regardless of how hard you try or regardless of how hard you pray?
Well have you ever wondered if it might be that when you pray
that you might not be heard?
Well I will show you the reason and the answer in a step by step process.
Here are the answers laid out in what are called the Steps to Peace With GOD.
STEP 1
Gods Purpose:
Peace and Life
God loves you and wants you to expierence
peace and life-abundant and eternal.
The Bible says...
"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5:1
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
You may ask?
Why don't most people
have this peace and
abundant life that God
planned for us to have?
Step 2
The Problem:
Our Seperation
God created us in His own image to have and abundant life. He did not
make us as 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 a seperation from God.
The Bible says...
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23
"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
results in
seperation
fom
God
Our Attempts to
Reach God
People have tried in many ways to bridge this gap between themselves
and God...mainly through
Good works
Religion
Philosophy
and Morality not to mention other ways.
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 seperated you from your God; your
sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear."
Isaiah 59:2
Step 3
God's Bridge The Cross
Jesus 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 an one mediator between God and
men,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...
Step 4
Our Response:
Recieve 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 has raised him from the dead, you
will be saved."
Romans 10:9
Where are you?
How 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.)
How to Pray:
Dear Lord Jesus,
I know that I am sinner and need your forgiveness.
I believe that you died for my sins. I want to turn 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.
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 Christ to come into your life? Where is He right now?
What has he given you?
"For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith-and
this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not only 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."
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."
If you have any questions or comments
send me a email
jameslockhart@yahoo.com
God Bless you one and all.
Evangelism Resources
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