Good Morning!! Receiving Christ is not like picking up the mail, or downloading a song,...it's more of a posture of the heart. A person comes to God with queries, discontents, and bewilderments, but mostly with a heart open to God. "Teach me, Lord, your deep truth, and let me walk with you today."
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.—John 1:12, 13 (NIV)
For most, it breaks down like this: a person who has rarely if ever, submited to anyone realizes that God’s love draws them to yield. There is resistance, sometimes postponements,...but at last, relief and assurance, that God can be trusted,...and received as "Lord of our life." They come to believe that Jesus died for them,...and now confess that their loyalty, love, and life belong to Him.
Receiving Christ is the gateway to understanding all that God wants to teach us,
...and experiencing all that he has to give us.
We receive You, Jesus, and we know You to be the risen Lord,...our Saviorour,...and our Leader. Amen.
"No matter how difficult of a time you may be going through, you always have a long list of blessings for which you can thank God."
(STAND FIRM, Lifeway Publications, November 25, p. 34
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