Hi Marion, I am very sorry to hear of your experience. The truth is praying the salvation prayer sorts out your eternal destination but it does not (on its own) sort out your present day conditions. For this you have to get to know God as your Heavenly Father and learn His ways and His plans.
The occasional prayer and the occasional time reading some bit of the Bible isn't sufficient for this. What you need is for someone to guide you in discovering God and His will and His ways. This is called discipling.
It is disciples of Jesus Christ that get to experience the benefit of the Gospel in this life. See John 8:31 - 32. In way of helping to accomplish this I recommend you begin studying the Bible Study course on this web site.
I've prayed for you.
Submitted by: Pastor Simon
Date: Tuesday, June 3rd, 2007