Lord God, You are magnificent, holy and righteous; Worthy to be praised. I will continue to give you praise and worship with my mouth and by the way I live; For You are the reason for my being; For all of us were created to give You praise. You are the only true God, deserving all glory and honor. Lord, I worship You for Who You are-YOU ARE ALL THAT! You, the “I Amâ€, are everything I need You to be. You are my Joy, my Peace, and my Strength, just to name a few. No other love can compare to You. This I do is for You; to assist in building Your Kingdom. MY LIFE IS YOURS!
PURPOSE OF THIS PAGE
The purpose of my page is to be a vessel to introduce Someone to those, especially, who may be hurting and are seeking help. You may be in a place in your life where you are struggling with a sinful lifestyle that you want to get out of, but do not know how to go about getting out of the sin. You may be seeking peace or maybe direction in your life. Whatever the case may be, there is only one solution. For there is only One who can do it all. He can comfort, heal, and save you from your sin. That One is Christ Jesus. But there is only one condition - you must make the decision, the choice to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. After accepting Christ as your Lord and Savior, you must ask God to reveal those areas in your life that are unpleasing in His sight and to invite the Holy Spirit to dwell in those areas where you need help. As He walks with you, He will begin to open your eyes to reveal the truth to the things you were once blinded to. You will be set free from the bondage of sin in your life as more truth is revealed.
FOUR STEPS TO GOD1. GOD LOVES YOU AND IS SEEKING TO HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to remove the barrier of sin." (1 John 4:10)
God loves you and planned a wonderful, full life for you. He wants to enter a personal and intimate relationship with you that includes fellowship, inner peace, happiness, guidance in life and power to fulfill His special plan for your life. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (Jeremiah 29:11)
2. SIN HAS CREATED A BARRIER BETWEEN MAN AND GOD
“All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.†(Romans 3:23)GOD is Holy, and cannot have a relationship with anyone who falls short of His righteous character. Sin began when man went his own independent way and rejected his relationship with God. At that point, man became unacceptable to God’s Holy character.The Ten Commandments were given to show us how good we would have to be if we try to come to God in our own merit. But God doesn’t grade our law-keeping on the curve. He said, “For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all.†(James 2:10)No matter how sincere we are, or how hard we try, or how religious we are, we can never produce a righteousness that God can accept. Even our good deeds are not acceptable in God’s sight, "But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags ... (Isaiah 64:6) So our sin has created a barrier that we cannot remove. Even though God loves you, He cannot compromise His holy character to receive you. Only God can remove this barrier.
3. JESUS CHRIST CAME TO REMOVE THE BARRIER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN
Jesus said of Himself, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.†(Matthew 20:28)You see, God so loved us that He stepped out of eternity into time and became a man in the person of Jesus Christ. He lived a perfect life as a man and thus qualified to die for the sins of the world. He then willingly died in our place to purchase a pardon for sins and satisfy the demands of His own perfect justice. When He did, He tore down the barrier of sin that separated us.
4. NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE BARRIER BETWEEN YOU AND GOD YOU MUST RECEIVE THE PARDON JESUS PURCHASED FOR YOU
Jesus Christ has removed every barrier that stood between you and God except one -- you must receive the pardon He purchased for you by an act of your will. You see, a pardon is not a pardon until it is received. There is a pardon with your name on it in heaven, but you must receive it to make it valid.It is not a matter of how good you are -- or even how bad you are. The issue is, will you talk to God and tell him you receive the pardon he purchased for you? He wants you to come just as you are and confess you can never be good enough for Him to accept.YOU can change your eternal destiny right now. Wherever you are, just bow your head and tell God you receive His pardon for your sins. Ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and begin to give you a new heart with new desires. He will come into your life and bring a new power and motivation for living you never dreamed possible.Jesus gave us this invitation, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20) The door represents your will.The Lord Jesus Christ is knocking at the door of your will right now. Just invite Him in and receive the gift of pardon He gave His life to give you. Then thank Him for the pardon and that He must keep His Word.
DO YOU WANT TO BE SAVED?If you want to be saved, then accept God..s free Gift. Again, God loves you. He loves you and I so much ... that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16 NIV). The Bible says in Romans 3:23 that all of us have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. In other words, we have all missed the mark. But if we will admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, God is faithful and true to His word and will forgive us and wash us clean from everything wrong that we have ever done (see 1 John 1:9).PRAYER OF SALVATION
If you need some help and have never invited Jesus to be your Lord and Savior, I invite you to do so now by praying this prayer. The Bible promises that when you pray a prayer like the one written here from your heart, you will experience a new life in Christ. Simply read it aloud and mean it from your heart.Say, Father, I come to You just as I am. There is nothing I can do to earn salvation-I cannot work my way or pay my way into a right relationship with You. The Bible says that we are saved by grace through faith as a gift from You. I confess that I have sinned against You and others. I ask You to forgive me and wash me clean with the precious, life-giving blood of Jesus Christ, Your Son. I believe that He died for me-He took my sin upon Himself and died on the cross for me. And I believe that He was raised from the dead, giving me power over the enemy. Jesus, I ask You to come live inside of me. I don..t understand everything about being a Christian, but I invite You into my life to help me learn daily how I am to live. Thank You, Father, for Your gift of restoration and eternal life. I am so grateful for Your love and mercy. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.Don’t expect feelings right away. Some have them, some don’t. The important thing is to simply believe God keeps His Word and He now has come to live in you. Seek out a Church that is true to the Bible and seek to learn about your new life.“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.†(2 Corinthians 5:21)
WELCOME TO THE FOREVER FAMILY OF GOD!Scripture Reading
See John 3:16: Ephesians 2:8,9; Romans 10:9,10; 1 Corinthians 15:3,4; 1 John 1:9; 4:14-16; 5:1,12,13.
In 2 Corinthians 6:17 it says, WHEREFORE COME OUT FROM THEM, AND BE SEPARATE, SAYS THE LORD. Touch no unclean thing and I will receive you.
God is talking directly to you and me. If you are serious about your commitment, this will mean that you may need to cut yourself off from certain relationships, friendships, environments, or maybe changing some sinful activities, etc. If we reject God..s Word, we reject God. God..s Word is telling us not to have fellowship with unbelievers. We are not to be yoked with unbelievers; but we are to be separate from all unbelievers and come out from among them. From my experience this can be very challenging, especially if you love being with friends or family, which most of us do. But if certain friends and family members are still engaging in sinful activities that are contrary to your new life in Christ or if you realize you being with them causing you to fall, you will have to make a decision who or what is more important; Pleasing friends or family, or to be pleasing in God’s sight and walking in His will. "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her motherinlaw—a man's enemies will be the members of his own household. Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."(Matt 10: 32-39)
With God's help, He can give you courage and strength. We must remember that Satan works through people, time and time again, to try to confuse or draw us believers away from our faith in Jesus Christ. His way is very subtle. No longer can you be carnally minded - straddling the fence, still living as the unbeliever, hanging in certain environments, listening to certain kinds of music, or trying to keep things from your old self.Revelation 3:15-22 (NIV) reads, 15)I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16)So, because you are lukewarm--neither hot nor cold--I am about to spit you out of my mouth. (In other words, God hates the lukewarm person) 17)You say, ..I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing... But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. 18)I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. 19)Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest, and repent. 20)Here I am! (Jesus speaking) I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. 21)To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. 22)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."Compromising cannot be an option. You must surrender all.For those, especially, who do not know the Lord and want change in their lives, my prayer is that He will touch your life in some way. I pray that you will have an encounter with God to challenge you to live a different kind of life - a Christ-like life. To those that are already saved, I pray that you will want to go to a higher level, desiring a closer walk with Him, and a desire to go deeper in ministry to affect the world to make a real impact. Prophecy HAS BEEN, IS BEING, and WILL BE fulfilled. Jesus will be returning soon. Be a light in darkness!Peace & Blessings!
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