A Reason to Believe

Remember that at one time you were separate from Christ, without hope, without God in the world.  You lived in your sins and transgressions and followed the ways of this world and the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.  We were like that at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinning nature.  We were, by nature, children of wrath.

But, He can set you free from this prison you and the powers that be on this earth have built around you.  God knows your heart and your ways.  Your days are like a breath; your days like a fleeting shadow.  Ask God to show you the way you should go...  He will answer you and show you a new day that bursts from the heavens above.

God realized that you would need a Savior and a Spirit from above to transform you into a new creation.  So, out of His mercy and love for you, He sent His Son to suffer and die on a Roman cross.  By believing on the power of the cross and trusting in the blood of Jesus to save you, and reconcile you unto Himself.  He will reach down from heaven and touch you, and give you a reason to believe.

God will raise you up with Christ and seat you with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of His grace, expressed in his kindness to you in Jesus.

You see it is by grace you have been saved through faith in Jesus---and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God---not by works, so that no one can boast.  For you are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Once you were far away, but now you have been brought near by the blood of Jesus.

At the cross He beckoned me, and as I saw Him hanging between heaven and earth, I became so lost in love that I became "sweetly broken, wholly surrendered", He was so bruised and crushed, yet he reached out and said "you are forgiven". I was taken in by His outrageous love for me, through His crucifixion and death, He gave me:

"A Reason to Believe"

He gave me all He had, now I will give Him all I have; with honor and love.  Bless me with your Spirit Lord, so that I may know You and Jesus Christ, and be filled up with the Holy Spirit.  All that I need is to be with you in the Holy depths of Your heart.

MercyMe  Jeremy Riddle  Psalm 144  Ephesians 2, 3  Rod Stewart