From Religion to Relationship

I, Lisa, accepted Jesus into my heart when I was 25 years old. I thought that was the only thing I needed to do to get to heaven, and I was good with that. The years that followed were difficult, and I had no idea what a personal relationship with God was. In those early years of being a Christian, I went to church, attended a few Bible studies, but nothing was compelling enough to capture my heart and my mind. Still looking for something more, I turned to the world and all it had to offer.

Years would pass, and I found myself disheartened with empty relationships and deep struggles with depression. I decided to enroll in college and take psychology classes — maybe that would help me to understand human behavior and to identify what was going on in my life. While the psychology classes had been helpful in helping me to understand more about human behavior, I still struggled with depression and had not yet discovered what a real relationship with God was.

In 2006, I had a spiritual encounter that would forever change me.