
God
Is Love
The Bible says that God is love. Pure love. And He wants to lavish
His love on you. He is not looking for more servants to add to His
Kingdom but more children to fill His house. He wants to be in relationship
with you, not because you deserve it but just because He made you,
and is "head over heels" in love with you. It is our hope that after
visiting this website, you might have a better understanding of
His heart for you. |
God's
Original Intent
It was God's original plan in the Garden of Eden that Adam and Eve
would live all the days of their lives in the presence of a loving
Father, and would in turn reflect His love to their children. It
was the Father's hope that each generation would grow up in the
light of His love never knowing a day of rejection or pain. |
Love
Cannot Be Forced
However, love is not something that can be forced so God gave Adam
and Eve the privilege of a free will. They had the freedom to trust
God and stay in the garden or disobey Him and leave. In Genesis
we read that the latter happened and as a result of their choice
to become independent, they became separated from God.
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Understanding
Our Need For Love
Since
God created us for love, we are born with a great expectation to
be loved and accepted. It is a scientific fact that babies who are
not shown loving touch in the first few months of their lives can
be physically and emotionally affected for the rest of their lives.
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We
All Have A Love Deficit
Unfortunately our parents could only express the love that they
had first received from their parents. As a result, many of us have
grown up with love deficits in our hearts. While we may know we
are missing something, we might not be able to identify the emptiness
that resides in the deepest part of our being. |
Filling
The Void
All
we know is that we need to try and fill the emptiness somehow. Some
try to fill this void in relationships, others in performance and
success. And others seek to dull the emptiness with addictions.
No matter what we do, if we do not encounter the real thing, we
will always be left with a feeling of emptiness and unfulfillment. |
Having
A Personal Relationship With God
There
is only one place where we will find the true love and acceptance
that we are looking for and that is in a personal relationship with
God. We were all born with a God sized "hole in our soul" that can
only be filled by God Himself. Many of us have tried to fill this
void with other things, but it is like putting a square peg in a
round hole...it just doesn't fit. |
The
Good News
The good news is that God wants to be in a relationship with us
more than we want to be in a relationship with Him. The One who
knew us before we were conceived (Jeremiah 1:4) and knit us together
in our mother's womb (Psalm 139:13) wants to be our Father. While
we are His offspring by creation, His desire is that we might become
His children through redemption. |
Finding
Our Way Home
While
we were still estranged, God the Father made a way for us to come
home by sending His only son, Jesus Christ, to earth two thousand
years ago to take care of the "sin" issue that had kept us separated.
In obedience to His Father, Jesus bore upon Himself the weight of
our sin, nailing it to the cross so that we could be born into His
wonderful family. |
Jesus
Is The Way To The Father
His resurrection from the dead signalled the victory that would
allow many sons and daughters to come into glory! In John 14:6,
Jesus says, "I am the way, the truth and the life, no man comes
to the Father except through me". Our access to the Father is through
Jesus alone.
His sacrifice was the one and only price that could be paid for
our redemption and restoration into the family of His wonderful
Father. If we receive God's gift of His Son Jesus Christ, we receive
the right to become children of God! |
Would
You Like To Receive This Gift?
If
you would like to accept this gift (eternal life
in relationship with God), Jesus Christ has secured
it for you. All you need to do is to tell God that
you want to be saved. You are saved by believing,
and the words below might help you express your
thoughts to God. It's not these exact words that
will save you, but the attitude of your heart towards
God. |
A
prayer to accept or reaffirm your
relationship with Jesus Christ:
Father,
I'm coming home. Please make me your child. I turn from my sin.
I accept your forgiveness made possible through Jesus Christ by
his death and resurrection.
I place my faith and trust in Jesus alone. I receive him as my Savior
and Lord. I want to follow and serve you. Let today be the beginning
of my new journey as your child and a member of your family. Thank
you for making a way for me to come home.
In Jesus name I pray Amen.
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Your
New Relationship With God
As
you begin your new life as God's child, you will have the privilege
of getting to know Him as your Father. You are now part of His
incredible family! By faith in Jesus Christ, you can be assured
of the following truths...
1.You Are God's Child - John 1:12-13
"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his
name, he gave the right to become children of God - children born
not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will,
but born of God. (NIV Bible)
2. God Loves You - 1 John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should
be called the children of God! And that is what we are! (NIV Bible)
3. You Have The Assurance Of
Eternal Life - John 3:16
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. (NIV Bible)
4. He Put His Holy Spirit In You - 2 Corinthians
1:21-21
"Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ.
He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit
in our hearts as a deposit guaranteeing what is to come.
5. You Can Talk Directly To God -
Matthew 7:7-11
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks
receives; he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, the door
will be opened. Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will
give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts
to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give
good gifts to those who ask him!" (NIV Bible)
6. Nothing Will Ever Separate You From
His Love - Romans 8:38
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither
angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any
powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
Steps To Help You In Your Walk With God
1. Get a Bible and read it each day.
2. Begin to cultivate "talking to God" in prayer each day.
3. Go to a church that believes and teaches the Bible.
4. Share your decision with a close friend.
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