Have you ever asked, “Does anyone love me? Why am I here? Is there more to life?” If you have, guess what, you are not alone. We've all had similar feelings and questions in our lives. You feel like something is missing, but you just can’t put a handle on it.
At times you may have felt that you have found it, perhaps in a love relationship, but that feeling never seems to last. Every relationship leaves you with this hole in your heart. Something isn't right, but we just can't find it or fix it. Someone is missing.
There is One who loves you as His child, and wants you to enjoy a relationship with Him. He is the answer to your search for that ultimate relationship. He will fill the hole in your heart, help you overcome your loneliness and your faults, give you peace here and now, and eternal life with Him in Heaven. He is the one Creator of the universe and all it contains, including you. You won't be complete inside until you have a personal relationship with the God who created you.
Peace Now… There Is A Way Back to God
Being at peace with God is not automatic, because by nature you are separated from God. This separation is the "something wrong" that is at the root of our selfishness, loneliness, and dark feelings.
Through many immoral and amoral acts, thoughts and attitudes, we continue to grieve the One who cares for us most. That is all of us, no matter how moral and upright we may seem on the surface. If you search your own heart honestly, you already know this is true. This has caused a split between us and the One who made us and loves us. This split is called sin.
God is also the author of the most important Book of all time, The Bible, His "road map" for our life. However God loved us so much he created a way across the chasm back to Him. In His Book, He says:
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
Romans 8:16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God.
How Do We Know This?
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Psalm 53:2-3 God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there is anyone who understands, who seeks after God. Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one.
Light at the End of the Tunnel: God’s Solution:
Thankfully, there is a way out... because He loves us, God cannot stand to allow this split to remain. But because He is perfect, He cannot allow our sin to go unpunished without ceasing to be perfect, because He would then cease to be God. The sin-bill must be paid. Religion and good living cannot pay it. So He paid for our evil thoughts and deeds Himself. He came to Earth as a human, Jesus Christ. He came to suffer the punishment, you and I deserve so we won't have to. He did and three days later, Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The most important decision you will ever make is what you do with Him.
1 Peter 2:24 and He (Jesus) Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.
Isaiah 53:4-6 Surely our grief’s He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging we are healed. All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; but the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.
What Do I need To Do?
When you choose this relationship with God, you cross the bridge into God's family by asking Jesus to be part of your life. There's no such thing as a one-way relationship. God has done His part when His Son died for you. Now it's your move.
Turning to God means you are also turning from something. If you turn to the west, you must turn from the east, since you can't face east and west at the same time. It's the same with Jesus and sin. As you turn to Him, you "repent" which means you realize you cannot give yourself to Jesus while hanging onto the sin He died for. That means turning your back on "my way" choices such as lying, sexual immorality, anger, etc. to begin doing things God's way.
To receive Jesus you need to do four things:
Revelation 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.
Romans 10:13 “for whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."
How do I ask?
Prayer is simply talking to God, like you would talk to a close friend. Your prayer should be your own, from your own heart. If you're not in the habit of praying, though, you may want to pray something like this:
Jesus, I realize that I am a sinner and I need your forgiveness in my life. I was created for you, but I've been living for me. I want to begin a relationship with you right now. I believe that you died for my sins and that you rose from the dead for my salvation. I want to turn from my sins. I now invite you to come into my heart and life as my Lord and Savior. Amen.
Guess what? You now belong to God from today on, if you have asked Him with all your heart.
Next Steps:
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