It's truly amazing what the mind believes when you are in a hurry to do what you need to do. We can get really carried away with all the things that are happening in our lives, and it goes on.
Our minds are amazing - they dictate to us what needs to be done, what needs to be amended, and often, sadly enough, they tell us all sorts of lies and crazy things, which we believe and will cause us all sorts of grief and anguish.
The "prince of this world," Satan! loves to goggle our minds and stops us from seeing the very marked truth that screams to us and shows us the very image of God through the life of Jesus Christ.
Satan has pulled the wool over the eyes of so many people and has stopped them from seeing and even thinking about what possibly could be true. The very fact that Satan has become a huge obstacle to make so many people 'blind' to the truths of their very need to accept Jesus as their Lord and Saviour is a huge obstacle for so many people.
She felt a huge tug in her heart, and for the very first time, she felt so strongly the need to have Jesus in her life. Up until now, her parents had described Jesus as just a 'story', and he was seriously cute!
After tonight, sitting there with a couple of friends (and she didn't really hear what the guy was saying out the front), she felt this gigantic urge to walk out the front to somehow come to Jesus - she needed to pay him her tribute - and her huge thanks for everything he had done for her.
Suddenly, what Jesus did on that cross all these years ago all made sense. He died for her to pay for her life of sin - all those times her conscience was worrying her - all those times she had to push herself forward, not thinking of others - all those times her jealousy got the better of her and she put people down so often behind their backs, and it went on and on.
Not that she was overwhelmed by the address by whoever was talking out the front, BUT something inside of her clicked, and she knew she had to make a decision - a decision that she knew would affect her life from now on.
When she went out the front and made a commitment to the Lord of heaven, she knew in her heart without being told that her life would go on seemingly as normal, but in her heart, she knew that she had changed inside. She realised that her life would change, but she was fully aware that she would be making a lot of mistakes, and what would happen after that.
When she went out the front, there stood a lady with a big smile on her face and a BIG welcome hug.
She sat with Jennifer and talked a lot about her decision to come wandering down the front. Jennifer explained that she didn't really listen to the sermon at all, but she felt that God had spoken to her in a very special way. The lady explained that it was actually God who talked to her and not the minister at all. She also explained that the decision she was taking tonight would actually miraculously change her life.
The miraculous part of that, as the lady explained, was that when we make mistakes (as we all do) that we are constantly reminded that "YEP! You've made a mistake." Come to Jesus and confess your sin and ask His forgiveness - of course, He will.
She also explained that no matter what we have done, God will accept us into His amazing kingdom when our time comes, because we have asked Him to lead our lives, and we are going to trust Him, regardless of what may happen in life.
The lady also explained that because God, in His mercy, has accepted us and granted us eternal life with Him, that is indeed a huge and amazing gift. She explained that God always answers our prayers, but we can't expect an answer in the way we expect for every single one of our requests.
Does that stop us from asking God to answer our requests? Not at all - pray in faith knowing that God, in His mercy, will keep us ever close to Him regardless of whatever happens to us or our loved ones here on earth.
Jennifer was pretty excited - she felt overwhelmed and yet hugely overcome with thankfulness for God's amazing gift of eternal life for her, regardless of what she had done in the past.
You can come to Christ right now if your heart asks you to. All you need to do is accept His great love and sacrifice for you, accept by faith His life and love - Put Him before everything else, and I can guarantee that your life will change amazingly - you may not feel it straight away, but I know you will change as a person.
Give your life to Jesus today.
God bless you this week - looking forward to getting back in contact next time.
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