Hey, y’all. I hope you’re all doing great! I’m going to try to make this blog as short, and sweet as possible. This area has been weighing SO heavily upon my heart, and I just really felt the need to address it because I know that it could possibly bless a lot of people, so please please please share this post if you know anyone who may be struggling in this area of their lives. Alright, let’s dive in!
How many of you have ever felt like God doesn’t desire to have a relationship with you because of the way you live(d) your life, or because of mistakes you have made in your past? Maybe you had sex outside of marriage and you feel condemned now? Or maybe you used to be a homosexual or “experiment” with that lifestyle and now you feel like you don’t have a chance? Maybe you feel like your mistakes are too big to come back from- or maybe you’ve just given up hope. Maybe you’ve given up on yourself, and on God. Maybe you don’t think that God will forgive you? Or that he even cares about what you’re going through or what you have been through. No matter what the case may be, let me just assure you right now that NONE of those things are true. See, the fact is- GOD WANTS YOU. He desires you. He longs to know you, and for you to know him intimately, and for you to have a REAL relationship with him. The job of the devil is to make you believe otherwise! He (Satan) wants you to believe the exact opposite. He wants you to believe that because of what you’ve DONE, God doesn’t want you. He wants you to believe that God is not concerned about you, that he doesn’t have a purpose for you on this earth, but that’s a lie, and I’m here to let you know that God loves you, and he longs to have a relationship with you, and it doesn’t matter what you’ve done, or who you’ve done it with, or how many times you’ve done it, HE STILL WANTS YOU! He still has a plan for your life- he still wants to USE you for his glory. For some reason, there is this huge misconception about God. People that don’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ think/believe that in order for God to love you, or want you, you have to DO something, but that’s not how it works at all. Example: Let’s say you’re an alcoholic, or a drug addict, or an adulterer, or whatever, most people (outside of the body of Christ) think that in order for God to love you, you have to “get yourself together first”, but that is not at all how it works. See, that’s the amazing thing about God- he doesn’t require us to be perfect in order for us to be welcomed with open arms, but instead, he just requires us to come to him. That is all. Simply to come lay our problems at his feet, and ask him for help. He does the work. God changes us, and heals our brokenness, and helps us change our bad habits IF we allow him to come into our lives and have his way. What most people don’t understand is that the things that we face in this world are not just mere physical battles and we can’t conquer them on our own- 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12)- the things that we battle are SPIRITUAL. The addiction is spiritual, the LUST is spiritual, the envy (jealousy) is spiritual, the depression is spiritual, the bondage is spiritual, the emptiness is spiritual, those voids are spiritual, and we DON’T have the power to battle or OVERCOME them on our own. We cannot successfully “DO” life alone. We were not created to do life alone- we were created to depend on God for everything. To me, the most beautiful thing about God is just how much he loves us. I mean think about it- take a moment and let it soak in how much God TRULY LOVES YOU. It says in Romans 8:38-39 “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” I mean how amazing is that? To know that the same God who raised Christ from the dead loves us UNCONDITIONALLY and that there is absolutely NOTHING that we could POSSIBLY do to make him stop loving us! I’m not telling you this so that you will feel like you can still live however you want to simply because God loves you- No. That’s not at all my point. My point is that Jesus loves you more than you could ever imagine, and that it doesn’t matter what bad things you’ve done in your life; he still loves you just as much! So stop beating yourself up about your past. If you have accepted Jesus Christ into your life as your Lord and Savior, you are a new creature! All of your sins have been washed away, and all of your mistakes have been forgiven. If you have not accepted Jesus Christ into your life, my question is: what are you waiting for? God is waiting for you to acknowledge him, and for you to give your life to him. He is just waiting for you to call out to him. So, again I ask, what are you waiting for? Don’t do this life alone! He wants to help you! Allow God to come into your life, and heal you wherever you may be hurting, and allow him to fix whatever may be broken. If you are sick of living life on your own, and you want to truly have a relationship with Christ- if you want to know that you are going to spend ETERNITY with him when you leave this earth, please read the prayer of salvation below. Salvation Prayer: Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess the Lord our God and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we shall be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself.Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life. AMEN. I believe that if you prayed that simple prayer, you made a transition from death to life. You now have a place to spend eternity- in paradise with our Lord and savior. You also have someone to walk with you and help you through every single thing that you will ever face on this earth. As always, thank you so much for reading. I ask that you please share this with someone who needs it. My prayer is that through these posts, lives will be changed. I understand that NONE of this is about me, but it’s all about HIM. I pray that everyone reading this will get saved if they are not already. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them! I love you all, and I’m praying for you. Have a great week. God bless! -Xoxo, Aaliyah
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