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God loves you and wants you to experience peace and life–abundant and eternal.<\/p>\n
The Bible says…<\/em><\/p>\n “We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”<\/span> Romans 5:1<\/p>\n “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.”<\/span> John 3:16<\/p>\n “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”<\/span> John 10:10<\/p>\n Why don’t most people have this peace and abundant life that God planned for us to have?<\/p>\n God created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. God gave us a will and a freedom of choice.<\/p>\n We chose to disobey God and go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God.<\/p>\n The Bible says…<\/em><\/p>\n “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”<\/span> Romans 3:23<\/p>\n \u00a0“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”<\/span> Romans 6:23<\/p>\n \u00a0Our Attempts to Reach God<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n People have tried in many ways to bridge this gap between themselves and God…<\/p>\n \u00a0The Bible says…<\/em><\/p>\n “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.”<\/span> Proverbs 14:12<\/p>\n \u00a0“But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.”<\/span> Isaiah 59:2<\/p>\n No bridge reaches God…except one.<\/p>\n Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and people.<\/p>\n \u00a0The Bible says…<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0“For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ.”<\/span> 1 Timothy 2:5<\/p>\n “For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.”<\/span> 1 Peter 3:18<\/p>\n \u00a0“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”<\/span> Romans 5:8<\/p>\n God has provided the only way. Each person must make a choice.<\/p>\n We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and receive Him by personal invitation.<\/p>\n \u00a0The Bible says…<\/em><\/p>\n “Here I am! 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.”<\/span> Revelation 3:20<\/p>\n \u00a0“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”<\/span> John 1:12<\/p>\n \u00a0“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.”<\/span> Romans 10:9<\/p>\n Where are you?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n Will you receive Jesus Christ right now?<\/p>\n Here is how you can receive Christ:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a01.Admit your need (I am a sinner).<\/span><\/p>\n 2.Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).<\/span><\/p>\n 3.Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.<\/span><\/p>\n 4.Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0Dear Lord Jesus, God’s Assurance: His Word<\/b><\/p>\n If you prayed this prayer,<\/p>\n \u00a0The Bible says…<\/em><\/p>\n “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”<\/span> Romans 10:13<\/p>\n Did you sincerely ask Jesus Christ to come into your life? Where is He right now? What has He given you?<\/p>\n “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.”<\/span> Ephesians 2:8,9<\/p>\n Receiving Christ, we are born into God’s family through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. This is called regeneration, or the “new birth.”<\/p>\n This is just the beginning of a wonderful new life in Christ. To deepen this relationship you should:<\/b><\/p>\n 1. Read your Bible every day to know Christ better.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 2. Talk to God in prayer every day.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 3. 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