It's so great to hear that you asked Jesus to come into your life! When you made that decision and invited him into your life, it is important to know, did God hear you? Yes. First John 5:14 says, "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us." Jesus promised that He would enter our lives, if we ask him.

In Revelation 3:20 Jesus makes this offer, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." Did you open the door of your heart to God? If so, what did he say he would do? Would God mislead you?

In John 6:37, Jesus said, "All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out." And in John 10:27-29 Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand."

Jesus died on the cross for our sins, so that we could be in relationship with Him. He's not indifferent to the issue. He went to great lengths to bring us into relationship with him. Jesus took our sins on himself and covered us with his righteousness, making us fully forgiven and fully accepted by him. We don't have to first live good lives, or perform religious rituals, or spend years begging him. He is the one who made it possible for us to have a relationship with him. And we came to him based on what he did for us, rather than what we can do. He paid for our sins, in order to forgive us and come into our lives. First Peter 3:18 says, "For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God."

To grow in your relationship with God:

To get to know God better, spend time in his word (the Bible) asking him to reveal more of himself to you and for him to build your relationship with him. The Gospel of John (fourth book in the New Testament) is a great place to start.

And talk to him freely. We are encouraged to "Have no anxiety about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 4:6,7)

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