Isn‘t life amazing? We have so many
reasons to be thankful!
But have you asked yourself if this is all there
is? Or is there MORE?
First things first: God exists, and he truly loves us! His love is never-ending and unconditional. He showed his love to us through Jesus Christ. His love is still relevant today, and anyone can experience it. God wants nothing more than for you to experience his love personally and for you to find meaning for your life through a relationship with him.
In her famous TED Talk, Lizzie Velasquez said: “when I was in high school, I found a video that someone posted of me unfortunately, labelling me the world’sugliest woman. There were 4 million views to this video. 8 seconds long, no sound, thousands of comments. People saying ‘Lizzie, please do the world a favor, put a gun to your head and kill yourself.’ I cried my eyes out of course and was ready to kind of fight back and something clicked in my head.”
Lizzie had a decision to make: should she let complete strangers define her or Him who created her. In her biography she says, “God loves me and he loves you just as we are.”
AUTHOR AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER
Unfortunately, a lot of times we don’t always experience God’s love because often we ignore him. We search for meaning and fulfillment everywhere but God. We don’t trust him and don’t believe he has good plans for us. This solo attempt and the resulting actions are what the Bible calls sin. Sin hurts and destroys our relationship to other people. It separates us from the fulfilled life God has prepared for us.
As a nun and missionary, Mother Teresa helped the poor. “I, Mother Teresa, am a sinner. We are all sinners. And we are all in need of God’s mercy. I am concerned, because some of you have not experienced Jesus yet—just the two of you in intimate togetherness. Do you truly know the living Christ, simply because you invited Him into your life? I want to continually give Jesus the opportunity to remove everything that is destructive and that separates me from Him. When my love is divided and a ditch is formed between Him and I, all sorts of things can get in that ditch and fill it.”
NUN AND MISSIONARY
Our sin and our desire to live life on our own, do not keep God from loving us. He even went as far as to become human through Jesus Christ and to demonstrate his love for us by giving his life. He took the consequences of sin upon himself on the cross. Jesus died, but he was raised to life. We can now find peace and have a personal relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ. We can experience God’s love daily, discover our life’s purpose and receive eternal life.
The author of the Narnia books, C.S. Lewis says: “Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important. We are faced, then, with a frightening
alternative. This man we are talking about either was (and is) just what He said or else a lunatic, or something worse. Now it seems to me obvious that He was neither a lunatic nor a fiend: and consequently, however strange or terrifying or unlikely it may seem, I have to accept the view that He was and is God.”
AUTOR
God has already done everything to show us how much He loves us. Through Jesus Christ, He offers us fulfilment and eternal life, which we can freely accept as a gift. We can talk to God directly – we call it “prayer” – to ask for forgiveness for living our lives without Him.
We can choose to live with God by trusting Jesus Christ from now on. How will you decide?
This is not about a religion or joining a church, but about a lifechanging relationship with Jesus Christ. You don‘t have to work for it, but can receive his love and power as a gift and will receive a completely new life. Many things would be different. Think about it carefully.
The key to God and his kingdom is faith. It‘s not just about accepting that he exists, but about trusting Jesus childlike and putting everything we have and are in him.
We have all fallen short of the goal of loving God above all else and our fellow human beings as ourselves. We can ask God for forgiveness for this. We must turn away from everything that does not fit in with Jesus and become more like him.
At baptism, you are immersed under water by a person who loves Jesus. By this, you visibly say „yes“ to Jesus, are adopted into the heavenly family and are given a new divine identity.
Not only do we get a second chance from God, but he wants to make us brand new and fill us with his Holy Spirit, who raised him from the dead. Just invite him or let a believer pray for you to be spiritually „born again“.
If you want to live with Jesus from now on, you can pray the following prayer:
Dear God, thank you for loving me and wanting the best for my life. I’m sorry for having lived without you until now. Please forgive me for my sins. I trust you and want you to come into my life. Be my God. Be my Savior and my friend. Fill me with your Spirit and help me live a life you are pleased with. Amen.
2 Corinthians 5:17
If you wholeheartedly asked Jesus to come into your life, the Creator of heaven and earth is now your Friend, Savior, and Lord. Congratulations! You just
made the best decision of your life!
You just took the first step in the adventure of a lifetime, and God has so much in store for you!
If you want to know Jesus better and become more like Him, the following points can help:
You can pray every day, everywhere, and about everything. Talk to Him about what’s on your mind. God is your friend and loves to spend time with you.
You will get to know God better by reading through the Bible. You can also learn about His will for your life, and how other people experienced Him. Start by reading in the New Testament every day
Now you‘re a part of God‘s family along with everyone else who
believes. Find a church or community where you feel at home to continue developing your faith.
You are a follower of Jesus, someone who wants to learn from Him. Find relevant and attractive ways to live out your faith. Tell others how you experience God and what Jesus did for us all on the cross. Use THE FOUR to help you share the message.
Feel free to contact us. We’d love to answer questions, give you a Bible, pray for you, and help you take your next steps with God
Sources & Credits
Quotes:
Lizzie Velasquez, https://ted.com/talks/lizzie_velasquez_how_do_you_define_yourself
Book: “Be beautiful, Be You” Lizzie Velasquez, Liguorii Publications, Missouri 2012. Page 12; “
Mutter Teresa, Die wunderbaren Geschichten” Leo Maasburg, Pattloch Verlag, München 2016. Page 83;
Book: Buch: “Mere Christianity”
C. S. Lewis. Harper Collins, New York 2000. Page 53;
Video: “Put God first” by Denzel Washington, https://youtu.be/BxY_eJLBflk
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