Self Worth (June Hunt Hope for the Heart) Read Online Free PDF Page B

(Romans 8:15–17)
How to Have a Changed Life
    Are you ready to believe what God says about you? Will you let Him change your view of yourself? Jesus said, “You must be born again” (John 3:7). But what does this mean? God has provided four truths that will help you understand your worth through a new birth.
F OUR P OINTS OF G OD’S P LAN :
    #1 God’s Purpose for You is Salvation.
    What was God’s motive in sending Christ to earth?
    To express His love for you by saving you! The Bible says ...
    “God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16–17)
    What was Jesus’ purpose in coming to earth?
    To forgive your sins, empower you to have victory over sin, and enable you to live a fulfilled life! Jesus said ...
    “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10)
    #2 Your Problem is Sin.
    What exactly is sin?
    Sin is living independently of God’s standard—knowing what is right, but choosing what is wrong. The Bible says ...
    “Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” (James 4:17)
    What is the major consequence of sin?
    Spiritual “death,” eternal separation from God. Scripture states ...
    “Your iniquities [sins] have separated you from your God. ... For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Isaiah 59:2; Romans 6:23)
    #3 God’s Provision for You is the Savior.
    Can anything remove the penalty for sin?
    Yes! Jesus died on the cross to personally pay the penalty for your sins.
    “God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” (Romans 5:8)
    What can keep you from being separated from God?
    Belief in (entrusting your life to) Jesus Christ as the only way to God the Father. Jesus says ...
    “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)
    #4 Your Part is Surrender.
    Give Christ control of your life—entrusting yourself to Him.
    “Jesus said to his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross [die to your own self-rule] and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul?’” (Matthew 16:24–26)
    Place your faith in (rely on) Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior and reject your “good works” as a means of earning God’s approval.
    “It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:8–9)
    The moment you choose to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior—entrusting your life to Him—He comes to live inside you. Then He gives you His power to live the fulfilled life God has planned for you. If you want to be fully forgiven by God and become the person God created you to be, you can tell Him in a simple, heartfelt prayer like this:
    PRAYER OF SALVATION
    “God, I want a real relationship with You.
I admit that many times
I’ve chosen to go my own way
instead of Your way.
Please forgive me for my sins.
Jesus, thank You for dying on the cross
to pay the penalty for my sins.
Come into my life to be
my Lord and my Savior.
Change me from the inside out and make me
the person You created me to be.
In Your holy name I pray. Amen.”
What Can You Expect Now?
    If you sincerely prayed this prayer, you can know that you are forever a member of God’s family, forever loved and forever accepted by Him!
    “To all who received him [Jesus], to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (John 1:12)

STEPS TO SOLUTION
    One day at the orphanage, Dorie sat riveted at the