may come to your mind. But none of those things alter the fact that God’s Word is true.
Jesus said, “...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). The moment you make Jesus the Lord of your life will be the moment you have a desire to live and not die.
I can testify to that fact in my own life. Before I accepted Jesus as my Lord, I was headed straight for hell. Everything I liked to do was bad for me. The habits I had formed for 25 years were destructive to my body and my mind. But when I made Jesus the Lord of my life, all those desires changed. I suddenly had a desire to get rid of my filthy habits. I wanted to get rid of tobacco, alcohol, immoral thoughts and behavior, profanity, etc. Why? Because I was changed. The real me, my spirit, was reborn. The change in my spirit brought changes to my mind and body.
These changes are available to you, too. God is right there, ready to accept and change you. You don’t have to live in sin any longer. You don’t have to live a defeated life any longer. You don’t have to be anything except God’s child. You can walk the road of life victoriously with Jesus as your Lord and Savior. You don’t have to take a back seat to Satan ever again. You can be the head and not the tail!
I want you to join me now in praying this prayer for salvation. Don’t just read it. Make a conscious effort to speak these words from the very depths of your being. When you finish this prayer, you will be born again:
Heavenly Father, in the Name of Jesus, I present myself to You. I pray and ask Jesus to be Lord over my life. I believe it in my heart, so I say it with my mouth: “Jesus has been raised from the dead.” This moment, I make Him the Lord over my life. Jesus, come into my heart. I believe this moment that I am saved. I say it now: “I am reborn. I am a Christian. I am a child of Almighty God.”
Now, thank God for making you His child. Colossians 1:12 says, “Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.” You have just been made a partaker of an inheritance from God. You have just inherited the kingdom of God!
You don’t have to wait until you die to receive your inheritance. You are a child of God right this very moment, and you can receive all that belongs to you right now! First John 3:2 says, “Beloved, now are we the sons of God.” You have been delivered from darkness into the kingdom of God.
Jesus said, “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” (Luke 12:32).
I welcome you into the family of God!
Now as part of the family, you’ll need to know more about your Father—the One who has changed you and made you new through the power of His Spirit. You’ll want to find out what’s yours and how to walk in it.
In the next chapter, Gloria will show you how you can receive one of His greatest blessings, the same power and anointing that was on Jesus Himself, to empower you to be a success in your new life. You’ll be full of His joy and overcoming power—victorious in all you set your hand to do.
Chapter 2
God’s Will Is the Holy Spirit
by Gloria Copeland
God’s Will Is the Holy Spirit
You have been involved with the Holy Spirit since you first heard the good news that Jesus took your place and bore the penalty for your sins. It was the Holy Spirit, through the Word, who made the truth that Jesus was raised from the dead a reality in your heart.
Romans 10:9 says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” First Corinthians 12:3 says that no man can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
Jesus came to make it possible for man to receive the nature of God—eternal life (John 10:10). A man could not be born again while Jesus was on the earth. He had power to forgive
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