Religious - But Lost
Our world is full of people who are religious - they have a respect for God, attend church, serve in their church, give money, help the poor, and many other "good works" - but Jesus describes them as "lost" and without a relationship with Him. Here are the stories of some who found Christ, not religion, fulfilled their deepest need.
- My good works were not good enough (Graeme Anderson)
- I hoped my good works would offset my bad (Katina Anderson)
- I felt like an outsider without a relationship with the Lord (Tim Anger)
- I gave up on religion, but found the Savior (Alice Bello)
- The most important thing in life (Dean Cefola)
- The best thing that ever happened to me (Suzanne Cefola)
- My own efforts and good works were not enough (Cheryl Clarke)
- I really wasn't that bad (Barb Davies)
- I was living a lie with no spiritual fruit (Joel Dafoe)
- My wonderful life came to a crashing halt (Tina Dafoe)
- I'll Think About it Tomorrow (Doris Eisenhard)
- Saved By the Blood of the Lamb (Pat Fenstermacher)
- I thought I was a good person (Shirley Fenstermaker)
- Figuring I Wasn't That Bad of a Person, I Thought I Was OK With God. (Dave Follett)
- I finally realized that I couldn't rid myself of sin (Robin Follett)
- I was a believer, but still lost (Raisa Garcia)
- Salvation is a personal relationship with God (Jim Hall)
- I confessed to God that everything in my life was wrong (Gina Hall)
- I was mad at God (Doug Hammett)
- For thirty years I thought I was a Christian (Pastor's Wife) (Bev Hammett)
- I was an empty shell, walking around with no purpose (Allison Hammett)
- For years I sought a change in my life (Ron Hammett)
- I did not want to face God's judgment (Stacey Hammett)
- I did what was most convenient for me as a teenager (Kristin Hammett)
- I was religious, but lost! (Shirley Hammond)
- I Had Never Seen the Connection Between Salvation and the Need to Be Born Again (Joe Hegedus)
- I did not consider myself a sinner (Stacia Jablonski)
- I did not see myself as God saw me (Debbie Lytle)
- I searched religions, but found salvation in repentance (David Manohar)
- My Walk with God (Sylvia Membrino)
- If a man dies, shall he live again? (John Nadaskay)
- I was trying to live the Christian life on my own, but Christ was not in my life (Connie Nadaskay)
- I thought I was doing just fine... (Scott Pasterski)
- I felt like I had just started living all over again (Abbi Pasterski)
- God cannot lie (John Petersen)
- If I am truly saved, why do I feel so empty inside? (Kara Petroske)
- Only God would save a phony like me (Bob Pierfy)
- I didn't know where I stood with God (Ed Reiss)
- There is nothing I could do to get myself into heaven (Sherri Reiss)
- I thought I was a “Nice Girl” but I was blind to my true condition (Jill Brooks)
- God has thoughts of peace towards you (Denise Rogers)
- I was a good girl headed for a bad place (Liz Roy)
- I was just playing church . . . not truly a child of God (Amy Rupert)
- My pilgrimage from ritual to relationship (Gerry Seltzer)
- I thought I had it all (Mike Starr)
- I was tired of leading a life without direction (Jisela Starr)
- Four words that changed my life. (Jerry Wilhite)
- I was steeped in my own “good works” religion (Debbie Wilhite)
- I don't have to fear hell anymore (Paula Williams)
- My good works could not get me into heaven (Jackie Wolf)
- I though I was a pretty good person (Rudy Yechout)
- I was in spiritual darkness (Annette Yechout)
- There has to be more to life than this (Michelle Zarrillo)