A Place Called Grace…

Are you enjoying life’s journey?  Do you know your destination?  Are you looking for that place called Grace?  Have road blocks and hazards like greed, lust, vanity, materialism and pride hindered you on your journey?  Are you feeling overwhelmed, confused, misguided…lost?  Here are a few signs to guide you along life’s highway:

Highway 146 – John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father except by me.”

One Way – God created you in His image for one purpose.  He wants to have a personal and eternal relationship with you – John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Bridge Out – When Adam and Eve turned their back and disobeyed God, sin entered the human equation.  Being human is being born with sin.  It’s our sin nature that keeps us separate from a personal and eternal relationship with a holy and righteous God.  Sin creates a gap between God and humanity that cannot be bridged.  No matter how moral, good, religious or knowledgeable we are, the gap remains.  Romans 3:23 - “For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.”

Cross Road – He allowed His Son, Jesus Christ, to be sacrificed and shed His blood on a cross as payment for our sin.  If Christ had not bridged the gap with His death, burial and resurrection, we would have to pay the cost of sin with our own death.  Romans 5:8 – “But God commendeth His love toward us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

Yield – A gift always demands a response.  How are you going to respond to God’s gift of love?  It’s up to you and me…we can yield our lives to Christ by accepting what He did on the cross, or we can reject the gift.  Revelation 3:20 – “Behold, I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone will hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him.”

Most of us miss Highway 146 because we are on the wrong roads in life.  We don’t want to yield ourselves to God because we are on the road to Pleasantville, Attainmentville, Doubtville or Religionville.

If you want to make sure you arrive in Heaven, you have to yield your life to God by praying. When you pray, you admit to God that you are a sinner, repent of your sins and make a U-turn for Highway 146.

How do I receive God’s gift of Jesus Christ? 
To the best of your ability, say these words to God…

          God, I admit to you that I have messed up, that I have fallen short.  I turn from my sins right now; I want to make a U-turn.  I believe, God, that you love me so much that you provided a way, and that way is Jesus Christ, who lived a perfect life, who died on the cross for my sins and rose again, God. I believe that right now, God, I ask Jesus Christ to come into my life and take control of me.  I open up my hands to You, my heart to You, and my life to You.  Amen

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