Give It To God

Is there anything that is troubling you today? Anything that is weighing you down? Are you carrying any burdens? Let me encourage you my dear friends! God cares for you! In 1 Peter 5:7 we are instructed to “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (NIV) God created your inmost being and God knows every bit of you even better than you know yourself! Psalm 139:13 says “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. (NIV) God knows every one of your thoughts, your words, your actions, He knows it all! Psalm 139:4 says “Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely. (NIV) Even though each and every one of us are imperfect people who sin against God, He loves us perfectly with an everlasting love! God loves you perfectly, just as you are, with a never ending love! It is God alone who we sin against and yet it is God who has blessed us with His free gift of salvation in His Son, Jesus, who died on the cross to save us from our sins. Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins, He was buried and then He rose to life again conquering sin and death for all of eternity! (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Salvation for our souls in Jesus is a free gift from God and this free gift from God must be received by faith! Romans 3:25 says that “God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. (NIV) All who believe in Jesus receive eternal life in Him! John 3:16 says “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. (NIV) Praise God for His perfect love and His perfect grace! It is God who we sin against and it is God who has blessed us with His free gift of salvation in Jesus who loves us and gave Himself for us to reconcile us to God by the shedding of His blood for us!

No matter what your past or present looks like, God wants you to come to Him just as you are in this very moment! Remember, God knows every bit of you even better than you know yourself and He loves you perfectly as you are no matter what! Matthew 11:28 says “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (NIV) Go to God as you are and He will give you rest! Only God can give you true rest and only God can carry your burdens for you! Humbly go before God and open your heart to Him! Acknowledge your sins and confess to God, letting go of all that troubles you! As Psalm 32:5 says “Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. (NIV) And as Psalm 38:18 says “I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. (NIV) Sincerely relinquish everything to God and commit yourself and your life to Him! Not a single one of us is perfect and each and every one of us sins. As Romans 3:23 says “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (NIV) Our sins separates us from God and our sin leads to death. (Isaiah 59:2, Romans 6:23) God sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross to save us from our sins and all who believe in Jesus receive eternal life in Him! (John 3:16) Salvation for our souls is only found in Jesus (Acts 4:12) and salvation in Jesus is a free gift from God that must be received by faith. (Romans 3:25) Ephesians 2:8-9 says that “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. (NIV) When we come to understand and admit that we are sinners and if we believe in our hearts that Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sins and that He rose to life again, then we can invite Jesus into our hearts and our lives as our personal Lord and Savior and receive eternal forgiveness and eternal life in Him. Romans 10:9 says that “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (NIV) If you have come to understand and admit that you are a sinner and if you believe in your heart that Jesus died on the cross to save you from your sins and that He rose to life again, then you can invite Jesus into your heart and your life as your personal Lord and Savior and receive eternal life in Him. You can pray a prayer like this:

Dear Heavenly Father,

I know that I am a sinner and that I need Jesus to save me. I believe that Jesus died on the cross to save me from my sins and that He rose to life again. God I am sorry for my sin. I invite Jesus into my heart and my life as my personal Lord and Savior. I commit my life to you.

In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

If you prayed a prayer like this and accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, then all of your past, present and future sins have been forgiven for all of eternity in Jesus and you have received eternal life in Him! Jesus has set you free from all sin and death for all of eternity and you are now a new creation in Christ! Your old self is gone and and it is no longer you who lives but it is Jesus who lives in you and Jesus is your life! (Galatians 2:20, Colossians 3:4) 2 Corinthians 5:17 says that “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! (NIV) Jesus loves you and He gave Himself for you to reconcile you to God by the shedding of His blood for you! Jesus paid the full price for you and now, through faith in Him, you have become a child of God in Him! John 1:12 says that “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— (NIV) You are perfectly and eternally blessed in your Savior Jesus! You have not a thing to fear for you have escaped sin and death for all of eternity because your Savior Jesus conquered sin and death for you and He set you free from it all! God always works everything out for the good for His children (Romans 8:28) and you are a child of God! You can rest assured knowing that God will always work everything out for your good knowing that in your Savior, Jesus, you are guaranteed a perfectly blessed future and an eternal future in Heaven with Him! Even during times of struggle in your life you can rejoice in the Lord knowing that even struggles are blessings! God blesses us with struggles in our lives to further shape us into the children of God that He has created us to be! Struggles may seem difficult when we are experiencing them, but we must always remember that God blesses us with struggles in our lives to better prepare us for the blessed eternal life to which He has called us in our Savior Jesus! God is always working all things out for our good according to His perfect will! God always knows exactly what we need in each and every moment of our lives and God will always bless us with exactly what we need in each and every moment! God’s will is always done and God has a perfect plan for your life! So do not fret! Do not worry! God is in control and He will always bless you perfectly each and every step of the way! God has called you to eternal life in your Savior, Jesus, who loves you and gave Himself for you! Jesus has set you free for all of eternity and now Jesus lives in your inner being as your personal Lord and Savior! You have not a thing to fear! Enjoy this blessed eternal life to which God has appointed you in your Savior Jesus!

Now let us be encouraged and let us rejoice in the Lord knowing that we have been set free in Jesus! Let us humbly go before the Lord our God and commit ourselves to him and His perfect will. Let go of everything but Jesus and praise God for His perfect grace that He has blessed you with! Pray that God will search you and try you to see if there is any offensive way in you and pray that God will rid you of all offensive ways! As Psalm 139:23 says “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (NIV) God is leading you in the way everlasting! God opened your heart and your eyes to the truth about your sinful nature and your need for your Savior, Jesus! Then God taught you about His perfect love for you and the sacrifice that Jesus made for you and then God blessed you with your faith in Jesus so that you received eternal forgiveness and eternal life in Him! God has summoned you to be His very own! Pray that God will make you to always live a life that glorifies Him in every way! Ask God to make you faithful in keeping His commands and pray that God’s will be done! God is faithful and it is God who works in you to do His will and live a life that glorifies Him! (Philippians 2:13) God will do it so believe it! Remember, to believe that you have what you are asking for in prayer and it will be yours! (Mark 11:24) God is faithful, even when we are not, so praise Him for His great faithfulness and enjoy being a child of God!

As a child of God, through faith in Jesus, you have been set free from all sin and death in Him! You are no longer a slave to sin for you are under God’s grace! Romans 6:14 says “For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. (NIV) So do not spend any more time thinking or acting as someone who is a slave to sin or the ways of the world! Relinquish the guilt of your sin, for Jesus paid the full price to set you free! You have been blessed with eternal freedom in Jesus so live in it and praise God for it! Enjoy living your life for God, the God who appointed you to eternal life in our Savior, Jesus! Keep yourself fixed upon Jesus not your sinful nature! Focus on God’s grace! Let go of everything but Jesus! Do not try to burden yourself again with the ways of the world or the guilt of your sin! Enjoy being a child of God and enjoy this blessed eternal life to which you have been called in your Savior, Jesus, praising God without ceasing!