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You Can Receive Christ Right Now by Faith Through
Prayer(Prayer is talking to God)
God knows your heart and is not so concerned with
your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. The following is a
suggested prayer:
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My Dear Heavenly Father,
I come in the Name of Jesus. I thank you for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ,
into this world to die for my sin and for raising Him from the dead so that I
may have everlasting life. I accept Jesus Christ as my Savior and Lord. I
repent of my sin and I forgive those who have sinned against me. I believe in
my heart and I confess openly my belief in Jesus. I thank you for forgiving me
of my sin and giving me eternal life. I thank you for your Grace and Love. I
receive this gift by faith alone, with great joy, and an open heart and soul.
Come Holy Spirit I pray, In the name of Jesus Christ, My Lord and Savior,
Amen
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Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?
If it does, I invite you to pray this prayer right
now, and Jesus will come into your life, as He promised.
Now that you have received Christ...
How to Know That Christ Is in
Your Life
Did you receive Christ into your
life by sincerely praying the suggested prayer? According to His promise in Revelation 3:20, where is Christ right now in relation to you? Christ said that He would come into your life. Would He mislead you? On
what authority do you know that God has answered your prayer? (The
trustworthiness of God Himself and His Word.)
The Bible Promises Eternal Life
"The witness is this; that God has
given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the
life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I
have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, in order that
you may know that you have eternal life" (1 John 5:11-13).
Thank God often that Christ is in
your life and that He will never leave you (Hebrews 13:5). You can know on the basis of His promise that Christ lives in you and that you have eternal life from the very moment
you invite Him in. He will not deceive you.
An important reminder...
Do Not Depend on Feelings
The promise of God's Word, the Bible
- not our feelings - is our authority. The Christian lives by faith (trust) in
the trustworthiness of God Himself and His Word. This train diagram illustrates
the relationship among fact (God and His Word), faith (our trust in God and His
Word), and feeling (the result of our faith and obedience) (John 14:21).
The train will run with or without a
caboose. However, it would be useless to attempt to pull the train by the
caboose. In the same way, as Christians we do not depend on feelings or
emotions, but we place our faith (trust) in the trustworthiness of God and the
promises of His Word.
Now That You Have Received
Christ
The moment that you received Christ
by faith, as an act of the will, many things happened, including the following:
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Christ came into your life (Revelation 3:20; Colossians 1:27).
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Your sins were forgiven (Colossians 1:14).
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You became a child of God (John 1:12).
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You received eternal life (John 5:24).
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You began the great adventure for
which God created you (John 10:10; 2 Corinthians 5:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:18).
Can you think of anything more
wonderful that could happen to you than receiving Christ? Would you like to
thank God in prayer right now for what He has done for you? By thanking God,
you demonstrate your faith.
To enjoy your new life to the
fullest...
Suggestions for Christian Growth
Spiritual growth results from
trusting Jesus Christ. "The righteous man shall live by faith" (Galatians 3:11). A life of faith will enable you to trust God increasingly with every detail of your life, and to practice the
following:
Go
to God in prayer daily (John 15:7).
Read
God's Word daily (Acts 17:11); begin with the Gospel of John.
Obey
God moment by moment (John 14:21).
Witness
for Christ by your life and words (Matthew 4:19; John 15:8).
Trust
God for every detail of your life (1 Peter 5:7).
Holy
Spirit - allow Him to control and empower your daily life and witness (Galatians 5:16,17; Acts 1:8).
Fellowship in a Good Church
God's Word instructs us not to
forsake "the assembling of ourselves together" (Hebrews 10:25). Several logs burn brightly together; but put one aside on the cold hearth and the fire goes out. So it is with your
relationship with other Christians.
If you do not belong to a church, do
not wait to be invited. Take the initiative; call the pastor of a nearby church
where Christ is honored and His Word is preached. Start this week, and make
plans to attend regularly. We would be happy to assist you in locating a good
church in your area. Just click on the mailbox below and send us an email with
your request.
If you asked Jesus to forgive you
and come into your life, we'd like to know so we can rejoice with you and keep
you in our prayers. Please click on the mailbox and send us a short e-mail to
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