Sunday, October 25, 2009

THE SINNER'S PRAYER

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Sinner's Prayer - Turn From Sin
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Sinner's Prayer? That's Not For Me - I'm Not a Sinner!

"Sinner" is a word that gets a bad rap these days - and well it should. Unfortunately, the bad rap it is getting is for the wrong reasons. Confronted with our shortcomings, we are quick to defend ourselves with words like, "I'm not a sinner! I don't go around sinning! I've never murdered anyone or anything like that!" The problem is, we don't really know what the word sin means. We think it only applies to some despicable act that repulses "church people" who want to hang big scarlet letters around our necks. But sin simply means to miss the mark; to fall short of the goal. The fact is, we are all sinners, for there is no one, save Christ alone, who has lived a life that did not in some way fall short of the perfection God requires. We all deserve to pay the penalty for that sin, which is to spend eternity in hell.

Sinner's Prayer - What the Bible Says About Sin

Sin, according to the Bible, is any action that violates the law given by God in the Ten Commandments. The law was given by God to show us what it means to live a life deserving of God's love. It was also given to show us that none of us can live that kind of life. God knew that in advance, and that is why He sent His Son Jesus to be that perfect life for us. Jesus, God in human flesh, voluntarily laid aside His God-hood to connect with us, to show us He understands us and to give us a way to be reconciled to the Father, since none of us can keep the law to its letter. "For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). 

Some say that sin is two letters, "s" and "n", with "I" in the middle. We elevate ourselves, and certainly we live in a time when that thinking is being promoted. Sin may be something we can't be free of, but the good news is we can be free of its penalty. "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 6:23)

Sinner's Prayer - Become a Sinner Saved by Grace!

What's the key to the Sinner's Prayer? As long as we are content to live in sin, the Bible says we are separated from God. That condition may seem fine for a while, but it ultimately leads to misery and then to eternal separation from God. "There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death." (Proverbs 16:25). The good news is that God Himself has made a way for us to be reconciled to Him, and He has done this through His Son, Jesus Christ (Romans 5:6-15). 

What about you? Are you content to live for yourself, get the most toys, and die anyway? Or do you want a life of purpose and hope? God, the One who created you, has a purpose for your life and wants to give you a new beginning. If you are ready to admit your need for a clean slate in life, the God of second chances is waiting to give it to you. All you have to do is start with the Sinner's Prayer.

Sinner's Prayer - Recognizing the Need

The "Sinner's Prayer" is a term that describes the words spoken by a person when he or she has recognized their sin and their need for a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It goes something like this:

“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”

If you decided to repent of your sins and receive Christ today, welcome to God's family. Now, as a way to grow closer to Him, the Bible tells us to follow up on our commitment.
  • Get baptized as commanded by Christ.
  • Tell someone else about your new faith in Christ.
  • Spend time with God each day. It does not have to be a long period of time. Just develop the daily habit of praying to Him and reading His Word. Ask God to increase your faith and your understanding of the Bible.
  • Seek fellowship with other followers of Jesus. Develop a group of believing friends to answer your questions and support you.
  • Find a local church where you can worship God.
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John 3:16-21 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."H



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ETERNAL SECURITY LINKS

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

THEINC ETERNAL SECURITY LINKS

"ADVENTURES IN ODDESSY" - FOCUS ON THE FAMILY    http://www.whitsend.org
 ALIVE WTH RON HUTCHCRAFT” - Ron Hutchcraft    http://www.hutchcraft.com
ALL ABOUT GOD.COM    http://www.AllAboutGOD.com
ALLIANCE DEPFENSE FUND (ADF) - Alan Sears     http://www.telladf.org
ALPHA and OMEGA MINISTRIES - Dr. James White    http://www.admin.org
AMERICAN CENTER for LAW and JUSTICE  (ACLJ) - Jay Sekulow    http://www.aclj.org
AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION - Don Wildmann    http://www.afa.org
BACK  TO GENESIS” - INSTITUTE for CREATION RESEARCH 
- Dr. Ken Hamm & Dr. Wayne Gish    http://www.icr.org
BACK TO THE BIBLE – CHIP INGRAM    http://www.backtothebible.org
BETH HALLEL MESSANIC CONGREGATION – Rabbi Robert Israel Solomon    http://www.bethhallel.org
BETH MOORE MINISTRIES - Beth Moore    http://www.bethmoore.org
BILL BENNETT’S MORNING IN AMERICA” - Dr. Bill Bennett    http://www.bennettmorning .org
BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELIST ORGANIZATION - Dr. Billy Graham    http://www.billygrahamevangelistassociation.org
BOUNDRIES    http://www.hasivenu.org
BUSINESS PROVERBS” - Steve Mahr    http://www.businessproverbs.com
CAMPUS CRUSADE for CHRIST    http://www.campuscrusade.org
CENTER for RECLAIMING AMERICA - Janet Folger    http://www.reclaimamerica.org
CHRISTIAN CHILDREN’S FUND    http://www.christianchildrenfund.org
CHRISTIAN COALITION    http://www.christiancoalition.org
CHRISTIAN MEDICAL and DENTAL SOCIETY - Dr. Stevens     http://www.cmds.org
CHRISTIAN WORKING WOMEN – Mary Welchel    http://www.christianworkingwomen.org
CONCERNED WOMEN of AMERICA - Beverly LeHay    http://www.cwfa.org
CROSSING GUARD FILTERING ACCESS    http://www.crossingguard.com
CROSSWALK.COM - ONLINE CHRISTIAN BOOKSTORE / RESOURCES    http://www.crosswalk.com
CROWN FINANCIAL MINISTRIES - Howard Dayton    http://www.crown.org
DISCOVER LIFE”- Mt. Paran Church of G-d    http://www.mtparan.org
“ENDURING TRUTH” – ENDURING TRUTH MINISTRIES – Paul Shepherd     http://www.enduringtruth.org
EVANGELICAL COUNCIL for FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (ECFA)    http://www.ecfa.org
EXODUS NETWORK    http://www.exodusnetwork.com
FAMILY FINANCIAL CONCEPTS - John Harris    http://www.moneyworks4u.com
FAMILY LIFE TODAY” - Dennis Rainey    http://www.familylife.com
FAMILY REGISTRY     http://www.family registry.com
FAMILY RESOURCE COUNCIL (FRC) - Tony Perkins    http://www.rfc.org
FEED THE CHILDREN - Larry Jones    http://www.feed.org
FELLOWSHIP of CHRISTIAN ATHELETES (FCA)    http://www.fca.org
FINANCIAL FREEDOM BOOT CAMP    http://www.good-steward.org
FIRST BAPTIST - WOODSTOCK - Dr. Johnny Hunt    http://www.fbcw.org
FOCUS on the FAMILY” - FOCUS ON THE FAMILY - Dr. James Dobson    http://www.family.org
FREEDOM HOUSE    http://www.freedomhouse.org
GATEWAYS TO BETTER LIVING    http://www.gbl.org
GEORGIA HOME EDUCATION ASSOCIATION    http://www.ghsa.org
GOOD MANNERS NETWORK    http://www.goodmanners.net
HOME EDUCATION ASSOCIATION    http://www.hea.org
HOME SCHOOL HANGOUT    http://www.hshangout.com
HOME SCHOOLING    http://www.homeschools.org
INSIGHT for LIVING” - Dr. Charles Swindol    http://www.insight.org
INTOUCH” - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - ATLANTA - Dr. Charles Stanley    http://www.firstbaptistatlanta.org
JANET PARSHALL’s AMERICA - Janet Parshall    http://www.jpamerica.com
JEWISH JEWELS” – Neal and Jamie    http://www.jewishjewels.org
JEWISH VOICE with JONATHAN BURNIS – Jonathan Burnis    http://www.JewishVoice.org
JEWS for JESUS    http://www.jewsforjesus.org
JEWS for the PROTECTION of FIREARMS OWNERSHIP    http://www.jpfo.org
JUDICIAL WATCH    http://www.judicialwatch.org
KEEP YOU BRAIN ALIVE    http://www.keepyourbrainalive.com
KEY LIFE” - KEY LIFE NETWORK - Steve Brown     http://www.keylife.org
LEADING THE WAY” - CHURCH OF THE APOSTILES - Dr. Michael Youseff     http://www.michaelyouseffinc.com
LET MY PEOPLE THINK” - RAVI ZACHARIAS MINISTRIES - Dr. Ravi Zacharias    http://www.rzmi.org
LIGHT SOURCE.COM – STREAMING INTERNET OF CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES ON DEMAND    http://www.lightsource.com
MARRIAGE ALIVE” - Family Workshop    http://www.marriagealive.org
MARRIAGE SAVERS - Dave and Claudia Arp    http://www.marriagesavers.org
MESSIANIC HOUR” – Rabbi Scott Sekulow    http://www.bethadonai.com
MESSIANIC JEWISH ASSOCIATION of AMERICA    (MJAA)    http://www.mjaa.org
MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE    http://www.moodybible.org
MOTHERS of PRE-SCHOOLERS (MOPS)    http://www.mops.org
“MOVIE GUIDE” - CHRISTIAN FILM and TELEVISION BUREAU - Dr. Ted Baehr    http://www.christianfilmandtelevision.com
NATIONAL PRAYER MINUTE” – THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER, Shirley Dobson    http://www.nationaldayofprayer.org
NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE    http://www.nrtl.org
NEW LIFE LIVE” - NEW LIFE CLINICS - Steve Audeburn and Dr. John Townsend    http://www.newlife.com
NORTHPOINT CHURCH, Alpharetta, GA - Andy Stanley    http://www.northpoint.org
OPERATION RESCUE    http://www.operationrescue.org
“PLUGGEDINONLINE.COM” – ONLINE CHRISTIAN MOVIE REVIEWS – from FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
- Bob Wolofchesky    http://www.pluggedinonline.com
POWER POINT with JACK GRAHAM” - POWER POINT MINISTRIES - Jack Graham    http://www.jackgraham.org
PRECEPTS” - PRECEPTS MINISTRIES - Kay Arthur    http://www.precepts.org
PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES - Charles Colson    http://www.breakpoint.org
PROMISE KEEPERS - Bill McCarthy    http://www.pk.org
PROVIDENT CHRISTIAN BROADCASTING NETWORK - Pat Swindel    http://wwww.pbcn.net
“QUICK STUDY” – ROD AND RON HEMBREE    http://www.thestreamtv.com
REASONING WITH THE SCRIPTURES” - Dr. Ron Rhodes    http://www.reasoningwiththescriptures.org
RONALD BLUE and COMPANY    http://www.ronblue.com
SAMARITANS PURSE - Franklin Graham    http://www.samaritanspurse.org
SAVE THE CHILDREN    http://www.savethechildren.org
SEE YOU AT THE POLE” – FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES    http://www.fca.org
SEND A PRAYER    http://www.send-a-prayer.com
STRONG WILLED CHILDREN - Cynthia Tobias    http://www.cantmakeme.org
SWAN SOUP AND SALAD” - “SWAN’S PLACE” - Dennis Swanberg    http://www.swanberg.com
THE BIBLE ANSWER MAN” - CHRISTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE (C.R.I.) 
- Hank Hannagraf    http://www.equip.org
THE MESSIANIC HOUR” – CONGREGATION BETH ADONAI – Rabbi Scott Sekulow    http://www.rabbiscott.org
THE STREAM TV.COM    http://www.thestreamtv.com
THE WINNING WALK” - WINNING WALK MINISTRY - Dr. Ed Young    http://www.winningwalk.org
THIS IS IT” - Christian Business Opportunity    http://www.biz.com
TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM” - CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES
 - Dr. D. James Kennedy    http://www.coralridge.org
TURNING POINT” - TURNING POINT MINISTRIES - Dr. David Jeremiah    http://www.turningpoint.org
TOWARD TRADITION    http://www.towardtradition.org
UNION OF MESSIANIC JEWISH CONGREGATIONS (UMJC)    http://www.umjc.org
VALUES THRU MEDIA” - Cal Thomas    http://www.calthomas.com
WALK THRU THE BIBLE - Chip Ingram     http://www.walkthru.org
WALL BUILDERS - David Barton    http://www.wallbuilders.com
WATCHGROUP FELLOWSHIP    http://www.watchmen.org
WNIV 970 AM - AtlantaGA    http://www.wniv.org
WONDERS” - Zola Levitt     http://www.levitt.org
WORLD VISION    http://www.worldvision.org
WRIGHT FROM THE HEART” - JOHNSON FERRY BAPTIST CHURCH
- G. Bryan Wright              http://www.jfbc.org
WWEV 91.5 FM - Atlanta, GA    http://www.wwev.org
YACHAD MINISTRIES – Rabbi Robert Israel Solomon     http://www.yachad.org
YOUTH FOR CHRIST     http://www.youthforchrist.org
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John 3:16-21 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."H

PSALMS: 23

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 23


A psalm of David.

1The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,
3he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
4Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,A
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and love will follow me [1]
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever[2]
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[1]Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Bible NIV. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia Inc. All Rights Reserved
[2]Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Bible NIV. Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 SoftKey Multimedia Inc. All Rights Reserved


John 3:16-21 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."H

THE APOSTLES CREED

Genesis 1:1 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

THE  APOSTLES’ CREED

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
The creator of heaven and earth,
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord:

Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit,
Born of the Virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died, and was buried.

He descended into hell.

The third day He arose again from the dead.

He ascended into heaven
And sit at the right hand of God the Father Almighty,
Whence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins.
The resurrection of the body,
And life everlasting.

Amen.


John 3:16-21 16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,F that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.G 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."H