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"What I Believe about God Is the Most Important Thing about Me" - A.W.Tozer
Most of you know this poem well. Today it was one of those days when I needed to be carried.
Many scenes from my life flashed across the sky.
In each scene I noticed footprints in the sand.
Sometimes there were two sets of footprints,
other times there were one set of footprints.
This bothered me because I noticed
that during the low periods of my life,
when I was suffering from
anguish, sorrow or defeat,
I could see only one set of footprints.
So I said to the Lord,
"You promised me Lord,
that if I followed you,
you would walk with me always.
But I have noticed that during
the most trying periods of my life
there have only been one
set of footprints in the sand.
Why, when I needed you most,
you have not been there for me?"
The Lord replied,
"The times when you have
seen only one set of footprints,
is when I carried you." Footprints in the Sand - Mary Stevenson
God carried me. Over and over in my thirty-six years He carried me. I would have never made it without Him. There are days, just like today when all I can ask: Please carry me! And He does because He loves me. He picks me up, and carries me.
He carried me: when I lived in terror of fear of my dad for all my years home, He carried me (not even realizing it) when I gave up on Him and I didn’t care at all, He carried me when I was alone, when as a child lost my lovely grandma by cancer and faced death the first time, He carried me when kids made fun of me at school, He carried me when I didn’t felt loved and appreciated, when sleepless nights I wondered if life is worth of living, He carried me when I was ready to give up, He carried me when I lost all my hope, He carried me when waiting seemed so long, He carried me when I was smiling outside but torn inside, He carried me when I planned my baby-daughter funeral, He carried me when it seemed no way to make it, He carries me today when I can’t understand many things, but I know one thing for sure that He carries me today, just as He carried me in the past and He will carry me in the future.
He loves me more then anyone. I can share with Him my fear, worries, anxiety, doubt and disappointments. He cares about them and when I can’t make it on my own - He picks me up and NEVER let’s go. He never ever let’s go of me and of you. He will carry me and I know He will carry you too, because He is does not have favorites.
How do I know? He promised and He ALWAYS keeps His promises!
“And be SURE of this: I am with you ALWAYS, even to the end of age” ~ Matthew 28:20 (emphases mine)
Jesus promised this before He left. You and I can be SURE that He never let go of us. We are His precious children … No, He is not like many earthly parents who love their kids until they reflect good on them … No, Jesus loved us BEFORE we were even born, before we knew about Him, before we sinned. “But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners” ~ Romans 5:8 Jesus choose me and you BEFORE we could ever say sorry for our sins or say yes to His invitation.
We are really precious to Him and He will never let go of us, even when we let go of Him. He will carry me and you until we realize how much He loves and cares about me and you personally. Until His grace and mercy overflows your life and immersed in His love we accept the gift of Salvation by faith.
Today I needed to be carried again and He picked me up and carried me. When was the last time you felt you need to be carried? Are you in a situation or circumstance when you feel you can’t take one more step? It’s ok … when you can’t walk anymore … He’ll pick you up and carry you. He loves you. He never leaves you. He will carry you. So when you can’t walk anymore – just cry out for help and He will pick you up. You might not realize now that the footprints in the sand are not yours, but you’ll look back and know that it is His footprints in the sand, He carries you on His shoulder.
“I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born. I will be your God throughout your lifetime – until your hair is white with age. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry you along and save you” ~ Isaiah 46:3-4
Promises, these promises are for me and you. As I look back and remember how he loves me, and carried me, just as He promised I know: I know I can face tomorrow because I can do all things WITH God. And I am WITH God at ALL times, because He promised.
Thank you Jesus that you picked me up carried me through the storm of life today too and as I shared my thoughts and getting close to the end of day … I can smile. Earlier I cried a lot, now I can smile, because I am in His shoulders. It’s not about me … It’s ALL about Him. Glory to God for it is all about Him.
If you ever feel the need to be carried, you can share your prayer request and we will pray for you.
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God desires a personal relationship with us. Understand that God wants to give you a life filed with joy and peace. God wants us to have a life not just to make it through but an abundant and eternal life because he loves you.
"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." ~ John 10:10
"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" ~ Romans 5:1
But to giving you abundant life required the supreme sacrifice:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" ~ John 3:16
What a wonderful gift the Father has given. If God gave His own Son to provide an abundant and everlasting life, why more people don’t have what He has designed for us to receive?
- Our Problem
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We were created in God’s image for an abundant and joyful life with the ability and need to know God and have a personal relationship with Him. But our freedom of choice of disobedience caused a separation and gap between God and us.
"But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear" ~ Isaiah 59:2
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." ~ Romans 3:23
People always try to fill that empty void in their lives with "things." They even try good works, morality, and religion. Yet they remain empty, for only God, through His Son, can fill that emptiness.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death” ~ Proverbs 14:12
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." ~ Romans 6:23
Our Problem is that sin separated us from God. But
God provided only ONE SOLUTION
- God’s Solution
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God has provided only one solution to sin and separation from Himself.
Jesus Christ, His Son, is the only way to God.
Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin and rebellion against God and bridged the gap between God and humanity by dying on the cross, shedding His blood, and rising from the dead to justify and reconcile you back to God the Father.
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." ~ 1Peter 3:18
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." ~ Romans 5:8
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." ~ Ephesians 2:8,9
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" ~ 1Timothy 2:5
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. “~ John 14:6
God so loved us that he gave his only Son to bridge the gap between us and the Father. God has provided the only way, the only solution. You have to take a decision and choose how to respond to God’s provision.
- Our Response
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Your relationship with God can be restored and you can be brought back into his family by trusting in Christ alone who can save your life from destruction. Jesus is the bridge to the Father but you have to choose to trust him, you have to make a step forward him, you have to step out in faith and give your life to God. At the Cross you can exchange your worst for Jesus’ best.
This step happens by asking Jesus Christ to take away your sin and to come into your heart to be your Lord and Savior.
The Bible says...
"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." ~ Romans 10:9"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." ~ John 1:12
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." ~ Revelation 3:20
Would you like to invite Jesus to be part of your life, to be your Lord and Savior now? You can start a new life with him. It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from, what you did in the past. When you give your life to Jesus you can start all over again. With Jesus you can have a new chance again.
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If you too need Jesus to give you a new start, if you realized that Jesus is all you need then here is how you can receive Christ:
Admit your need (I am a sinner).
Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.
Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)At this moment you can pray the most important prayer of your life by simply saying:
Dear Lord Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God. I believe you died for me on the cross and shed Your blood for my salvation. I believe you rose from the dead and ascended in Heaven. I believe You are coming back again to earth. Dear Jesus, I know I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. Forgive my sins. Cleanse me now with Your precious blood. I want to turn from sins. I invite you to come into my heart. I give you my life now. I want to trust and follow You as Lord and Savior. I receive You now as my Savior, my Lord, and my God. I am Yours forever, I belong to You only. I no longer belong to this world, nor to the enemy of my soul. Amen!
If you sincerely prayed this prayer, confessed your sins, and received Jesus Christ into your heart, God has given you the right to become His child.
The Bible gives you this assurance:
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” ~ Romans 10:13"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." ~ Ephesians 2:8,9
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