It's not always about what God saved you out of, but what God preserved you from.

Some of us have testimonies that aren't about God saving us out of the party scene.

Instead, it's about God preserving us and our faith

thanks to the faithfulness of previous generations so that we could come into

adulthood and minister to those who are being saved out of very hard things.

Everybody's testimony matters.

Everybody's testimony is beautiful in its own way.

Welcome back to Verity Podcast.

I'm Felicia Masonheimer, your host and the founder of every woman a theologian.

Today we're going to talk about a question that I receive almost every single week on Ask Anything Monday, the Q&A that I do on my Instagram each week.

Now, oftentimes this question comes in the form of some serious doubt and even a little bit of shame

from people who have grown up in the church.

And here's what it sounds like.

How do I know that I'm really saved if I can't remember the specific date of my salvation?

So this question reveals a couple underlying questions.

Number one, do I need a specific date of salvation

in order for my walk with God to be authenticated?

Number two, if I can't remember a date of salvation,

does that mean that I'm not actually saved now even though I'm walking with God

and I'm seeking him and I've been baptized and I'm you know participating in the

church body and I'm growing and bearing the fruit of the spirit what does that mean for me

and three for those who are growing up in the church,

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