Invitation to Christ

"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

Making it through life without God can leave us feeling incomplete. In order to fill emptiness that can only be filled with God we sometimes look to things such as: money, sex, material goods, hobbies, relationships, drugs & alcohol, jobs & careers, and entertainment. Still, at the end of the day, you are left with a feeling of emptiness. You realize that many of the things that you use to fill yourself only occasionally bring about temporary happiness, but do not leave you with everlasting joy.

The key to truly understanding the meaning of life is knowing God through a personal relationship with His son Jesus Christ. By receiving Jesus as Lord of our life, we are then able to enter into a loving relationship with God and have eternal life in God's Kingdom. In John 14:6 Jesus proclaims, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me."

To some, the concept of salvation or being born again is perceived as strange, unreal, or unnecessary. This is true primarily because it has to do with deciding to believe something that is intangible, meaning that you can't relate to it physically. Christianity, a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, is based on faith. The Bible defines faith in Hebrews 11:1 as "the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." This definition let's us know that faith is tangible because of two key words in this scripture, substance and evidence, but faith is tangible spiritually not physically.

It is important to know that you do not have to be perfect in order to enter God's Kingdom. Please understand that no one is perfect and Jesus was the only perfect person to walk the earth. One of the biggest misconceptions of salvation is that you must wait until you remove all sin from your life so that you can invite Jesus into your heart. Please pay close attention to this; it is very important. THIS IS NOT TRUE. You must come to God as you are and he will forgive you of your sins. There are some things that you can't change by your own will, but only when you invite God's spirit, the Holy Spirit, into your heart.

There are two key principals that one must understand when it comes to understanding New Life with Jesus. These are salvation and deliverance. When you pray to accept Jesus as Lord of your Life, this is salvation. At the conclusion of this prayer, you instantly become a child of God and you will spend eternal life in God's Kingdom. Salvation can be defined as a change in position that will bring about a change in condition. It's not based on a feeling, but accomplished through faith. Now deliverance is very important to understand as well because all of the things that we do that are unpleasing to God, including sins that we cannot overcome by our own strength, are removed from our lives through the process of deliverance. Salvation is instant but deliverance is a process, and deliverance is the element of Christianity that makes one's relationship with God a daily journey.

Romans 10:9-10 "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

There is a reason that you are where you are reading this very text right now. It is not too late to know the Lord. If you are reading this right now and you don't know whether or not you've invited Jesus into your heart, and will receive eternal life with God in heaven, now is your time to know for sure by praying the following prayer:

"Jesus, thank you for the opportunity to receive you into my heart today.I believe that you died for my sins and God raised you from the dead. Lord, please forgive me of my sins. I desire to live life differently. Please deliver me from anything in my lifestyle that will keep me from being close to you. Jesus, thank you for allowing me to come to you just the way I am. Now I know without doubt that through faith I'm saved. Amen."

We at CCM would like to know about your decision to accept Jesus as Lord of your life. If you prayed this prayer please contact us and let us know.