“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 NIV)
Salvation is a gift and comes /only when a person repents and puts their
trust in Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross
/as atonement for their
sins. Perhaps you’re thinking, “I’m not a bad person. I’m not like
others //who may be strung out on drugs or alcohol.”
* Being strung out means a person is not able to function as they could when they were not under the influence of drugs.
But if you search
your heart, you know that you need the Lord to change your life. You
could be battling anger or unforgiveness for something () someone did
twenty years ago. Or it could be some other thing //that has gotten
control /over you
and is keeping you /from the peace and joy () the Lord
wants you to have.
Jesus can take anything and make it into something beautiful. Whatever
you need, he is able to supply. You can be homeless,
or you may live /in
a luxury apartment and be just as lost.
* just as; used for emphasizing that something is equally large, good, bad etc
The truth is that you can be
in prison and be free; and you can be free, yet be in prison, locked up
with those things () only Jesus can free us from. But “if the Son sets you
free, you will be free indeed.”
Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. What he’s done for
others, he will do for you or for a friend or loved one
//for whom you may
be praying. He died for us; and he has the power to break every
stronghold in our lives.
The Bible tells us that “[everyone //who calls on the name of the Lord]
will be saved” (Romans 10:13).
* call on; 3. To ask one to do something.
If you don’t know the Lord, why don’t
you ask the Lord to forgive your sins and come into your heart today?
He will forgive and heal and bless you.
If you do know him, continue to
pray and believe God for a loved one //who may need to come to a saving
knowledge of Jesus.
Read John 3:1-17.