What if there is something to live for that will positively transform your life??? In your journey do you feel you are running, working, and circling the world going nowhere? Do you feel defeated and restless in reaching your goals? Do you find it difficult to even set career goals? Do you feel challenged in trying to conquer your fears? Do you feel your dreams slipping away from your reach? Do you feel you are stuck in a dead-end cycle of activities? Do you find yourself numbing your pain with alcohol, drugs, pills, movies, television, sports, exercise, and shopping with no change in sight? What if you are drowning in years of bad choices? What if you have the best job and the best family but you feel something is totally missing making you feel discontent? What if faith in Christ is not a joke but the way, the truth and the life God created for us to joyfully live? What if following Christ is the best life we could ever experience? What if God created us for a purpose beyond your wildest dreams? What if the Bible is a collection of true and passionate love stories of broken families becoming reconciled to God and made whole again? What if the Bible contains love letters from God to you? What if there is something totally majestic to live for? What if there is such a majestic calling, would you be willing to take a leap of faith to receive it?
Maybe it’s time for a leap of faith!!!! I have heard the phrase faith is a fearless adventure in trusting God! I know trusting myself as the chief navigator of my life never worked out well for me! Maybe it’s time for a new beginning so a new hopeful portrait of your life can start! Jesus came to fully equip you for a miraculous do over! God excels in raising the dead or “resurrection life!” “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:18-19 I myself have experienced that new life in Christ so I can say first hand that it is amazing!
All mankind was in big trouble by all our sins of thought, word, and deed if someone did not rescue us. Our sins had separated us from God, our creator. “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.” John 8:34-35 Our sins had mounted up to the sky and we were doomed to an eternity in hell. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23 I used to be a slave to sin and my life sucked big time! "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23 So the grand prize for a life of sin is eternal death. So God made the ultimate sacrifice: “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. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” John 3:16-17 Jesus was sent from Heaven to earth to set the captives free and reconcile us to God. Jesus said “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;” Luke 4:18 Jesus died a horrific death on a rugged cross and with divine power rose from the dead to defeat our sin. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.” John 11:25-26
Our dysfunctional heart is the core of our problems. Jesus declared “For out of the heart comes evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.” Matthew 15:19 The Bible further states profound wisdom: “Above all else, guard your heart for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 As the master designer and creator of mankind, God saw our dilemma and created a supernatural remedy: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.” Ezekiel 36:26-27 Wow, we can be privileged to receive a new heart and spirit reflecting our loving Heavenly Father! What a phenomenal gift!
Many years ago, I took the plunge of faith by a simple act of humble prayer. “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Romans 10:9-10 You can read my complete testimony on my blog entitled “My Ultimate Makeover from a Broken Spirit to a Joyful Heart.” So one beautiful fall day, I got a new heart of love, peace, and joy in exchange for my heart of hate, fear, and sorrow. So isn’t it time for you to take the leap of faith and receive a new heart and a new spirit? There is something majestic to live for. What have you got to lose?
Happy Easter
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