I apologize to the ones reading my blog that I have not posted this sooner. It is most important that all people know Jesus! So I should have done this a LONG time ago, to be a witness on here.
I grew up in the Lutheran church. I knew of God and about things of God. If you would have asked me then, I would have said, yes, I believe in God, yes, I believe that Jesus died for my sins. But I realized, even then, that I didn't have something in my life, something was missing. I did not know Jesus in my heart. I did have head knowledge of God, but I had not taken Jesus into my heart. I did not understand true belief. I had asked God to come into my heart back then, but didn't truly come to Him. Maybe that is hard to understand for some.
I did not receive Jesus at that time. I went through confirmation where a child learns more of the Bible and after 8th grade gets confirmed, saying they believe. I had a pastor from MY church ask me if I knew Jesus. I was kind of confused about his question. Why would he ask me that since I was going to his church. Of course I believed. He made me nervous at his question. For our high school Sunday School class, the teacher's daughter was in the class, and asked how do we know who is going to heaven? The teacher could not tell us, who was going to heaven. It made me feel sad. Could a person not know that they where going to heaven? Wasn't she as the Sunday School teacher supposed to help us understand how to get to heaven?
We were asked on a private poll in confirmation class if we knew we where going to heaven or not. Most of us answered that we were uncertain. The teacher then asked us why we were uncertain. I think it was answered back how could we know? So much uncertainty! I don't remember what else was said that day.
This I do know now! I met Andy, and started to go to a Baptist church with him. (A church does not save you, but I believe that the Baptist church has the most Bible-led beliefs) I learned that you could know that you are going to heaven. I learned that you can get saved to know this. That a person needs to have Jesus in their heart. "But as many as received Him, to them gave he power to become the Sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." John 1:12 I had to believe, really believe, in my heart. "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13 I needed to call on Jesus in real belief. I took a few years to get truly saved. Andy should not have even dated me because I was not a Christian. But he didn't give up on me. God didn't either. I married Andy in May 1999. I did not get saved until January 2000. That is when I received Jesus into my heart. That is when I was ready to give God my all.
I do not believe that a certain prayer will save you. But a person needs to truly repent of their sins, and take Jesus into their heart. Head knowledge is NOT enough. The devils even believe in God! I prayed in my heart, the day I got saved. I was so upset about my lost condition that I had trouble talking, I was crying pretty hard. I knew that I was ready to get saved, so I took Jesus into my heart that day, twelve years ago this month! Wow!
Do you know that you are saved? Please, if you are not saved and are reading this, get saved today! Call upon the name of the Lord. Mean it in your heart. He will save you! If you need more scripture, tell me, I would be glad to help. Believe, truly believe today!
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