If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,‘ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, the Bible says you will be saved.
So, contrary to what you might have felt or heard, you don’t have to be perfect. Salvation isn’t
about what you can do, but what Jesus has already done. Through Jesus’ death on the cross,
and then coming back from the dead, Jesus took upon Himself all of your wrong and gave you
all of His right. If you believe that and commit to following Him, your life will never be the same.
It’s as simple as repenting (turning) from your sin, asking forgiveness, declaring you want to
follow Jesus and believing He is who He says He is.
Believing in Jesus is the first step on the greatest journey of your life. You haven’t finished the
race—you’ve just gotten started. The best is yet to come!
This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in Him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.
John 3:16 MSG
Here’s the amazing, hard to believe truth about Jesus. He cares about you. He really does! How do we know this?
So often we disqualify ourselves, in our own minds, from God’s love because our history,
failures and shortcomings. In one sense, it’s true … sin has separated us from God and we can
never make up for our sin by self-improvement or good works. That’s where Jesus makes a way,
where we couldn’t find our way.
Asking Jesus into your life is about accepting what we have not earned. God’s love and
forgiveness. The Bible says that nothing in all of creation can separate us from the Love of God
that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. God’s love and care invites to trust His patient, forgiving and
gracious stance towards us. Only He has the power to free us from guilt, shame and
condemnation to give us a life of wholeness. All we need do is turn to Him.
Here’s the amazing, hard to believe truth about Jesus. He cares about you. He really does! How do we know this?
Asking Jesus into your life, is deciding to submit to God’s plan and purpose for you. It’s turning
from your old ways and turning to Jesus, to ask Him for forgiveness from your sins and to give
you new life in Him.
Romans 10:9 says, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Salvation is God’s free gift to us and through it, we become His children.
It is acceptance into the family of God and it is an empowerment to live life fully with the
purpose of reflecting God to the rest of His creation.
If you’re not sure whether you are right with God, or you know you need Jesus in your life, you
can choose to follow Him right now.
It can all start by praying this simple prayer of surrender to Jesus.
Dear Jesus, I’m praying this prayer because I know I have done wrong and sinned.I don’t want
to live life without You. I am sorry for my sin and I trust You will forgive me. I accept Your love
and grace for me and invite you to be my Lord. Help me believe in You and love You every
day, Help me to show the world what You are like and how great Your love is. Amen.
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