Acts 16:30-31
[The jailer asked Paul and Silas] “What must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
Romans 10:9
"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."
[The jailer asked Paul and Silas] “What must I do to be saved?” They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”
Romans 10:9
"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."
I mentioned yesterday that we need to make Jesus our Lord and Master, not just our fire insurance--not just our Savior. I remember growing up in my faith and I remember the transition I made from Jesus just being my Savior, to becoming submitting to Christ as my Lord. Lord means Master. I transitioned in my faith from Christ just saving me and having the knowing I would go to heaven when I died, to being my Master. Savior was not enough for me anymore. I wanted more. I wanted to live my life not just with the assurance of my eternal destiny, but for the crowns I would lay at His feet when I saw my Savior face to face.
I remember falling in love with my husband, but from a life of abandonment I kept him at arm's length in my heart. I may have held him close physically, but I kept him far away from my deepest emotions. No one could come there. No one had that key. I kept everyone out, for fear of them leaving me. It took time. I had to learn that Jesus would never forsake me. Jesus would never abandon me. Jesus would never leave me.
Once I knew how much God loved me--once I knew He'd never leave me, I slowly began to believe that maybe--just maybe my husband wouldn't leave me either. I tested him. I tried him. I tried to push him away. Yet...he stayed. Now, forty five years later I believe. I believe he will never leave me. I am not perfect. I still treat him less than kind at times, when I'm tired, hungry, stressed, he fails to get my best. But, even at my worst he stays with me. He loves me. He loves me when I'm not loveable. He is an example of the Father to me.
ACTION STEP: Are you an example of Jesus to others? Do you love like Jesus? Do you forgive like Jesus? Do you show others the love of Jesus by the way you live your life?
You can. Every morning when you get up you have a choice. Who's going to show up today satan or Jesus?
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself!
I remember falling in love with my husband, but from a life of abandonment I kept him at arm's length in my heart. I may have held him close physically, but I kept him far away from my deepest emotions. No one could come there. No one had that key. I kept everyone out, for fear of them leaving me. It took time. I had to learn that Jesus would never forsake me. Jesus would never abandon me. Jesus would never leave me.
Once I knew how much God loved me--once I knew He'd never leave me, I slowly began to believe that maybe--just maybe my husband wouldn't leave me either. I tested him. I tried him. I tried to push him away. Yet...he stayed. Now, forty five years later I believe. I believe he will never leave me. I am not perfect. I still treat him less than kind at times, when I'm tired, hungry, stressed, he fails to get my best. But, even at my worst he stays with me. He loves me. He loves me when I'm not loveable. He is an example of the Father to me.
ACTION STEP: Are you an example of Jesus to others? Do you love like Jesus? Do you forgive like Jesus? Do you show others the love of Jesus by the way you live your life?
You can. Every morning when you get up you have a choice. Who's going to show up today satan or Jesus?
I believe in you and you need to believe in yourself!
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