A young bank employee spoke about his faith as follows... - All The Good Seed Daily Devotionals for 2025

The LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all generations.
Psalm 100: 5.

A young bank employee spoke about his faith as follows:

"My parents and grandparents were Christians. Consequently the atmosphere in my family left a distinct mark on me from early on; not only what I heard, but also what I experienced: their actions agreed with their words, the loving care, the readiness to forgive, and the understanding shown in many problems in my life.

"Being a Christian was always a happy experience. At no time in my upbringing was the Bible forced upon me. My parents never subjugated me to piety, but helped me increasingly, as I grew older, to make decisions on my own responsibility. In such freedom I was able to regard a life with God positively. At first I learned children's hymns and Bible stories. Every week I attended the children's service enthusiastically. Later I went to the young people's meetings.

Love of Christ grew in my heart, as did my readiness to dedicate my life to Him. But I was not without my doubts and problems, like "Why is there so much suffering in the world?" I had problems with myself, my parents and school, and occasionally despaired over behaviour that I could not control.

At some stage I grasped the fact that Jesus was all that I needed. He loved me, and I could and should confess my guilt frankly before Him. He received me as I was. Through faith in Him and His death on the cross I had the forgiveness of my sins.

Today I cannot imagine a life without God.

Today‘s reading: Deuteronomy 26: 1 - 19 · Galatians 3: 21 - 29