When God changes your heart, everything changes!

It doesn't take much to see that this society is in a moral decline. With each technological advance, you see still more examples of basic evil and cruelty towards the most defenseless in our society. How did we get in this situation? and What does God say about this?

The bible says that the source of all of the evil in the world is sin, and that we all have sinned. God's punishment for sin is death, and he sacrificed his beloved Son to satisfy that penalty for those who believe in him. Here is what the bible says about salvation.

"All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…" (Romans 3:23)

"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)

"What I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do…. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice." (Romans 7:15, 19)

"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

"God our Savior… desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." (1 Timothy 2:3-4)

"Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:4-6)

"He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (1 John 4: 11)

"God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world." (Galatians 6:14)

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." (1 Corinthians 1:18)

"He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1:11-13

Jesus said, "… he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (John 5:24)

Perhaps you have heard and believed His truths, but you lack the assurance that you have already "passed from death to life." If you long to receive His gifts of forgiveness and eternal life...

Confess (or acknowledge) who Christ is:

"If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

Confess your sins: Admit in prayer that you have sinned against Him. The words King David prayed may help you:

"Search me, O God, and know my heart... and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." Psalm 139:23-24

Repent: Express your willingness and desire to turn from all wrong ways and follow Jesus.

"I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance." Luke 15:7

Thank Him: Thank Him for the "exchanged life": taking your weak and sinful life and, in turn, giving you His good and perfect life, enabling you to know His will and share His triumph.

"Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." 2 Corinthians 5:20-21

Pray something like this, but ask Him to help and guide you:

"Dear Lord, I know I have sinned and don't deserve Your love. But I believe that You died for me, carried my sins to the cross and have forgiven me. Please purify and change my heart, then fill me with your Spirit. Only by Your life in me can I follow You and do what is right. Open my eyes and mind to know and love Your Word. I trust you to show me how to do your will ever each day."

"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)