Our greatest desire is for people to come to know God personally. The simple truth is that there is a God who created you and loves you very much. (Genesis 1:1) He gave us life and deserves our gratitude and love.We, however, have chosen to disobey Him and sin against Him; all of us have done wrong and failed to do what is right. (Romans 3:23) We may not be more sinful than our neighbor, or we may be far worse than anyone we know, it does not matter. Either way, we are guilty before God.(1 John 1:8)

God is perfect, completely good, always right and fair. He cannot tolerate sin. He cannot simply overlook the fact that we have chosen to disobey Him. The Bible says "the wages of sin is death." (Romans 6:23) This means that the fair payment for our rebellion against God is death. It is the punishment that we deserve. Jesus, the one and only Son of God, came to earth and lived a perfect sinless life. He was crucified even though He was completely innocent. He received the punishment that we deserved. He was the perfect sacrifice, He was put into our place and took on Himself the sentence of death that should have been ours.(Romans 5:8)

Jesus did not, however, remain dead. After three days, He rose from the grave and later ascended into heaven. He will return for all those who are trusting in Him as their Savior. Jesus died for you. You can be saved by asking Him for forgiveness from your sins. If you are willing to repent of your sin, He is waiting to forgive you. It doesn't matter what you have done in the past, if you cry out to Jesus for forgiveness, He will not reject you. The word "repent" literally means "to turn away from."

You need to look at your life, admit that you are a sinner, genuinely desire to turn your back on that sin, and ask Him to forgive you. If you do this, He promises to forgive you. True Christianity is not about attending a particular church, or how your parents raised you, or what country you were born in. Being a Christian means that you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, that He is your Savior. It's not good enough that your priest, pastor, mother, or aunt knows Jesus, you must know Him for yourself. They cannot believe in Him for you, you must believe for yourself. They cannot repent for you, you must repent for yourself.

Jesus is everywhere all the time. He can hear you now if you ask Him for forgiveness. Please turn your life over to Him NOW. Time slips by so quickly, don't miss this opportunity. If you want to pray and ask Jesus to be your Savior, you can say a prayer something like this: "Jesus, I know that I have sinned against you. I know the truth is that I have sinned by my own choice, and I am the one responsible for it. I know that I have earned punishment from You, and that the fair punishment would be death. Jesus, I believe that You died in my place. Forgive me for my sin. I cannot cover or take my sin away, I am relying totally and only on You. You are the only one who can save me. I reject my sin, I turn away from it, I repent. Come into my life, take away my sin, and show me how to live my life in a way that is right and pleasing to You."

If you have prayed this, YOU ARE SAVED !!!

You are Now Completely Forgiven, a New Creation,
Innocent in the eyes of God. Welcome to the family of God !!!
 

The Bible Says..."Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." (Romans 10:13)
Did you sincerely ask Jesus Christ 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 this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast." (Ephesians 2:8,9) 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 everyday 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 Friend,

I've been thinking about the spiritual doubts you were struggling with the last time we talked.
I didn't say much at the time because I didn't know what to say.

Now that I've had a chance to collect my thoughts, I want you to know that I respect you for admitting that you've been dogged by questions about the fairness of life and the goodness of God.

I also want you to know that I don't blame you for saying you don't like being around religious people like me. There was a day when I would have resented your comment. But I've come to see that there is a lot of truth in your opinion of us. People like me do have a tendency to imply that every problem can be solved with the medicine of morality. And all too often we spend more time defending our beliefs than in caring for others.

I also believe you are right in recognizing the unfairness of life. We don't all suffer in proportion to our wrongs. Neither do we all prosper in proportion to the good we do. Some abuse their bodies without consequence. Others try to take care of themselves and get sick.

How could a good God let this happen? Where is His sense of justice? How can we walk through a children's hospital or a psychiatric facility and still believe in the goodness of God? How can we see the terrors of war, and famine, and flooding and still believe that a good and powerful God is in control? There isn't one of us who would let such terrible things happen if we had the power to stop them.

Friend, you don't need me to tell you that I don't have answers for these questions. What I do want to say is that I care that you've had more than your share of problems and losses lately.

I also wanted to write because I've been reading through some old papers and letters I think you'd be interested in. Inside one of the oldest papers, I found the account of a man whose story reminds me of yours. He was hurting and couldn't understand why. His religious friends all argued that he was suffering because of some sin he was hiding. As it turned out-they were wrong.

As I worked my way through these papers, I compared that man's story with the experiences and thoughts of a person whose name I know you'd recognize. He's a person religious people love to quote, even though religious people were His worst enemies. This person didn't follow the party line to explain suffering. He didn't believe that all people suffer in proportion to their own wrongs. He said it was a mistake to assume that people who die in accidents or live with physical suffering are paying either for their own sins or the sins of their parents.

Friend, what makes this person so interesting is the people who were attracted to Him. Hurting and rejected people were drawn to Him. Religious people resented Him. But I think you would have liked Him. I know He would have loved you.

What am I implying? Would He have called down a sign from the sky to convince you that there is a God in the heavens? Would He have taken the time to answer all of your questions and objections to faith? I'm not sure He would have done either. Even though He was known to do miracles and answer tough questions, He didn't do miracles or answer questions on command.

His method was more personal. He seemed to see the hearts of everyone He met. Those who were proud looked into His eyes and saw nothing but themselves. Those who were broken looked into the same eyes and saw the heart of God. Those who were doubting to avoid the truth learned to hate Him. Those who were doubting to know the truth ended up on their knees before a God who cared for them.

Friend, I don't want to imply that this Person has answered all my questions. He hasn't. But He has shown me that He deserves to be trusted with what I don't know. He helps me believe in God even though I can't see the gates of heaven. He reminds me that ideas and actions have consequences even when the results are not yet evident. He helps me believe that the best is yet to come, without needing to know when.

I haven't always been so sure of my faith. I've often been where you are. I have doubted the fairness of life, the goodness of God, and the credibility of religious answers. Even at the present I feel, in most respects, that I can't rely on my own ability to see clearly. What I have come to believe is that I can depend on His eyes. I believe I can trust Him to see for me when He looks at the pain of this world-then calmly lifts His eyes and prays to His Father in heaven.

At this point, I don't know if you can relate to what I see in His eyes. That's why I'm hoping you will spend some time with Him yourself. Get to know the way He thinks. Watch the way He relates to all different kinds of people. Listen to Him as He prays. Look at Him when He cries. Then I think you will see what I see in His eyes.

Thanks, Friend, for reading this. If you're interested, I'd love to talk more. I'm confident that this Person is someone you can believe in. As you get to know Him, I'm sure that you could even come to love and trust Him as much as I do.

Sincerely,  Someone who cares about you ...