Here is a simple prayer to receive Christ by faith. If you would like to be God's child, it's so simple to talk to Him and tell Him what's on your heart. (I heard Joseph Prince pray this prayer in a video, and I thought it was so simple and beautiful..) -
"Lord Jesus, thank You for loving me and dying for me on the cross. Your precious blood washes me clean of every sin. You are my Lord and Savior, now and forever. I believe that You rose from the dead and that You are alive today. Because of Your finished work, I am now a beloved child of God and heaven is my home. Thank You for giving me eternal life and filling my heart with Your peace and joy. Amen!"
Welcome to the family! You are so beloved, wanted, and special to God and always will be! He has wanted you in His family forever and has planned for you being with Him since before time began! He has made you His very own dear child, permanently in His embrace! You are a whole new person, just like being born all over again! Now Christ's very nature of love is your nature - your heart is good! And you are perfectly holy, so holy that you are called God's holy temple! God's own Holy Spirit has taken up residence in You forever, and you are forever His, cleansed, righteous with Christ's own righteousness, perfect, complete, accepted and cherished in His sight. He will always take care of you. He will provide your every need. He crushes all the darkness and sends it away with the light of His presence, which is with you always! He will never leave you or forsake you. You never face anything alone again! And you have Christ's authority over the enemy and are more than a conqueror no matter what! The devil can't get his hands on you, ever!! You are on top of the world in Christ! You are free from trying, striving to measure up, feeling lacking and messed up - you are perfect forever! Any old feelings of imperfection or self-effort are just lies from the enemy, not the thoughts of the real, true you - the old has gone, the new has come! And nothing is required of you - you are already holy and pleasing and complete, and Jesus will live that completeness out of you, the Spirit naturally bringing forth love- fruit without your effort at all! You are in God's grace and in God's rest! You can dance, sing and shout! You are set, home free, and have the most glorious future you could imagine - God will spend all eternity lavishing His love and kindness on you! You are all you were meant to be - and where He always wanted you to be - in His arms as His very own beloved and precious child, totally accepted, understood and taken in, forever!
