God knows your heart and He is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. The following is a suggested prayer
Lord Jesus, thank you for loving me. I accept that I need you. I open the door of my life and receive you as my Lord and Savior. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person you want me to be. Thank you for forgiving my sins. Thank you for coming into my life and listening to my prayer, according to your promise.
Does this prayer express the desire of your heart?
If it does, then you can pray this prayer right now and Christ will come into your life, as He promised.
How to be sure that Christ dwells in you?
Did you invite Christ to come into your life? According to His promise on Revelation 3:20 “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me,” He says he will come into your life. He wouldn’t lie to us. How could you be sure that God answered your prayer? Because God is Faithful and His word is truthful.
The Bible promises eternal life to all those who receive Christ
“And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5:11-13)
Be grateful because Christ is in your life and he will never forsake you (Hebrews 13:5) You can be sure that the living Christ lives in you and that you have eternal life since the very moment you invited Him in, trusting in His promise. He won’t deceive you.
If you made this prayer, we will be pleased to know you and to pray for you in this your new life. Please contact us, writing as title “New Believer”
What if I don’t feel anything?
Our trust is in God’s promise and not in our feelings. Christians live by faith in God’s faithfulness and His word. A train illustrates the relationship between the fact (God and His Word), faith (our trust in God and His Word) and feelings (the result of faith and obedience) (John 14:21)
A train runs with or without wagons. However, it would be useless for the wagon to try to make the train run. The same way, we as Christians don’t depend on our feelings or emotions, but we put our faith in God faithfulness and the promises in His Word.
In the moment that you, in an act of faith, received Christ, many things happened. Here are some:
The spiritual growth is the result of trust in Christ. “The righteous will live by faith” (Galatians 3:11) A life of faith will train you to trust God in every detail of your life to be able to practice:
C onverse with God in prayer everyday (John 15:7)
H and your worries over to God (Psalm 55:22)
R esort to the Bible, studying it daily (Acts 17:11) you can start with the Book of John
I nsist in trusting God in every aspect of your life (1 Peter 5:7)
S eek to be filled with the Spirit of Christ. Allow him to live His life in you (Galatians 5:16-17; Acts 1:8)
T estify about Christ to others (Matthew 4:19; John 15:8)
In the Bible (Hebrews 10:25) we are exhorted “not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together”. Christians, as embers of fire, burn when together. When separated, these embers will turn off. If you don’t attend church don’t expect until someone invite you. Show some initiative, call or visit a church member of a nearby church where Christ is exalted and where the Gospel of Jesus is shared. Begin as soon as possible, and make plans to assist regularly.