https://odb.org/2023/10/04/finding-life-2
I was fascinated by Jesus the day I started reading the English-Malay New Testament that was on the bookshelf of my home. I think I was probably around 9 or 10. It was only when I was 14 that I started taking classes on Jesus Christ that I finally accepted Christ into my life. I have now known and served God for 40 years, and I can testify to His goodness in the well-being of those dearest to me, my beloved wife, and my two boys who are now young adults. My family is indeed testimony that with God in our lives, we have indeed become better from a socio-economic perspective. For example, both my boys have enjoyed stints overseas for their studies when I myself only barely scrapped through entering a local university, something that would have been impossible if not for some government assistance. Back then, my family just had enough for our daily living.
It is also true that after I accepted Christ, my sister, father and mother followed suit, thus affirming Acts 16:31 – believe in the Lord Jesus, you and your household will be saved. Since those days, my family and I have served God in various capacities, and I can testify that both my parents have done so until their dying breadth here on earth.
This journey of Godly blessings in a life lived for God, and His purposes however begins with a personal confession of turning away from sin and accepting Jesus Christ into my life as my personal Saviour and Lord. It is personal to me and is personal to everyone in the family, and yet the blessings of God flow to all. It is my prayer and hope that my two sons will likewise perpetuate this legacy of faith that the hand of God will continue to be with our family for generations to come.
If any of you haven’t accepted Jesus Christ into your lives and you want to do so, pray and confess the following sinner’s prayer:
Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and 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, I pray.
Make it personal as it has to be a personal confession and prayer in order that we may indeed find life in God, living for eternity with God one day.
For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son that whosoever believed in Him shall not perish but have life eternal (John 3:16).
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