Have you received Jesus as the Lord of your life and been born again?
If not, let's go over five important steps that show us the way.

1.  Believe God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

2.  Understand that sin has separated you from God and His plan.
"For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23

3.  Because of God's love for you, He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on a cross to pay the price for your sin.
"But God demonstrates His own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

4.  You can believe Jesus is God's Son because He rose from the dead.
"Concerning His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who was...declared to be the Son of God with power by....the resurrection from the dead." Romans 1:3-4

5.  You can be born again by believing and receiving Jesus Christ as Lord of your life.
"If you confess Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved." Romans 10:9

If you desire to experience God's victorious abundant life, then start today by praying this prayer:

"Heavenly Father, I thank you that you love me and have a wonderful plan for my life. You demonstrated this by sending your Son, Jesus to die on a cross and pay the price for my sin. I believe He died and rose again from the dead. I now place my trust in Jesus and receive Him as my Savior and Lord. With your help, I will do my best to serve Him and obey Him all the days of my life. I thank you now that according to your Word, I have a new life that is abundant and eternal through Jesus Christ, my Lord. Amen"

CONGRATULATIONS! If you sincerely prayed that prayer in faith, you are now born again wIth a brand new life to be lived. Second Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old is gone, the new has come!" And Romans 10:13 says, "For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Make no mistake about it - if you called on Jesus and made Him the Lord of your life, you are now a child of God!

If you prayed to receive Christ, or even if you're re-committing your life, I have a gift I'd like to send to you - a book called, "God's Victorious Abundant Life", that I wrote to encourage individuals to live the life God intended for them. If you would like a copy of this booklet, please email me at victorychristiancenter@bresan.net with your name and address and I'll get it right out to you.

Pastor Gary Hart