Facts of Life and Good News
Fact: God created us.
Good news: He still watches over us!
Fact: God loved us.
Good news: He still does!
Fact: We rejected God's love and chose to live by our own rules.
Good news: God still loved us!
Fact: We messed up our own lives and the world.
Good news: God has offered a way to fix it!
Fact: We deserve to die to pay for the damage we have done.
Good news: God himself came, in human form, as Jesus, and paid for what we have done wrong.
Fact: We can not do anything to get ourselves out of this trouble. We are going to die.
Good news: God has done it! Jesus paid to pay our penalty but he came back from the dead. He says if we believe and turn from our ways, He will save us.
Fact: We are headed for eternal destruction after we die.
Good news: God offers us Eternal Life. If we will just believe, confess our wrong-doing, and ask for His forgiveness.
Fact: We still can't always do what is right.
Good news: We surrender control to God and He will make us new and guide us to a life that is better than we would have planned.
Won't you ask for this gift?
Talk to God. Acknowledge that you have messed up
and that you have hurt others and that you have broken
His rules. Ask Him to forgive you. Acknowledge that you
know Jesus came and died for you. Ask Him to take
control and straighten you out.Once you do this, you have begun a relationship with
with God. Now you need to get to know Him.You can get to know Him by talking with Him and listening for Him talking to you in your heart, and reading the Bible (which is His word and love letter to you). You may also like to check out the resources at one these links.
