He wants to redeem you....
If you look in the Bible, one of the big themes is redemption and binding up the brokenhearted, the weak and us sinners. God reiterated this to me today when I was reading in 2 Samuel 14. This is after King David had banished his son, Absalom, for killing his brother. 14:14 "All of us must die eventually. Our lives are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. That is why God tries to bring us back when we have been separated from him. He does not sweep away the lives of those he cares about-and neither should you!" It is written all throughout scripture, the prodigal son, Moses and the Israelites, Jonah, Job, Mary Magdalene, Peter, even Paul and more. One thing we can count on, is if we believe in Christ, He believes in us and we will meet Him in heaven.
Does this mean life will be without struggles? Quite the contrary. Jesus says himself that we are to "take up our cross" and that if they persecuted Him the son of man, how much more will they persecute his followers? And as I see it, we really don't have it so bad. Yes, there are tragedies and young children dying before WE think they should go, but who is really at a loss? We are, not God and not the one who was called home to Christ. If they believed, they are free and we are left to decide our fate. God's timing is always perfect, ours is flawed.
It was our sin that brought on the death and the suffering. Our selfishness and pride that killed the first animal and human. And it’s our selfishness today, which keeps others from reaching their full potential, because we were to busy to listen, too stingy to give, too cold to care and too lazy to love others as we love ourselves. And I am as guilty as anyone. I can count on one hand how many, homeless, orphan, widow, cold or hungry I have helped. Because, I too, have sinned and fallen short of the glory that God meant for us, I too am too busy to stop and listen for God. But the hope we all have is in Christ and his ultimate redemption. He conquered sin and death and gave us the ability to do the same. So will you? All you have to do is to pray "God, I know I have sinned, I confess them to you, please forgive me, I am a sinner. And I want to change, to turn away from that life and towards you. And I believe that Jesus Christ was born, that he lived a sinless life, that he was put to death on a cross for my sins, and that he defeated death and Satan by rising Three days later and came back to life! And he has given me new life. Thank you Jesus, I believe, Thank you for dying for me! Thank you for what you have done for me. I want to have a relationship with you and know you, Amen!"
If you prayed that prayer, I would love for you to email me and let me know. I would love to encourage you, tell you about some books you should read and to be praying for you. Because don't think life will get easier, it won't. Why?, because now you will start to care when you do the wrong thing, like lie, curse or worse. And other people will make fun of you, you will become estranged from some friends. Some relationships will grow weaker , while others will grow stronger. You will lose some friends and you will gain deeper ones. But most of all you will have a new joy, peace and purpose to life. And yes, you will gain the best gift of all, a new father. The Heavenly Father, Our Lord and Savior, God. And thank you for reading this, thank you God for giving me the hope, the ability and the words. Praise be to God and Halleluiah!
Does this mean life will be without struggles? Quite the contrary. Jesus says himself that we are to "take up our cross" and that if they persecuted Him the son of man, how much more will they persecute his followers? And as I see it, we really don't have it so bad. Yes, there are tragedies and young children dying before WE think they should go, but who is really at a loss? We are, not God and not the one who was called home to Christ. If they believed, they are free and we are left to decide our fate. God's timing is always perfect, ours is flawed.
It was our sin that brought on the death and the suffering. Our selfishness and pride that killed the first animal and human. And it’s our selfishness today, which keeps others from reaching their full potential, because we were to busy to listen, too stingy to give, too cold to care and too lazy to love others as we love ourselves. And I am as guilty as anyone. I can count on one hand how many, homeless, orphan, widow, cold or hungry I have helped. Because, I too, have sinned and fallen short of the glory that God meant for us, I too am too busy to stop and listen for God. But the hope we all have is in Christ and his ultimate redemption. He conquered sin and death and gave us the ability to do the same. So will you? All you have to do is to pray "God, I know I have sinned, I confess them to you, please forgive me, I am a sinner. And I want to change, to turn away from that life and towards you. And I believe that Jesus Christ was born, that he lived a sinless life, that he was put to death on a cross for my sins, and that he defeated death and Satan by rising Three days later and came back to life! And he has given me new life. Thank you Jesus, I believe, Thank you for dying for me! Thank you for what you have done for me. I want to have a relationship with you and know you, Amen!"
If you prayed that prayer, I would love for you to email me and let me know. I would love to encourage you, tell you about some books you should read and to be praying for you. Because don't think life will get easier, it won't. Why?, because now you will start to care when you do the wrong thing, like lie, curse or worse. And other people will make fun of you, you will become estranged from some friends. Some relationships will grow weaker , while others will grow stronger. You will lose some friends and you will gain deeper ones. But most of all you will have a new joy, peace and purpose to life. And yes, you will gain the best gift of all, a new father. The Heavenly Father, Our Lord and Savior, God. And thank you for reading this, thank you God for giving me the hope, the ability and the words. Praise be to God and Halleluiah!
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