How to Start a New Life- download your free book – What’s Next – below
Do you need a new start in life? Is your life empty? Are you struggling? Are you looking for answers? I have good news for you – “You can have a new start”. Starting over is easier than you think. No matter what’s happened in your past or what your current circumstances are you can have a fresh start.
You can have a life with purpose and a life with peace and joy. I want to help you start that new life. The first step in that process is to discover the meaning and purpose of your life. You were put on this earth for a purpose. You were created unique and special. There is no one else exactly like you.
The first step in discovering your purpose and living the life you were created to live is to connect with the one who created you. The following is a simple explanation of how you can connect with the creator of all things.
HOW TO CONNECT WITH GOD – the creator of heaven and earth and give of life
1. God loves you and created you to know Him personally.
- God’s Love
“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). - God’s Plan
Now, this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent” (John 17:3, NIV).
> What prevents us from knowing God personally?
2. Man is sinful and separated from God, so we cannot know Him personally or experience His love.
- Man is Sinful
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Mankind was created to have fellowship with God; but, because of his own stubborn self-will, he chose to go his own independent way, and fellowship with God was broken. This self-will, characterized by an attitude of active rebellion or passive indifference, is evidence of what the Bible calls sin. - Man is Separated from God
“The wages of sin is death” [spiritual death with is separation from God] (Romans 6:23). “(Those) who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus…will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord…” (2 Thessalonians 1:8,9)
3. Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for man’s sin. Through Him alone we can know God personally and experience God’s love.
- Jesus Died in Our Place
“God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). - He Rose from the Dead
“Christ died for our sins…He was buried… and was raised from the dead 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…” (1 Corinthians 15:3-6). - He is the Only Way to God
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me'” (John 14:6).
> It is not enough just to know these truths…
4. We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know God personally and experience His love.
- We Must Receive Christ
“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) - We Receive Christ Through Faith
“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). When We Receive Christ, We Experience a New Birth (Read John 3:1-8.)
> We Receive Christ by Personal Invitation
[Christ speaking] “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come into him” (Revelation 3:20).
Receiving Christ involves you personally turning to God and putting your trust in Christ. He will them come into your life to forgive you of all your sins and to make you a brand-new person in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
Just to agree intellectually that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for our sins is not enough. Nor is it enough to have an emotional experience. We receive Jesus Christ by faith, as an act of our will. You must believe in your heart and declare out of your mouth that Jesus is Lord (Romans 10:9)
> You Can Receive Christ Right Now by Faith Through Prayer
(Prayer is simply talking with God)
God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. The following is a suggested prayer:
“Lord Jesus, I want to know You personally. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be.”
> Did you pray this prayer?
You just took the first step in starting a new life. Below is a link to a free book I want you to have. You can download it and begin reading it immediately. It will help you live your new life!
FREE BOOK – “What’s Next”
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The book includes:
- Steps to take for living life with purpose.
- Discovering who God has made you to be
- How to read the Bible.
- How to talk to and hear from God.
- Knowing the benefits you have as a Christian.
- And other important keys to discovering the life you were born to live and living a life of destiny and fulfillment.
Remember God loves you. He loves you because of who you are not what you do. There is nothing you can do to make God love you any more or any less than He does right now. Receiving His love by believing in Jesus is the greatest gift you will ever receive! If you haven’t received it then receive this greatest “BREAKTHROUGH FOR YOU“ today!
“God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life”. John 3:16
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Be blessed,
Pastor Bruce Edwards