--Blessings, and thank you for coming to visit the 'Good News/ Internet Evangelism' forum.

Jesus loves you with an everlasting love and underneath are His everlasting arms.
You may have heard some people say, "I don't want to be tied down to a religion with rules and regulations."

Jesus is offering you eternal life by accepting His free-gift of salvation. Following Jesus is not rules, it's LOVE. 'We love Him because He first loved us and gave himself to die so we might be saved.'
It is not easy being a Christian. It wasn't easy for Jesus, as He died that horrifying, brutal death on the Cross. But He knew if He did not pay our sin-debt, we could not ever make it to Heaven. "Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sin." And that payment had to be pure, untainted and spotless. Jesus never sinned. NEVER! Yet, He died to allow us a sure path to spend eternity with Him, if we accept His 'free-gift' of salvation. Say 'Yes', to Jesus and have eternal life in Heaven.

Life's path is often difficult. So if we expect that God will always give us an easy road, we may be tempted to turn our back on Him when the terrain gets tough.

If you've ever considered doing that, think about the people of Israel. When they were given freedom from the Egyptians after hundreds of years of bondage, they took off for the Promised Land. But God didn't send them straight home. He "did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter" (EXODUS 13:17). Instead He sent them on the hard road through the desert.

God used that time in the desert to instruct and mature the people He had called to follow Him. The easy road would have led them to disaster. The long road prepared the nation of Israel for their successful entry into the Promised Land.

Our God is faithful, and we can trust Him to lead us and care for us no matter what we face. We may not understand the reason for the path we are on, but we can trust Him to help us grow in faith and maturity along the way.~~

"Lord, we cannot see the path ahead, so we must trust that the way is right and that it is the best road for us to take. Please encourage us, and teach us as we let You direct our path. I give my life to You, please carry me through this brief life, so I can spend eternity with you. I repent of my sins, and confess that I need You to help me, in Jesus Name. amen~"
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