spirit in the room. all the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. i got up and went to the door. a white-headed man was there. he stopped me and said, the lord wants know speak to you. he wants you to know that even though you have never known an earthly father that god will be a better father to you than any earthly father could be. god knows the pain in your heart. he s seen you cry yourself to sleep at night. the idea was so overwhelming to me. he s like, do you want me to pray for you so that jesus can take the pain out of your heart? he put his hand on my shoulder and started to pray. it was as if the god of the universe showed up right in front of me and the first thing i noticed was that god was holy and good.
truth and the light. no man cometh to the father but through me. the only way to the father god is through his son jesus christ. now why jesus? he s the only one that was born into this world without sin. but more than that, he was the righteous one. when you come to him, you are clothed in his righteousness. god no longer sees your sin. he no longer sees your own heart. he sees jesus. now, i don t understand all about it. there are many things about the cross and b about salvation that i do not understand. i m not told that i have to understand it all. i m told that i m to believe. and anybody can believe. a blind man, a deaf man, an old person, a young person can
person going through real things. i thought of him as this fairy, off, distant person. he brought it home to me and start eed about jesus being bean and being whipped for a crime he didn t commit and the skin being ripped off his back and him having to, in the midst of his pain, carry this cross up a mountain and being pinned to it. it was so vivid to me it was like i could see this happening to jesus. i remember him saying how dare you tough guys call my jesus a punk? you know? look what he went through. then the preacher said, do you not know you have been bought with a price? it came to a head. it was like, wow.
today, i m asking you to put your trust in christ. i m going to ask you to pray this prayer sentence by sentence after me. dear heavenly father, i know that i m a sinner. and i ask for your forgiveness. i believe you have died for my sins and rose from the dead. i turn from my sins. i repent of my sins. i invite you to come into my heart and life. i want to trust and follow you as my lord and savior. in jesus s name, amen. he s alive. i have given my life not to a dead christ but to a living
spirit in the room. all the hairs stood up on the back of my neck. oh, this is really weird. i got up and went to the door. a white-headed man was there. he stopped me and said, the lord wants me to speak to you. he wants you to know that even though you have never known an earthly father that god will be a better father to you than any earthly father could be. god knows the pain in your heart. he s seen you cry yourself to sleep at night. the idea was so overwhelming to me. he s like, do you want me to pray for you so that jesus can take the pain out of your heart? he put his hand on my shoulder and started to pray. it was as if the god of the universe showed up right in front of me and the first thing i noticed was that god was holy and good.