Salvation
God desires ALL people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of His grace and truth.
God has a special plan for His church; His family of believers. A plan for us all to be saved for the Kingdom. But tragedy visits us all. And each one of us has experienced (at some level) hurt, tragedy, worry, sadness, loss, regrets, mistakes, and broken promises.
You Are an Overcomer
The Bible says to weep with those who weep; and to rejoice with those who rejoice. Jesus said in this world you will have trouble, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. We are overcomers.
You will go through trials; but it's your attitude and how you respond to these trials as you go through them that God recognizes. You can either get bitter or get better. God can forgive us for anything if we just ask Him. He doesn't take away the consequences of our actions, we have to live with that — but God is right there with you as you go through them.
The Bible says that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope! Christ in us the Hope of Glory! We are not here to judge each other, but to be encouragers and to lift each other up! People don't care what you know — until they know you care!
"My brethren, do not be surprised at the fiery trial which comes upon you for your testing. There will be times of testing but our faith is the victory!"
— 1 Peter 4:12
The Hope of Heaven
Our faithfulness here in this life will result in rewards there — in heaven! The Bible tells us that we cannot even imagine what heaven will be like, but we know that it will be more beautiful and glorious than anything we have experienced here, and there will be no more pain, sickness, death, crying — and that means no more tears. It's the blessed assurance that there is something better than what we have in this present life. Don't you want that kind of HOPE?
The Good News
God desires ALL people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of His grace and truth. But there is something you have to do — you must make a decision; the greatest decision of your life, to accept Jesus Christ into your life right now, just as you are. God created you and He gave you the freewill to decide for yourself where you will spend eternity.
Salvation is a free gift and all we have to do is to believe the truth of the Gospel. The definition of the gospel is: Good News! But in order to hear the good news we must first hear the bad news. We are all sinners; the Bible says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
God provided a way for us to be saved. He sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, as the perfect sacrifice to die on the cross in order to save us and for us to have our sins forgiven. The Bible says the wages of sin is death — that's the bad news. The good news is: He paid the price for your salvation with His precious blood. Jesus said, 'I am the way, the truth and the life.'
Make the Greatest Decision of Your Life
Today He stands at the door of your heart and knocks. Admit that you are a sinner and invite Him by prayer into your heart and repent — that is, turn from your sin and ask forgiveness. The Bible calls that being born again; to have a spiritual rebirth, to be born from above. That's all it takes.
When you place your trust in Jesus Christ He will cover you on the day of judgment and God will see you as righteous. Christ is our righteousness! No matter what happens in this world we don't have to be afraid. That is real peace of mind. Invite Him to come into your life and you will have a peace that passes ALL understanding!
We've got to live as if Jesus could come back at any time, because He could and He will. And we all need to be ready. The best is yet to come!