The Sanctuary Of Ocala

Hard questions don't have easy answers, but they do have an answer. That answer is ultimately found in the God who created the universe and loves you unconditionally.

How do you find that God? How do you reach Him?

This is the Good News: God has come looking for you! He has reached out to you! Saying "Yes" to God begins with your desire to respond to His gracious Gift of Jesus Christ.

Here are some ways to help you do just that. Discover for yourself life the way it was meant to be. Receive God's Gift today!

Admit that you need a right relationship with God.

Pride keeps us from doing some of the most important things in life. Don't let your pride keep you from "the" most important thing in this life and the next! As the Scriptures say:

As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Romans 3:10)

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Rom 3:23)

Believe that God's Son Jesus Christ makes possible your having a right relationship with God.

There is nothing that you can do, no matter how good or great, to ever restore your relationship with God.

	To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. (2 Corinthians 5:19)

	That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:9-10)

Confess your sin to God and accept His forgiveness.

Everyone of us chooses to live our lives like we want to, taking charge, ignoring God, pleasing ourselves. That's what separates us from God. That's why we need His forgiveness.

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: (Acts 13:38)

Dedicate yourself as a fully devoted follower of Christ.

Receiving God's gift of forgiveness through Jesus Christ will set you in a direction exactly opposite of the one you've been going in because now you're following Christ.

And he said to them all, "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me." (Luke 9:23)

Express your faith in Christ publicly.

What God does for you in His Son Jesus Christ is the greatest thing that will ever happen to you. It requires a clear confession that you have given Him your very life.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9)

Would you like to recieve this forgiveness and start a new life by trusting in Christ as your personal Savior and Lord? If so, then I am going to ask you to pray this prayer:

"Dear Lord Jesus: I believe that You died on the cross for my sins, and that You arose from the grave. I know and acknow-ledge that I am a sinner. I repent of all sin I have committed against You, my fellow man, and myself, and I am asking you to forgive me and to save my soul. You said in your Word, 'Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.' And so, I am calling on Your name, Lord Jesus, to come into my heart and be my Savior. I now turn from my sinful life, I confess You as Lord, and ask you to keep me in my new walk with You. Amen."