Baptism - when are you ready?

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I have been trying to decide whether or not to be Baptised for a while, as I want to commit to Christianity, but I sometimes have doubts in Faith. Somedays I can be fully Christian, while on other days my Faith is weak. If Baptism represents an 'inward change', I couldn't in all honesty say that I have had that inward change yet, at least on the majority of days, although I can feel fully Christian on others.

The ten commandments tell us “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour”, and I feel that to publicly state faith in Christ would be lying, if I was going through weak faith on the specific day my Baptism falls on. I feel ready to follow Christ, and want to feel part of Christianity, but am really struggling over this particular hurdle, perhaps really just wanting the 'inward change' to happen. I have attended Church for over 15 years, and have gone through this cycle of thinking repeatedly over the past few years.

 

[Tenchi]

Thanks again, I'll continue praying and reading through the Bible, and hope I will one day be able to take this step.

What do you imagine is going to happen as you do these things that will bring the step of baptism to pass? On what grounds do you think just "continuing to pray" and "reading through the Bible" is going to make you eventually a good candidate for baptism?