing called an April to believe. Read through the book of John and It's all about believing. And it's as simple as that. Oh, beautiful. Thank you.

You're my hero, too, Carla. God bless you. Thank you for calling in. That's amazing. How about you?

We would love for you to call 866-348-7884. 866-348-7884. We're still, Ruth, we need your call. We call us back. 866-348-7884.

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How do you... Experience it. That you are born again. What does that feel like? What would you tell somebody if they said, Boy, I read this in John, the Gospel of John today, and it said.

Right. Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, except a man be born again, he cannot see. The kingdom of God. What does that mean? How would you answer them?

866, the number to call and share it. Believe me, we've had some great calls. I mean, absolutely spectacular calls today. 866. Three four eight seven eight eight four eight six six three four eight seven eight eight four.

And it's March the 3rd. It's 3.3. And it takes us to John 3.3.

So today is the born-again day, Robbie. And it's a beautiful, amazing thing, right? And I was talking about it that. There's lots of ways that you would see the fruit in somebody's life. Certainly, you mentioned your language at some point in my life.

I've heard you talk about that. My language, oh my goodness, I grew up in car dealership garages. And so I certainly had a very colorful vocabulary that God miraculously, that one, I didn't. Concentrate on changing it, but he sure did it for me. And actually, you have an influence on people you don't know.

But When I would leave deal you know, because being in the car business, there's some changeover and people would tell me after I left the dealership, Robbie, you wouldn't believe what happened when you left. The language changed, the culture changed, people changed.

Sometimes you don't even know the effect that you have. Just being in a place, even though I never remember getting on the, you know, in a meeting and saying, I don't want anybody to use any foul language, right? It wasn't anything like that. It's just people. No.

No. Inherently, what's right. And when when you're When people sense that you're right with God, they want to be right with God. No. And so how how how do you experience that?

866 348788486634 TRUTH. We need to hear some more of these great testimonies of how God transforms, not a great word, He changes lives. We make the 180. I did hear a pastor one time call for us to make a 360. And I go, I'm not sure I want to do a 360.

I'd be back where I was. What can God do? He can give you a 180. He can do that, and he will, and he will. We got Mike is in Dayton, Ohio, and so.

Mike. Your birthday is when? Ten ten sixty five Ten, ten. You're literally. almost exactly ten years younger than me.

Um meaning you just turned?

Well, he just turned s sixty not long ago. Ten ten. I like ten ten. No, ten ten is John ten ten. He came to give us life and life more abundantly.

I mean, that's just the verse of verses right there. The thief does not come. Can you say that again, Dr. Carson? The thief does not come except to steal, to kill, and destroy.

But I, Jesus said, have come to give life and life more abundantly. That's John 10:10. I love that. Oh, I do too. Did you have does he given you that before, Mike?

Yes, he has, but I forgot. I'm glad he told me again.

So I had the right answer.

So, Mike, how do you know? What would you tell somebody? Because if Magic, you've had that question.

Well, I asked my wife before I took off to go someplace, and she said. Believe, you gotta believe, and I love that other caller said believe. Oh, it was beautiful. Oh, it wasn't that beautiful. And And then the the other caller was nine years old and I got saved when I was nine.

Um And I've been a Christian all my life and I'm sixty years old. And uh And how do you know? Yeah, how do you yeah, how do you know?

Well, you you know at the time, um, I was afraid to die. I went through a tragic. I went through a tragic thing. A tornado went over top of us as a family. We were in a ditch.

Yeah, it was in nineteen seventy four, and it was in Xenia. And uh I I really was. I was I said, that was a killer tornado, the one that went in Zeny, Ohio? Mm-hmm. Yes, sir.

Uh yeah, it was It killed 12 or 14 people, but it tore up the town. It was bad. And literally, the tornado went over top of our family. We were in a ditch. And uh we were thanking God uh after that that we were alive.

and as a family. And I was really thinking Thank you, God, for me saving my life. Um it's a long story, but um Yeah, um I was I was Sitting on a toilet, I think I've told this story before, reading a um. a track saying how to get to heaven. And And the track gave you the Romans Road, and that was my.

one of my first at the beginning of the year to to uh learn the versus I'm sorry. Still getting them in my head. But uh God I'll never forget it. God came into my heart. And save me because I knew that I wanted to go to heaven.

And Before then, we went to church and we had a communion. And and and then doing this in remembrance of me. And me understanding that communion that God died on the cross for me. And that was the whole reason that we were having communion, is this was his body, this was his blood, it was shed for me. For me to have eternal life, you know, and as a nine-year-old kid, I'll never forget that.

And I have seeked him ever since. And me and my f my my family and my dad has seeked e ever since.

So There's just something about after you get saved, if you've been religious, been taking communion. And all of a sudden you're saved. You're born again. And now that reality just comes to life. I think that's one of the great marks of knowing that you've been saved because now you realize what you are remembering.

The bread that was that that he's sh his body beaten and bruised for you, and the blood shed for you. And it just brings about a new, here we go, communion that you have with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Yeah, and I remember that when I was a kid, that the communion with God is the most important thing. And I have always had that communion with God. I've always seeked Him.

did I fall away here and there? Yes, as a kid, as an adult? uh did I come back to him, thank God, you know, and um I praise God that I keep seeking Him every day. That's awesome.

Well, we got Tricia, too, Mike. I'm going to get her on real quick. You can stay with us if you want. We got Tricia in Ohio. Tricia, you're on Truth Talk Live.

How about you? What yeah, what you got for us?

Well, mine is kind of an unfolding story. And so I was always raised a believer. Uh But whenever I started reading the Bible. And Just wondering. And so then I just In my own little World of my Chair.

I said, I don't know how this works. But I had accepted the Lord. And Um It was just miraculous that Instantly. I started to hear the voice of the Lord. Wow.

And, um You know, some people are like, How do you know? And Because it was this soft, gentle voice Yeah, it did scare me, um, because I'd never heard it before. Um But just started unfolding for me.

So then it was like the first um thing was to you need to get a Bible. And I lean on that so much because It's like Satan would not tell me. To get a Bible, right? That's right. That's a truth.

You know, so that was when people had questioned me on it, I always went back to that and I said, I know it, I believe it. And then It was just this. Gentle growth. Uh learning and growing consistently all the time. And then um in Ninety-four.

No, that's wrong.

So it'd have been 96. Um I went to a Bible camp. And While we were there, they offered you know, if anybody wanted to be baptized. And So I did. And I'll never forget what I said because everybody else when they got in there to be baptized, they would say, Do you have anything to say?

Like, you know, to proclaim something? And they said, you know, Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior and I believe, you know, and whatever their Their story was, they said, And, um There was three pastors that were doing the baptism and when they came Before it was my turn, I said, Holy Spirit, I don't know what to say. And so I had said When I got there, I said, I want the Lord to be my Savior, my friend. My counselor. And Um Might.

Let me see, what was the other one? And my defense. Comforter. And yeah, my comforter. And so.

Oh, wow. I hate you out of time, Trish. What a story, man. Tricia, I gotta tell you.

Well, you're gonna have to leave us all on the edge of our seat. We're gonna talk to you again soon. I hope you'll call back with the rest of it. I really, really do. I may have Nick get your phone number and we'll call and get the story and play it on another episode or something.

Tricia, thank you. Mike, thank you. All the wonderful calls today. You must be born again.