SPECIAL INVITATION WAITING FOR YOU!
Where to start?
The Good News
The Gospel of Jesus our Messiah and Savior
NOTE:
Always try to click on the “pink” words to check for a link.
Whether you are a NEW follower of Jesus,
you have rededicated your life to Him, or a “seasoned” Christian,
start here and go through the steps below to make sure your soul is ready to spend eternity with Jesus!
It will be worth your time to make sure.
Jesus will bless your efforts and obedience.
THEN…
Share The Good News Gospel that you have received with others to make sure they are ready too!
That’s what Jesus has called us ALL to do!
If you aren’t sure how to share the Gospel, begin by sharing what Jesus has done for you.
Share your testimony.
Then,
Send them the link to this page so that they can follow the steps too.
We never have to worry about what we will say
because scripture says that the Holy Spirit will always give us the words and speak through us.
You are NOT responsible for the outcome of sharing with someone,
you are only responsible for being His willing vessel to share His love.
Luke 12:12
“Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you.
And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28: 19-20 KJV
What is Salvation?
Before moving forward in the steps below, this question must be answered.
Salvation comes when you finally turn to Jesus and cry out to Him to save your soul,
and you invite Him into your heart to be Lord of your life.
This happens when you come to the end of yourself,
broken, and in the pit of life crying in despair
while coming to a crisis of belief, and realizing that you have NO control over anything.
You have come to the crossroads in life
where you realize you can’t do life on your own anymore and must choose
between Life or death.
For many, it comes when you reach the point of ending your life
because you are hearing the lie over and over in your head
that your life is worth nothing and that there is no way out, but death.
Well, that part is true. There is no way out, but death.
BUT,
Jesus offers a different kind of death than the enemy offers.
Jesus came to earth as the Son of God
to die on the cross for your sins so that you could live in eternity with Him.
All you have to do is believe, repent of your sins, and invite Him into your heart.
When you do this, your old self dies and you are reborn as a new creation and made one with Jesus.
Then, get baptized so that all your sins can literally be washed away in the watery grave,
and be made clean and new with Jesus.
(Described in steps below)
Step 1
SALVATION
Ready to invite Jesus into your heart?
Keep it simple.
Do the ABC’s and repent today.
- A: Admit that you are a sinner.
(Romans 3:23, Isaiah 64:6, Ephesians 2:8-9) - B: Believe in your heart that Jesus is the son of God and that He died for your sins and rose from the dead.
(John 3:16-18, 1Corinthians 15:1-4) - C: Call on Jesus. Repent of all your sins. Invite Jesus into your heart, and ask Him to show you the way.
(Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Romans 10:9-13, Luke 15:7, John 14:6, 1John 1:9) - ‘S: Stop sinning.
When you invite Jesus into your heart, it is time for intentional sinning to stop. Turn from your old sinful life and follow Him in all His ways. God tells us in Deuteronomy 30:11 that it’s NOT TO HARD! Allow the Holy Spirit to teach you all things; Jesus sent Him to comfort and teach us.
Begin by studying the book of John, then the book of Romans. Then the Holy Spirit will tell you where to go next.
(My suggestion, go back to the beginning – Genesis, and study straight through Revelation. Learn the “whole” story God breathed for us to live by. Go to the Resources tab to grab a Genesis journal to help you with your new journey through His Holy Word.) (Deuteronomy 6:5, 5:29, 5:33, Zechariah 4:6, Matthew 22:37, Luke 9:23, 1John 2:27, 1John 5:3, 2Timothy 3:16)
Note: Your new life with Jesus will not only require you to turn from your sins, it will require purging that will include old friends that you lived in sin with. All things, people, and places that are part of your former sinful life must be removed; ALL temptation must go! LOOK UP AND KEEP YOUR EYES ON JESUS! I promise God will give you an opportunity to make new friends who will be your brothers and sisters in Christ, who will help you on your new faith journey with Jesus.
“I have swept away your sins like a cloud.
I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist.
Oh, return to me,
for I have paid the price to set you free.”
Isaiah 44:22
Can you feel the love of Jesus now?
Did you know that scripture says we “live” in God’s embrace: an eternal God-hug?
He says we dwell between His shoulders. That’s a hug!
“The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him;
and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and
💓 he shall dwell between his shoulders.” 💓
Deuteronomy 33:12
NOW…LISTEN UP!
Your IDENTITY is in God.
He says you are:
CHOSEN, HOLY, AND
DEAR LOVED!
God says, you are the apple of His eye (Deuteronomy 32:10).
It was He, Emmanuel (=God with us),
that has been with us every step through our time in the wilderness.
We were, and are, never alone! (Psalms 73:23, Matthew 28:20)
He taught us that one of His names is (GOD WITH US) so that we would know.
Give grace to those who didn’t teach you this in church. They may not have known either.
Now you know who you are!
You are His! You are His Salt & Light. You are who He says you are!
You NO LONGER have to believe the things others say about you.
AND, IT IS TIME TO STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP,
LABELING YOURSELF WITH NEGATIVE NAMES AND TITLES THAT GOD DOES NOT SAY ABOUT YOU!!!
If those names and titles others have tagged you with and you have repeated over yourself
are NOT in God’s Word, then toss them out! Don’t wear them!
Only call yourself what God calls you.
You can only know what that is
if you study His Holy Bible and His promises to know who He says you are.
He is your Creator, so only He can tell you who you are.
Jesus even teaches us what to do to be like Him in The “Be-atitudes.”
These attributes don’t happen immediately after salvation,
you must ask the Holy Spirit to teach you these things
and invite Him to transform you to be more like Jesus.
It’s doable or Jesus would not have said to do it.
Repent, Receive Salvation,
& Find Freedom.
“Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing,
that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.”
Romans 15:13
NOW, IT’S TIME TO GET BAPTIZED!
Step 2
WATER BAPTISM
Why be baptized with water?
Those who are baptized
are following Jesus’ example and instruction.
Can a follower of Jesus go to Heaven if they haven’t been baptized yet?
YES!
(Click the “Yes” to be reminded what Jesus said. Focus on Jesus, NOT the thief.)
Then why be baptized?
Good question.
Even Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist.
He set the example for us to show that it is an important part of the process for your transformation into
who God created you to be.
After Jesus was baptized, the Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove and “alighted” Him.
He literally “lit” Him up for His ministry; His purpose God sent Him to do on earth.
It’s the same for us!
Through our baptism (totally submerged in water)
the Holy Spirit lights us up for our purpose for which God created us.
For humans, not Jesus in the flesh,
it is also important for us to be baptized
so that our old sinful flesh and mind, can die in the watery grave that we are baptized in.
Through our Baptism, we are crucified with Christ and made one with Him!
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20
We go down into the water as wicked sinners,
THEN,
Jesus pulls us out of the water –
washed, cleansed, and transformed into a new person, made one with Him regardless of who you are.
We die in that watery grave and we are reborn to be one with Jesus.
If that isn’t enough to convince you, and you are still unsure if you need to be Baptized, or even Baptized again, click here to find answers to all your questions before proceeding, including questions like:
How old do you have to be for Baptism?
Matthew 3:16–17 | Matthew 28:18–20 | Acts 2:38 | 2Corinthians 5:17 | Hebrews 10:22 | Titus 3:5
What is the significance of water baptism?
You are following Jesus’ example!!
- By faith you are allowing the Holy Spirit to cleanse and transform you as you are going through the process of washing away your sins as your old self dies in the watery grave and coming up cleansed and transformed into a new creation; one with Jesus.
- It is an act of death and resurrection with Jesus.
- The old you has died, NO LONGER ALIVE! And the NEW YOU is BORN and made ONE (1) with Jesus!!!
(John 14:20, Galatians 3:28) - There’s NO going back to the old self. It is dead and buried in that watery grave forever! So when the enemy, your old “friends”, or unbelieving family members that knew the old you try to make you question your new relationship with Jesus and tempt you to turn back into sin, stand boldly on God’s promises in His Holy Bible and tell that that person is dead and buried!
NOTE: When you are baptized according to “God’s Word”,
you will have an indescribable transformation experience as you encounter Jesus in the moment.
Why?
Because Jesus baptizes you with the Holy Spirit and Fire!
If you have been baptized before and did not experience this,
prayerfully consider being baptized again.
It is perfectly ok with Jesus for you to be baptized again.
Oftentimes churches will go through the process of baptizing through tradition, rather than focusing on the significance of the Baptism according to scripture. In traditional observance, you go down dry and come up wet, without having a personal experience with Jesus through the water.
When done properly according to scripture,
Jesus will meet you in the water and you will see and feel Him:
you will literally feel the change and transformation in your heart, mind, body, and soul.
If that has not been your experience, pray and seek guidance from the Holy Spirit.
He has a special blessing to transform you.
In fact, it could be He is leading you to do it again so He can bless you and cleanse you fresh
at this stage in your spiritual growth journey with Him.
Be obedient and receive His blessings!
Oftentimes, the Holy Spirit leads you to be Baptized again
after a major breakthrough in your journey with Him.
Trust Him. Follow Him.
If He tells you to get “dunked” again, do it. He has a purpose for this act of obedience.
Don’t be embarrassed to be baptized again!
That’s the enemy trying to keep you from the blessings for obedience that God has waiting for you. Look at another Baptism invitation by God as a fresh cleansing after He has healed a particular area of your life.
Acts 2:41 | Romans 6:4-6 | Galatians 3:26–27 | 1 Peter 3:21
What does God’s Word say?
“Then Peter said unto them,
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
Acts 2:38
“And now why tarriest thou?
Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
Acts 22:16
”Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.”
Hebrews 10:22
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
Colossians 3:1-3
“Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
let such as love thy salvation say continually,
The LORD be magnified.”
Psalms 40:16
More beautiful promises from God to encourage you:
Romans 6:3-4, 1Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 4:4-8, Galatians 3:27,
2Peter 1:1-4, Revelation 19:7, 22:17
Who should baptize you?
A Spirit filled born again believer in Jesus Christ the Son of God.
It does not have to be an ordained, Bible college graduate.
God anoints His wholehearted followers of Jesus to be disciples
to go out to all nations (all people groups) and spread His Good News Gospel,
to baptize, and to heal the sick.
Note: Beware of false prophets and teachers.
Pray for the Holy Spirit to guide you.
If you are unsure how to know who should Baptize you,
I have a recommendation for you.
People come from all over the world to be Baptized by this incredibly humble servant of God.
I am honored to call her friend and a sister in Christ.
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she travels to states around the US to reach the hungry for Jesus.
The Baptism events are beautifully named:
“Meet me in the water!”
Then what?
Step 3
“For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.”
Galatians 3:26-29
What happens AFTER Baptism?
That is a GREAT question!
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.”
2Timothy 2:15
Now that you have given your heart to Jesus,
and have been transformed and renewed through Baptism and have become one with Him,
it is important to dive directly into God’s Word, the Holy Bible,
that God breathed for our teaching of His truth.
Don’t allow the enemy to cause you to feel overwhelmed by the thought of reading the Holy Bible.
He does that to keep you from reading it at all.
God keeps it simple so His followers can easily learn and understand.
(I recommend the Kings James Version (KJV) study Holy Bible.
If you are not ready for the KJV,
then I would recommend the English Standard Version (ESV), or the New Living Translation (NLT ).
Not sure where to begin? Start studying the books of John, Acts, and Romans (in that order), in the New Testament. That is a good foundation to start. The Holy Spirit will lead you from there. God promised us in His Word that it’s not too hard to learn, study, and understand the scriptures.
It is NOW TIME to STOP
relying solely on others to tell you what the Holy Bible says!
It’s time for you to have a first-hand relationship with your Heavenly Father, Jesus your Savior, and the Holy Spirit – your Comforter and Teacher, and allow Him to teach you all things. You will discover that He has many truths hidden for you to find in His Word.
Before Jesus ascended into Heaven,
He told His disciples that He would send The Comforter to comfort them after He left
and to continue teaching them, and all the new followers,
all that they needed to know about God’s Word –
God’s instruction book for our lives! – The Holy Bible.
See: Jeremiah 31:33-34, 33:3, Proverbs 25:2, 1John 2:27, 2Timothy 3:16-17
In studying God’s Word one-on-one with the Holy Spirit as your teacher, Genesis thru Revelation, you will learn so many things, including, how to hear God’s voice in your spirit, how to recognize the conviction of the Holy Spirit as He teaches and protects you.
- You will learn how to pray, discover what He expects from you, how He wants to bless you, in addition to finding answers to any question you could ever think up.
- You will also learn who God is, how much He loves you, and who He says you are. It is in His Word that you will not only learn truth, and develop a deep relationship with The Father, you will also find your identity; who God says you are.
- You will no longer look to the world to define your identity in your success, achievements, and who the world says you are. Once you discover God’s truths and unlearn the lies you’ve been taught, you will be forever transformed and no longer feel the need to validate yourself in others.
- Through this new-found relationship with your Heavenly Father, your Savior – Jesus, and the Holy Spirit, you will learn how to discern between God’s truths, and the world’s lies. When you go all-in with Jesus, you will discover that He is truly all you need. Then you will find that you have this compulsion to share the love of Jesus with everyone.
- It is through a personal relationship with Jesus that you will finally find God’s peace – Shalom Peace, and be filled with His joy in all circumstances.
God created you to crave a love that only He can give. This is why you have never found satisfaction in this world. Once you taste of His goodness and His love for you, you will never want to look to the world again.
As a matter of FACT: as a child of God, this world is NOT your home, so there is no reason to take your eyes off Jesus to see what it offers. God has big plans for your eternal future. Keep your eyes on Jesus!
On this site:
You will find many helpful Holy Bible teachings shared to
encourage you and teach you deeper truths that come from
the entire Holy Bible, Genesis thru Revelation,
that we were not taught in church.
You will also find a growing list of tools on the Resources
tab to help you on your spiritual journey with Jesus, as well as,
Bible journals to help you begin your study journey in Genesis.
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For a great discipleship program
to learn more about your new faith in Jesus
and what you need to know to be a disciple for Jesus,
Do you want to be baptized in the Holy Spirit?
All you have to do is ask!
Mark 11:24
As a follower of Jesus, we believe that the Holy Spirit can fill you wherever you are.
Here is a simple prayer sample that we have provided to assist you in praying to receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
If you have not been baptized in the Holy Spirit and you want that today, pray something like this:
“Holy Spirit, I thank you for who you are. I acknowledge you as the Comforter, Advocate, and Teacher sent by God. I thank you for the gift of your presence in my life. Holy Spirit, I ask that you would remove my limited thinking and misconceptions about who you are and what you do. I confess today that I believe you can do anything! I humbly request to receive every fruit of the Spirit and every gift of the Spirit that you will impart to me. Thank you Jesus for baptizing me in the Holy Spirit and with fire. In the name of Jesus our Messiah, I humbly ask these things. Amen!”
Step 4
Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Who is the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit (also Holy Ghost, and Ruach Hakodesh in Hebrew) is our Helper, Comforter, Counselor, Advocate, and Intercessor.
Genesis 1:2 | Jeremiah 33:3 | Zechariah 4:6 | John 15:26 | Romans 8:26-27
What does He do?
- Holy Spirit comforts us, leads us, teaches us, reminds us, and reproves/convicts us. He tells us things to come.
- Holy Spirit does the will of the Father and tells us only what He hears from Him. He is our friend!
What are the Fruits of the Holy Spirit?
Love | Joy | Peace | Patience | Kindness | Goodness | Faithfulness | Gentleness | Self-control
What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
Do I have to be baptized in the Holy Spirit to be saved?
No. In receiving salvation, you are united with the Holy Spirit and are made one with the body of Christ.
Why be baptized in the Holy Spirit?
Those who are baptized in the Holy Spirit are filled with power from heaven and are following Jesus’ example.
Luke 24:49 | Matthew 3:11 | Acts 2:1-4 | Acts 8:14-17 | Acts 10: 44-47 | Acts 19:1-6
What is the significance of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit?
Being baptized in the Holy Spirit gives you supernatural empowerment, by the Holy Spirit, to share The Good News and allow Him to work through you with the evidence of His gift to you of a Heavenly prayer language that only He can interpret and use.
2 Timothy 1:6-7 | Romans 1:11 | 1Corinthians 14:2 | Acts 2:1-47 | Acts 19:6 | Jude 1:20-21 | Romans 8:26-27
Steps 1-4
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BE PREPARED!!!
Look up!
Eyes on Jesus
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All the steps above are about being prepared for the return of Jesus while there is still time.
According to the signs scripture tells us to watch for, we are living in the last days.
He is showing us all the signs He said He would show us so that we would know, and BE READY!
This is why it is so important to share the Gospel with others. Time is running out!
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Throughout the Holy Bible we are taught to keep our eyes on Jesus.
In the first testament of the Holy Bible, God speaks to us through Moses, teaching us all things we need to know to navigate through our life on this earth, AND what to do to plan to spend an eternity with Jesus in the New Heaven and the New Jerusalem at the end of time. Then God warns us through His appointed Prophets to know what is expected from God for His followers to be prepared for eternity. All throughout the first testament, God speaks about the coming Savior, Jesus; this is part of the hidden treasures in His Word that He wants you to seek and find with the help of the Holy Spirit.
Did you know that God begins talking about Jesus in Genesis 1:4? He even mentions Him in the Garden in Genesis 3:15. If you aren’t studying or looking to see what the Holy Spirit is trying to show you, you will miss it. Don’t be in a hurry to get through the Holy Bible. Allow the Holy Spirit to guide your steps and follow His pace through your studies in the Holy Bible. There is nothing more important that your one-on-one time alone with the Lord studying His Word together. It is through this time together that your relationship will grow and He will fill you with His indescribable Shalom-peace.
God’s Word gives us many scriptures of what signs to look for to know when we are living in the very last days of the last days in time. He is very clear that we will NOT know the day or the hour, but He is also very clear that He will show His wholehearted followers the signs that the time of Jesus sounding His trumpet is very close at hand.
It is such an exciting time to be alive knowing that we are seeing the signs that God, then Jesus, and then His disciples in the Holy Bible warned us to look for to know when we are living in the very last days!
Those days spoken of in the Holy Bible are NOW!
Look up! Keep your eyes on Jesus!
There is NOTHING in this world that is worth missing out on spending eternity with Jesus.
Scripture even says that in the New Heavens & the New Earth,
that God will live among us.
How beautiful is that promise?!?
Isaiah 5:20, 13:9-10, 26:20-21, 42:14-17, Nahum 1:2-7, Matthew 24,
Luke 12:35-40, 21:5-38, John 6:40, 14:3, Romans 5:8-9, 1Corinthians 15:51-52,
1Thessalonians 1:9-10, 4:16-18, 5:8-9,
2Timothy chapters 3 & 4,
Revelation 3:3, 10-11, 19:7-9, chapter 21
There is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven’t strayed away!
Luke 15:7