HAVE
YOU RECEIVED JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR? 
STEPS TO PEACE WITH GOD:
STEP 1 GOD'S
PURPOSE: PEACE AND LIFE
GOD LOVES YOU AND WANTS YOU TO EXPERIENCE PEACE AND LIFE- ABUNDANT AND
ETERNAL.
THE BIBLE SAYS ...
"WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST."
ROMANS 5.1 "I AM TELLING YOU THE
TRUTH,"
REPLIED JESUS, "THAT NO ONE CAN ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD UNLESS
HE IS BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT." JOHN
3:5
"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON,
THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE".
JOHN 3.16
"I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY MAY HAVE
IT MORE ABUNDANTLY." JOHN 10:10
WHY DON'T MOST PEOPLE HAVE THIS PEACE AND ABUNDANT LIFE THAT GOD PLANNED
FOR US TO HAVE?
STEP 2 THE PROBLEM:OUR SEPARATION
GOD CREATED US IN HIS OWN IMAGE TO HAVE AN ABUNDANT LIFE. HE DID NOT
MAKE US ROBOTS TO AUTOMATICALLY LOVE AND OBEY HIM. GOD GAVE US A WILL
AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE.
WE CHOSE TO DISOBEY GOD AND GO OUR OWN WILLFUL WAY. WE STILL MAKE THIS
CHOICE TODAY. THIS RESULTS IN SEPARATION FROM GOD.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD."
ROMANS3:23
"FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL
LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD." ROMANS
6:23
OUR CHOICE...
PEOPLE (SINFUL)/GOD (HOLY)
OUR ATTEMPTS TO REACH GOD
PEOPLE HAVE TRIED IN MANY WAYS TO BRIDGE THIS GAP BETWEEN THEMSELVES
AND GOD...
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"THERE IS A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT TO A MAN, BUT IN THE END IT
LEADS TO DEATH." PROVERBS 14:12
"BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM GOD; YOUR SINS
HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR."
ISAIAH 59:2
NO BRIDGE REACHES GOD ... EXCEPT ONE.
STEP 3 GOD'S BRIDGE THE CROSS
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.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"FOR THERE IS ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND PEOPLE,
THE MAN CHRIST JESUS." 1 TIMOTHY 2:5
"FOR CHRIST DIED FOR SINS ONCE FOR ALL, THE RIGHTEOUS FOR THE
UNRIGHTEOUS, TO BRING YOU TO GOD." 1
PETER 3:18
"BUT GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE FOR US IN THIS: WHILE WE WERE
STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US." ROMANS
5:8
GOD HAS PROVIDED THE ONLY WAY...
EACH PERSON MUST MAKE A CHOICE... CHRIST
STEP 4 OUR RESPONSE:RECEIVE CHRIST
WE MUST TRUST JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR AND RECEIVE HIM BY PERSONAL
INVITATION.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"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." REVELATION
3:20
"YET TO ALL WHO RECEIVED HIM, TO THOSE WHO BELIEVED IN HIS NAME,
HE GAVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD ."JOHN
1:12
"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." ROMANS
10:9
WHERE ARE YOU?
WILL YOU RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST RIGHT NOW?
HERE IS HOW YOU CAN RECEIVE CHRIST:
1. ADMIT YOUR NEED. (I AM A SINNER)
2. BE WILLING TO TURN FROM YOUR SINS (REPENT)
3. BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR YOU ON THE CROSS AND ROSE FROM
THE GRAVE.
4. THROUGH PRAYER, INVITE JESUS CHRIST TO COME IN AND CONTROL YOUR LIFE
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT.(RECEIVE HIM AS LORD AND SAVIOR)
Bibically
Speaking
HOW TO PRAY:
DEAR LORD JESUS,
I KNOW THAT I AM A SINNER AND NEED YOUR FORGIVENESS.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED FOR MY SINS. I WANT TO TURN AWAY FROM MY SINS.
I NOW INVITE YOU TO COME INTO MY HEART AND LIFE.
I WANT TO TRUST AND FOLLOW YOU AS LORD AND SAVIOR.
IN JESUS' NAME AMEN.
DATE:
GOD'S ASSURANCE:
HIS WORD
IF YOU PRAYED THIS PRAYER,
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED."
ROMANS 10:13
DID YOU SINCERELY ASK JESUS TO COME INTO YOUR LIFE? WHERE IS HE RIGHT
NOW? WHAT HAS HE GIVEN YOU?
"FOR IT IS BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED, THROUGH FAITH--AND
NOT FROM YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD-- NOT BY WORKS, SO THAT NO
ONE CAN BOAST." EPHESIANS 2:8-9
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"HE WHO HAS THE SON HAS LIFE; HE WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE SON
OF GOD DOES NOT HAVE LIFE. I WRITE THESE THINGS TO YOU WHO BELIEVE IN
THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD SO THAT YOU MAY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL
LIFE." 1 JOHN 5:12-13
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."
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF A WONDERFUL NEW LIFE IN CHRIST. TO DEEPEN
THIS RELATIONSHIP YOU SHOULD:
1. READ YOUR BIBLE EVERY DAY TO KNOW CHRIST BETTER.
2. TALK TO GOD IN PRAYER EVERY DAY.
3. TELL OTHERS ABOUT CHRIST.
4. WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, AND SERVE WITH OTHER CHRISTIANS IN A CHURCH
WHERE CHRIST IS PREACHED.
5. AS CHRIST'S REPRESENTATIVE IN A NEEDY WORLD, DEMONSTRATE YOUR NEW
LIFE BY YOUR LOVE AND CONCERN FOR OTHERS.
DEAR LORD,
I PRAY THAT THESE STEPS TO PEACE WITH GOD, TRUELY HELP THE LOST BE FOUND,
AND HAVE A SOLID WALK WITH CHRIST, AND THEY MAY BE BLESSED WITH ATTENDING
A CHURCH IN THERE AREA.
IN JESUS' NAME AMEN.
AS A FELLOW FOLLOWER
OF CHRIST, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THE FOLLOWING LETTER CALLED "THE LETTER"
DEAR FRIEND,
HOW ARE YOU? I JUST HAD TO SEND A NOTE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH I CARE ABOUT
YOU.
I SAW YOU YESTERDAY AS YOU WE'RE TALKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS. I WAITED
ALL DAY HOPING YOU WOULD WANT TO
TALK WITH ME TOO. I GAVE YOU A SUNSET TO CLOSE YOUR DAY AND A COOL BREEZE
TO REST YOU - AND I WAITED. YOU NEVER CAME. IT HURT ME - BUT I STILL
LOVE YOU BECAUSE I AM YOUR FRIEND.
I SAW YOU SLEEPING LAST NIGHT AND LONGED TO TOUCH YOR BROW
SO I SPILLED MOONLIGHT UPON YOUR FACE, AGAIN I WAITED, WANTING TO RUSH
DOWN SO WE COULD TALK. I HAVE SO MANY GIFTS FOR YOU! YOU AWOKE AND RUSHED
OFF TO WORK. MY TEARS WERE IN THE RAIN.
IF YOU WOULD ONLY
LISTEN TO ME! I LOVE YOU! I TRY TO TELL YOU IN BLUE SKIES AND THE QUIET
GREEN GRASS, I
WHISPER IT IN THE LEAVES ON THE TREES AND
AND BREATHE IT IN THE COLORS OF FLOWERS; SHOUT IT TO YOU IN MOUNTAIN
STREAMS, GIVE THE BIRDS LOVE SONGS TO SING. I CLOTHE YOU WITH WARM SUNSHINE
AND PERFUME THE AIR WITH NATURE SCENTS.MY LOVE FOR YOU IS DEEPER THAN
THE OCEAN AND BIGGER THAN THE BIGGEST NEED IN YOUR HEART!
ASK ME! TALK WITH ME!
PLEASE DON'T FORGET ME.
I HAVE SO MUCH TO SHARE WITH YOU!
I WON'T HASSLE YOU ANY FURTHER. IT IS YOUR DECISION. I HAVE CHOSEN YOU
AND I WILL WAIT---
I LOVE YOU, YOUR FRIEND
JESUS
I'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS POEM...
LET GO AND LET GOD
AS CHILDREN BRING BROKEN TOYS WITH TEARS FOR US TO MEND,
I BROUGHT MY BROKEN DREAMS TO GOD, BECAUSE HE WAS MY FRIEND.
BUT THEN, INSTEAD OF LEAVING HIM IN PEACE, TO WORK ALONE,
I HUNG AROUND AND TRIED TO HELP, WITH WAYS THAT WERE MY OWN.
AT LAST, I SNATCHED THEM BACK AND CRIED,
HOW CAN YOU BE SO SLOW?
"MY CHILD," HE SAID, "WHAT COULD I DO?
YOU NEVER LET GO."
FAITH IN CHRIST CAN HELP YOU RESOLVE PERSONAL AND FAMILY CHALLENGES.
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Reborn In Christ Ministry
THANK YOU HAVE A NICE DAY.
GOD BLESS YOU!!
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