I challenge you if you are not afraid of blessings to pour over you, of experiencing a love like you’ve never known before, of knowing the Creator of this universe intimately, pray this prayer with all your heart and mean it –
“Dear Jesus, I acknowledge the fact that I am a sinner and that you loved me so much that you died and paid the penalty for my sin so that I may have eternal life. I believe that because you died and rose again, I have received the gift of eternal life. Thank you for cleansing me of my sin through your death on the cross and for accepting me now as your child. Teach me and direct me through Your Word and Your Spirit to discover your purpose and will for my life. Amen.”
Until now, the memory of me saying this prayer is still so fresh in my mind, me on that cold concrete pavement in the freezing cold past midnight…saying it without fully believing it, saying it with reckless abandon, saying it because perhaps all along, I was searching more to this life, I was searching for greater purpose and meaning to this thing we call Life…perhaps inside my heart, all along, I was thinking, “There must be more to this life than what I can see now.” Don’t despair if you say this prayer, and the earth doesn’t shake with groundbreaking force or angels don’t mysteriously appear and sing ‘Hallelujah’. Because the moment you say this prayer, heaven is rejoicing, for you have been reconciliated to God the Father and your name has been written in the book of eternity. Just like the time when I prayed this prayer, and it seemed like nothing happened. Then I continued pursuing God, and my whole world shifted from henceforth. Draw near to Him, and He will draw near to you. Shall His word return void? Not, in all eternity.
