You Gave Your Life to Christ....Now What?
A practical guide for new believers and those starting over.
- If you gave your life to Christ and you’re still asking, “Did it really work?”
- If you’ve been saved for months or years and you’re still stuck in the same cycles
- If everyone else’s faith looks strong and yours feels like it’s barely holding on
- If you nod along in church while quietly thinking, “I still don’t understand this”
- If praying and reading the Bible still feels like a different language to you
THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.
Nobody Explained What Happens After You Say Yes
You walked down the aisle. You said the prayer. You got baptized, maybe even cried real tears at the altar. And then… life just kept happening.
Nobody sat you down and explained what comes next. Nobody told you that salvation is the beginning, not the finish line. Nobody warned you that the same struggles would still be there tomorrow, or that faith would feel confusing more often than it feels certain.
So you’re left guessing. Trying to piece together a relationship with God from Sunday sermons, secondhand advice, and whatever you can find on social media.
There’s a gap between “I got saved” and “I actually know how to walk with God.” It’s called Deep Roots.
Here's What It Costs You If You Ignore It
- You keep white-knuckling through the same temptations, wondering why you can’t seem to break free
- You stay confused about prayer, scripture, and hearing God’s voice, so you quietly stop trying
- You compare yourself to believers who seem to “have it together” and conclude something’s wrong with you
- You drift from church, community, and accountability because it’s easier than admitting you’re lost
- You carry shame instead of freedom, and start to wonder if this whole thing was even real
None of that means it’s not real. It just means nobody gave you the tools yet.
I've Been Exactly Where You Are
I was 19 years old when I gave my life to Christ, and I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. I thought getting saved meant I was automatically supposed to have it all figured out. I didn’t know how to pray. I didn’t understand my Bible. I felt like everyone around me had some secret manual I never got a copy of.
So I did what a lot of us do: I faked it. I nodded in Bible study. I said “amen” at the right times. I smiled through my confusion because I was too embarrassed to admit I didn’t understand the basics.
Here’s what I’ve learned since then: ignorance isn’t bliss. It’s dangerous. The years I spent guessing instead of growing cost me real time, real peace, and real intimacy with God that I could have had so much sooner.
That’s the book nobody handed me. So I wrote it.
What You'll Walk Away With
Part One – Getting Started for Real
The true basics nobody explained the first time around.
Part Two – Basics That Keep You From Drifting
The habits that keep your faith steady when life gets loud.
Part Three – Root Work
Digging into the deeper heart-level work that actually makes faith stick.
Part Four – Growing Every Day
Practical, everyday rhythms for a faith that keeps growing instead of stalling out.
Plus a 7-Day Deep Roots Journey and a guided journal to help you put it all into practice.
What Leaders Are Saying
“Deep Roots meets new believers exactly where they are and gives them the practical, biblical tools to grow deep and stay grounded. This is the book I wish every new convert had in their hands.”
Paul K. Ellis, Jr.
Senior Apostolic Leader, Glory Seekers Church
Author, When Saints Pray
You're Safe to Try This
You’re safe to try this. Read it for 30 days.
It's Decision Time
Right now, you’re standing at a crossroad. On one side is the same cycle you’ve been walking: guessing, drifting, faking it through another Sunday. On the other side is a path forward, one with real roots, real growth, and real answers.
Same seed. Same God. The difference is the soil.
You get to decide what kind of soil you’re going to be.
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About the Author
Gilberta Thompson is a faith-based author, blogger, and content creator writing under the Deep Roots brand. She writes and teaches to help new believers and those starting over build a real, lasting relationship with God, sharing the lessons she’s learned so others don’t have to learn them the hard way.
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