Loneliness, Guilt, Suicide, Sex, Stress, Purpose in Life, Drugs, Broken Relationships,. . .
There is an Answer!!
God loves you and has a great plan for Your Life!
***He created you for a purpose: to have a personal relationship with Him. Genesis 1:27 "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (NIV)
***"For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves." Ephesians 1:4-6
***He wants you to experience a full and abundant life -- right here on earth. Jesus said: "My purpose is to give life in all its fullness." John 10:10b (LB)
Because of Sin in your life, you are separated from God.
***We are all sinners. Romans 3:23 "...for all have sinned and fall short..." (NIV)
***The price for sin is death (eternal separation from God) Romans 6:23 "...for the wages of sin is death," "...Your sins have cut you off from God..." Isaiah 59:2
Sin separates men & women from God, but THERE IS HOPE...
Hope that somehow a price could be paid that would reconnect that which was separated and you know, it has been paid!! "God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners." Romans 5:8
But you may be thinking, "How could I afford such a price, how could I pay it?" Well, I know it sounds strange but it's been paid for you! That right, it's free! "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
***That's the truth, it's for real. You can't be saved by your good works/actions, the greatness of your knowledge, the strength of your accomplishments, the morality you live by or the spiritualness thay you may commit myself to. I cannot "earn" my way to heaven.
***There is only one way...
The answer, the way is JESUS!!!
***Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
It's up to you. You must decide for yourself if you are willing to turn to Jesus, to ask him into your life, to give him your heart and turn away (repent) from the stuff of this existence that works to separate you from Him.
***"That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9
***"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--" John 1:12
***"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord," Acts 3:19
It is your decision: Receive Jesus or Reject Him.
If you want to start a new life today, a good place to start is with a prayer like this: "Jesus, I want you to be my Savior and Lord. Forgive my sins and help me to live for you. Thank you for hearing my prayer."
If you said this prayer today, you are at the same place another group of people were when they heard the message of life through Jesus and wondered what to do next. "When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:37,38
It is God's desire for you to have a new life, to be rid of your "old self", put it to "death". Romans 6:4 provides the picture of being baptized, "We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."
Congrats on your new beginning!!
What is important for you now is to:
***Get connected to a group of Christians in a local church.
***Spend daily time in prayer (talking w/ Jesus) and reading the Bible.
***Share with others what Jesus has done for you.
Once you have been obedient to Jesus, you can know that you have eternal life.
***"And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." 1 John 5:11-12
***"I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all ; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand." John 10:28-29
If you have other questions or have made a decision for Jesus please utilize the E-mail and let us know. We want to celebrate with you and pray for your decision.
