Baptism | Skylar Viessman

Baptism | Skylar Viessman

May 1, 2022 |


What was life like before you met Jesus?

I have always gone to church and grew up in a Christian home but I didn't really understand what it meant to be a personal follower of Jesus until recently. This last year my life was going down the wrong path. I felt like my life was lacking love and I always felt alone. I have always had many friends and strong relationships with my family but I still feel empty. I tried finding joy in people. I have always known that I could go to God so every night I would try to pray but it felt like God had left me. Usually, when I was alone I would go to one of my best friends but over the last year our friendship drifted apart. I felt very lonely and empty.

How did you meet Jesus?

I have always known about Jesus and grew up in a Christian household with people that love Jesus with their whole hearts. I grew really close to someone that I knew in school but never would have guessed that she would grow to be my best friend in less than a year. We were both going through a hard time and one night she told me that she wanted to know God because she didn't have the blessing to grow up in a Christian household like me. After that night we set up a plan that we would read the Bible together everyday. Through this, I grew in my faith and I felt like God had started to come back into my life as my own personal Savior.

After being saved by Jesus, what is your life like now?

I feel like I have that inner joy and peace that only comes from God because I have given my life to Christ. Throughout this difficult year, I have felt God move in my life and His forgiveness and love has pulled me back to Him. A Bible verse that has stuck with me and helps me know that I will have eternal life with Jesus is John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”


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