Hi Guys,
Happy new year of 2020 in February and heyyyyy!
It's been AGES and I feel like I've been gone foreverrrrrr! I'm not even sure I've got any readers left but that's okay 'cause my writing has never truly been about numbers and who was reading but more about my need to express the thoughts in my heart and my mind and if anyone read it, fine. So I know my readers will be back- wherever it is ye all have absconded to (Lol!).
I know I've been gone a long time but I needed to take a break from the blog. I feel like I have had a long period of construction going on- where the Lord pretty much was working on me- and is still working on me.
But, yesss, I am back and i am back with THE WORD! I am back with THE CALL! Yess, I am back with THE GOSPEL!!! And I am here to speak to YOU if you are:
1. An unbeliever (a pagan, an atheist, one who just doesn't believe in Jesus whatsoever),
2. One who has never really confessed (with your mouth) Jesus as their Lord and personal saviour,
3. One who is struggling with the faith- perhaps you have back slidden, perhaps you've been hurt in the church, perhaps you no longer believe for what you believe are VALID REASONS, perhaps you've never really thought "this born-again business" was for you, perhaps you don't really want to commit to "this born-again thing" because you feel its too "spiricoco" for you- you want to be able to be "cool and correct", to club and do ya thang, you don't want that over-the-top Christian thing! Perhaps you think you might want to know God but, would it mean leaving your cool friends behind and stopping the cool things you guys do? Like would that mean you would stop having sex with your boyfriend? (!!), stop clubbing (!!), stop hanging out? (!!!) Gotcha!
I'm here to simply say:
Please, repent and receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal saviour. Jesus Christ was sent to reconcile a fallen world to God and, at the close of age, he will come again to take those who believe in him, who believe that he is the saviour and who believe that he died to save them and to reconcile them with God. When this happens, unbelievers will be judged to the lake of fire, the lake of eternal damnation. THIS will be your end if you do not believe in Jesus Christ.
If you doubt that Jesus is the Lord and if you think that there isn’t any truth to Christianity(the doctrine, the message, etc) and think it is mere “religion” that beclouds the minds and judgements of men and, because of this, you decide to continue to be an unbeliever, please ask yourself, what if, just what if, ALL of this is TRUE? Would you risk dwelling in eternal damnation? Burning forevermore? Just because you wanted the pleasure of sin for a few years? God loves you so much and he gave his only begotten son as a (living) sacrifice (because in the olden days, people made sacrifices to God in order to be cleansed from their sins but God decided to use his son to wash away the sins of the world, as a sacrifice that doesn’t need to be done over and over- once you’ve accepted Jesus as your Lord and personal saviour and want to walk in the newness that is in him, you are born again and a child of God) that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
Receive Christ today and be saved ❤️
If you do not know how to go about it, say this prayer first:
Lord Jesus, I believe that you came into this world and that you died for my sins, to set me free and to reconcile me to God. I bring before you my life and surrender my all to you. I confess that I have been a sinner and have done wrong, mostly because of my ignorance and because of my unbelief. I come before you asking that you forgive me and that you help me. I surrender all to you, please help me, please guide me, please direct me, order my steps- help my unbelief and point me to the teachers to teach me.
Help me. Thank you for the gift of salvation and I am ready to start this journey with you. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
Help me. Thank you for the gift of salvation and I am ready to start this journey with you. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! You are now born again and I announce to you that it doesn’t matter what your past was up until this point, you are now a new creature in Christ Jesus, hallelujah!
“When anyone belongs to Christ, they become a new person. Their old way of life has gone. Their new life has begun! All this is what God does for us. Because of what Christ has done, God has brought us back to himself, as his friends. Now he wants us to bring other people to be his friends too. That is the job that he has given to us.”
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/2co.5.17-18.easy
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/2co.5.17-18.easy
Now that you have become born again, I’ve got three suggestions/recommendations:
1. Please, I implore you, if you have a smartphone, download the Youversion bible on AppStore and start with this devotional: Join me in reading First Steps For New Believers:
https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/2838
https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/2838
Christ in YOU is your hope of glory- your life is about to have a whole new meaning in Christ. I need to let you know that although you will face challenges in life, you have a SURE victory in Christ Jesus! ( “Because we have become God's children, we can live in a good way. We can refuse to live like people who belong to this world. We are able to win against the world because we trust Jesus Christ.”
1 John 5:4 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/1jn.5.4.easy)
I am EXCITED for you because you have NO IDEA what ride of faith you are about to embark upon.
1 John 5:4 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/1jn.5.4.easy)
I am EXCITED for you because you have NO IDEA what ride of faith you are about to embark upon.
“The Lord your God is going with you. He will fight for you and you will win.’”
Deuteronomy 20:4 EASY
Deuteronomy 20:4 EASY
2. Please find a church close to you. Ask God in prayer to direct you to the church that will teach you and sustain your new birth. It is important that you attach yourself to the church as the church is there to encourage, nurture and keep you strong. (“Some people have stopped meeting with the group of Christians. But that is not good. We should all continue to meet together. We need to help one another to be strong and brave. That is now even more important, because the Lord's great day is coming. You know that the Lord will return soon.”
Hebrews 10:25 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/heb.10.25.easy)
So go to a church and let them know you are a new convert and still need some help and direction, you will find people eager to take you into the fold, to pray with you and to care for you.
*Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another- Proverbs 27 : 17. Just as the bible says, iron sharpens iron and you become like the people you spend time with.
Hebrews 10:25 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/heb.10.25.easy)
So go to a church and let them know you are a new convert and still need some help and direction, you will find people eager to take you into the fold, to pray with you and to care for you.
*Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another- Proverbs 27 : 17. Just as the bible says, iron sharpens iron and you become like the people you spend time with.
3. Search out godly people online and friends. Go on YouTube to listen to Christian messages. You can play it whilst driving, whilst cleaning up your home, whilst cooking, whilst tidying up- just keep it playing and listen. Faith comes by HEARING and hearing by the word of God - “So then, people must hear the message before they can trust God. And people hear that message when someone tells them about Christ.”
Romans 10:17 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/rom.10.17.easy-
the more you listen to Christian messages, the more your faith grows and without faith, it is impossible to please God and your faith is what helps you access breakthroughs and blessings and what helps you go through life and circumstances without breaking down in despair or becoming overwhelmed or believing that there is no hope for deliverance and that whatever situation (undesirable) you are facing will not change.
Romans 10:17 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/rom.10.17.easy-
the more you listen to Christian messages, the more your faith grows and without faith, it is impossible to please God and your faith is what helps you access breakthroughs and blessings and what helps you go through life and circumstances without breaking down in despair or becoming overwhelmed or believing that there is no hope for deliverance and that whatever situation (undesirable) you are facing will not change.
What is faith then?
The bible explains faith to be:
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
https://www.bible.com/1/heb.11.1.kjv
Hebrews 11:1 KJV
https://www.bible.com/1/heb.11.1.kjv
In another translation (EASY), it says: “This is what it means to trust God: We will be sure about the things that we hope for. We will be sure in our minds about things that we cannot even see.”
Hebrews 11:1 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/heb.11.1.easy
Hebrews 11:1 EASY
https://www.bible.com/2079/heb.11.1.easy
So faith is believing in God’s word TOTALLY.
If God’s word, for instance, tells you that you will be the head and not the tail, the first and not the last- “And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:”
Deuteronomy 28:13 KJV
https://www.bible.com/1/deu.28.13.kjv
(“The Lord will make you the leader among the people in many countries. You must not do as they do. Be careful! Always obey the rules of the Lord your God which I give to you today. If you do that, you will always be leaders of the people in other countries. And you will never be their slaves.”Deuteronomy 28:13 EASY https://www.bible.com/2079/deu.28.13.easy) and you find that word, you keep speaking it over your life- INSPITE OF WHATEVER IT IS YOU MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH. You may have setbacks, socially, mentally, physically, financially etc but as long as you hold on to this word and keep declaring it in faith, it will bear fruits of victory because we overcome the world and it’s challenges with our FAITH.
“because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.”
1 John 5:4 GNB
https://www.bible.com/296/1jn.5.4.gnb
If God’s word, for instance, tells you that you will be the head and not the tail, the first and not the last- “And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:”
Deuteronomy 28:13 KJV
https://www.bible.com/1/deu.28.13.kjv
(“The Lord will make you the leader among the people in many countries. You must not do as they do. Be careful! Always obey the rules of the Lord your God which I give to you today. If you do that, you will always be leaders of the people in other countries. And you will never be their slaves.”Deuteronomy 28:13 EASY https://www.bible.com/2079/deu.28.13.easy) and you find that word, you keep speaking it over your life- INSPITE OF WHATEVER IT IS YOU MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH. You may have setbacks, socially, mentally, physically, financially etc but as long as you hold on to this word and keep declaring it in faith, it will bear fruits of victory because we overcome the world and it’s challenges with our FAITH.
“because every child of God is able to defeat the world. And we win the victory over the world by means of our faith.”
1 John 5:4 GNB
https://www.bible.com/296/1jn.5.4.gnb
God bless you and CONGRATULATIONS! I celebrate you!!!
In subsequent posts and as we go on, I will expound on the reasons for which you need to be BORN AGAIN, the WHYs, the "FOR THIS REASON"- by God's grace and mercies. But for today, I have chosen to keep it plain and simple, no dressing up, no extra explanations, just a call to you to come to God.
Until we meet in subsequent posts,
Love and Light and the grace and peace of God upon you,
Judgejudyjudy
xxx
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