Five Steps to a Relationship with God
1. Know that God Loves You and Has a Plan for Your Life
God loves you and desires for your life to be fulfilled! He longs for you to be in a personal relationship with Him.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
God even sent His Son to the world that we might have everlasting life,
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life" -John 3:16
2. We are Imperfect and Separated from God.
Unfortunately, we sin against God. A sin is anything that we do which against the will of God. The result of our sin is that we are separated from God who has no part of sin.
Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” The result of our sin is death – Romans 6:23
3. Jesus Christ is the Only Way to a Relationship with GodJesus died in our place on the cross. In other words, Jesus traded places with us. He took our sins and gave us his life as a substitution: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” – Romans 5:8.
The Good News is that Jesus did not stay dead! Because Jesus never sinned himself, he did not deserve to die so he was raised from the dead: "Christ died for our sins... He was buried... He was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures... He appeared to Peter, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred..." -I Corinthians 15:3-6.
Jesus is the ONLY way to salvation and a renewed relationship with God. Jesus said, “I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father but through me” – John 14:6
4. Receive Jesus as Your Personal Savior
When we ask Jesus into our lives, we become the children of God!
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" – John 1:12.
Jesus wants to be a part of our life and even makes the effort to come to us!
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him" (Revelation 3:20).
We have salvation by believing in Jesus and not by what we do:
"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast" -Ephesians 2:8-9.
5. Pray to Be Saved
If you want to ask Christ into your life, here is a simple prayer:
Dear Father in heaven,
I admit that I am not perfect and that I have sinned against you.
Please forgive me for my sins. I believe and accept that Jesus is the Son of God and that he suffered and died on the cross, paying the punishment for my sins.
Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and risen Savior.
I believe that I have the Spirit of Jesus living inside of me, that I am forgiven, and that I am now a Christian
I know that I have salvation and everlasting life and when I die, I will live eternally with Jesus.
God loves you and desires for your life to be fulfilled! He longs for you to be in a personal relationship with Him.
Jeremiah 29:11 says, “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
God even sent His Son to the world that we might have everlasting life,
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life" -John 3:16
2. We are Imperfect and Separated from God.
Unfortunately, we sin against God. A sin is anything that we do which against the will of God. The result of our sin is that we are separated from God who has no part of sin.
Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” The result of our sin is death – Romans 6:23
3. Jesus Christ is the Only Way to a Relationship with GodJesus died in our place on the cross. In other words, Jesus traded places with us. He took our sins and gave us his life as a substitution: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us” – Romans 5:8.
The Good News is that Jesus did not stay dead! Because Jesus never sinned himself, he did not deserve to die so he was raised from the dead: "Christ died for our sins... He was buried... He was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures... He appeared to Peter, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred..." -I Corinthians 15:3-6.
Jesus is the ONLY way to salvation and a renewed relationship with God. Jesus said, “I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father but through me” – John 14:6
4. Receive Jesus as Your Personal Savior
When we ask Jesus into our lives, we become the children of God!
"But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" – John 1:12.
Jesus wants to be a part of our life and even makes the effort to come to us!
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him" (Revelation 3:20).
We have salvation by believing in Jesus and not by what we do:
"For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast" -Ephesians 2:8-9.
5. Pray to Be Saved
If you want to ask Christ into your life, here is a simple prayer:
Dear Father in heaven,
I admit that I am not perfect and that I have sinned against you.
Please forgive me for my sins. I believe and accept that Jesus is the Son of God and that he suffered and died on the cross, paying the punishment for my sins.
Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and risen Savior.
I believe that I have the Spirit of Jesus living inside of me, that I am forgiven, and that I am now a Christian
I know that I have salvation and everlasting life and when I die, I will live eternally with Jesus.
