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The Perfect Gift




Our perfect gift is Jesus

Long before I ever had the opportunity to lead someone to Christ I wanted to. I wanted to share my Lord with others by telling them about Him and helping them find their own salvation in Him. However, there was some trepidation on my part because church never gave me any instructions, or told me I was allowed to lead others to Christ even though I knew as a Christian, it is a mandate of Christ that I do. [Matthew 28:18] speaks of this; His directive to all Christians. Jesus says, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

My assumption was; leading others to Christ was the preacher job. I wasn’t train to or suppose to help anyone else find Christ or pray the “prayer of salvation” with them. I was wrong. And, then one day, the Holy Spirit placed someone in front of me who was asking me about salvation, their salvation. I was then given my opportunity, and was convicted by the Spirit to lead this inquisitive, lost person to Christ. I had no idea what I was to do! At that moment, the Holy Spirit gave me this simple statement (prayer) to offer to the person I was ministering to:

“Jesus, my Lord and my Savior, I am weak and I have sinned against You. I am sorry! Please forgive me. Help me to come closer to You. I believe in You Jesus! I believe you died on the cross for my sins and that You were resurrected. I here and now accept You into my heart. Please show me how I can live the life You want me to live.”

That’s it! The Prayer of Salvation is not hard to remember or say. But, boy is it powerful! For us who are sinners from birth, but who come to know Jesus Christ and accept Him it is the difference between eternal life with Christ or eternal death! When we pray this prayer we have taken a giant step with God. Next we will want to get with a good Bible-teaching church where we can learn more about Jesus. God has many, many wonderful blessing in store for us as Christians. We need to spend time daily reading our Bibles so we can more about Christ and this “Perfect Gift” He has given us.

If this message helps you by giving you the confidence you need to witness to someone you love or even a total stranger, like it was with me, print out this page for future reference and put it in your Bible. I did for several years until I became for comfortable with my witnessing. God bless you, and may you too lead many to our Lord, our Savior Jesus.

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