A prayer for the lost. Lord, please lead them to Salvation
Heavenly Father
As we approach Your Throne of grace and mercy today, we thank You for Your loving kindness and gift of prayer. I ask Lord that you speak to hearts and minds. I pray that You lead the lost to see their need for You and Your saving salvation that offers love, security, peace and joy with a promise of eternal life. I ask that You bring them to repentance for their past, current and hidden sins and give them the words necessary to declare Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour.
Will You give them a new heart and spirit, one that can see who You really are, one that wants to seek You and Your righteousness.
You tell us in Your Word Lord that if we repent of our sins and confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord, and if we believe in our hearts that You raised Your Son from the dead in 3 days that we will be saved.
Admit that we are sinners and repent of our sins
Believe that Jesus died and rose again in 3 days
Call on Jesus, confess that He is Lord and ask Him into your life
Lord, I pray these things in Jesus's Mighty Name, Amen.
What being saved is;
Being saved is a life changing event -
but it's only the beginning of a life time
process encompassing sanctification
and change. It's about the gift of
Salvation, being saved from our sin
and the offer of eternal life in Heaven
with a new sin free body that never
ages, is never sick or dies.
It's about a change of heart - something that God initiates and stirs within us. It isn't something that 'we' do. He uses different means unique to each of us.
It's about acknowledging that there is a God - and that He sent His Son Jesus into this world to take the punishment that we deserve for our sin. That Jesus sacrificed Himself by dying on the cross.
It's about believing that Jesus defeated death - that God raised Him up back to life in 3 days and that this same power will also resurrect us who believe, from death. This is central to Christianity, it is our blessed hope.
It's about thanking Jesus for all that He's done for us - and from our hearts of gratitude, we ask Him to come into our lives, to be our Lord and Saviour.
John 6:44 - No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him;
Acts 3:19 Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.
Romans 10:10 - For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
What being saved isn't;
Being saved isn't a guarantee of eternal bliss if our hearts intention is to continue living in sin. As much as He loves us, God hates sin. It destroys us and other people.
The hidden deception and dangers of 'The Sinners Prayer'
"It isn't about a prayer you said one time. Its about the one time you repented and you continue to repent."
~ P Washer
What actually is repentance?
Repentance in the Bible involves a complete change of heart and mind, leading to different actions (Acts 26:20). Repentance recognizes that our sin is offensive to God. To repent is to make an about-face, a heart-directed turn away from self to God. ~ gotquestions.org