Welcome to you. You have arrived at a plain text page in the LoveAllPeople.org network of web pages. To visit our regular HTML web pages, please copy the link below, and paste it into your Internet Explorer or other browser. Blessings to you. - Rev. Bill McGinnis Link to copy => http://www.loveallpeople.org/chapellinks.html Dear Friend, I have a wonderful personal relationship with the Creator of the universe. I love Him, and He loves me. This relationship is by far the most important thing in my life. He wants the same relationship with you as He has with me. Here is your invitation . . . YOUR INVITATION TO COME TO THE LORD There is a banquet that is well prepared, And you are now invited to attend. No matter who you are, how great or small, You are invited as a child of God. Your Father will be waiting there for you. He hopes that He will see your smiling face. He has some special gifts prepared for you, But you can't get them if you do not come. And so I pray the Lord you will be there. In Jesus' holy name I pray for you. Amen. THE BASIC CONCEPT OF CHRISTIANITY "If you are ready to receive these thoughts, I pray the Lord will deliver them to you." 1. There is one God, Creator of the universe and everything within it. God exists outside of time and has total power over all things. 2. For His own reasons, God created mankind and gave us free will, to make choices without interference from Him. 3. The very first thing we did was to use this free will to rebel from God, that is, to go against His instructions to us. By our rebellion, we alienated ourselves from Him and cut ourselves off from the wonderful existence He had prepared for us with Him in His kingdom. 4. In the life of every person, there is a cosmic drama going on: Will this person end his rebellion against the will of God and return to God, or will he persist in rebellion and be forever cut off from fellowship with God? God is very interested in this drama, and He wants each of us to choose to come back to Him. But He will not interfere, and He will not make Himself so obvious that only one choice is possible. 5. The means for us to return to God is this: Accept His son Jesus as our personal saviour, give up our rebellion, repent of our offenses against His will, and let the personality of Jesus take control of our life. (The personality of Jesus is called "the Holy Spirit.") If we do these things, we will be forgiven for all of our wrongdoing, the Holy Spirit will dominate within us, and we will return to joyful fellowship with God, forever, in His kingdom. 6. God has provided us with complete instructions for our life, and these are contained within His Word, that is, the Bible, in its present form as we have it today. Without the Holy Spirit in us it is very difficult (maybe impossible) to understand the Bible. With the Holy Spirit, however, we will be given understanding of parts of the Bible as we need it and are ready for it. 7. Our proper relationship with God is this: He is God, we are the humans. He is the Creator, we are the created. He is the boss, we are the servants. Our only purpose is to please Him. If we voluntarily accept His plan for us, and go along with His program, He will provide for all of our needs and give us happiness beyond our fondest dreams forever. If not, we will be totally cut off from Him and filled with bitter regret, forever. The key to the whole thing is accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of our life. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) YOUR PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD Here's what it's like, according to King David of Israel, who knew the Lord well, before He came to earth as Jesus. Psalm 23: A Psalm of David 1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. * * * You, too, can have a wonderful personal relationship with the Lord. All you have to do is ask for it. THE LORD WILL TAKE YOU AS YOU ARE, TODAY You do not need to be perfect in order to be saved. You don't even need to be good. You don't need to promise in advance that you will immediately give up all your sinful behavior. Once He is in your heart, He will clean you up, and you will enjoy every minute of the process. But you have to let Him in before He can do His work on you. PRAYER OF SALVATION He wants to come in now: "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20) This prayer is for you to pray, yourself, when you are ready to let Jesus Christ come into your life as your personal Lord and Saviour. No matter who you are or what you've done, He can make you clean. "Personal Prayer Of Salvation" O Lord, I know that You are waiting here, For me to let You come into my life. I know that You are knocking on the door, And now I pray that You will enter in. * * * I pray that You will come into my life, As Lord and Saviour, ruling over me. I know that You are truly Son of God, I know that You have risen from the dead, I know that only You can save my soul. I need Your guidance, and I need Your love; I want to follow everywhere You lead. I truly do repent of all my sins; I feel remorse for evil I have done; I know that only You can make me clean. I turn my back on sin and look to You. I am forgiving all who did me harm, As You are now forgiving all my sins. And now as I commit myself to You, I pray that You commit Yourself to me. I pray that You will take me as I am, And draw me, step-by-step, into Your arms. In Jesus' holy name I pray, Amen. by William McGinnis, 1996, Public Domain *********************************************************** ><> Congratulations! If you prayed the prayer, sincerely, He has already come into your life, and you are now a Christian. At this point, many people feel a great sense of freedom and release. The very next thing you should do is tell somebody! Now that He is in you, ask your Lord to lead you to the best person to declare your new faith to. It might be someone special to you, or it might just be the very next person you see. Say something like this: "Guess what! I just accepted Jesus Christ as my Saviour!" After that, you are invited to join me on the Internet at Bill McGinnis Ministries . . . http://www.patriot.net/users/bmcgin/ministries.html When you get to Gospelgate, follow the link to "Home Page For The New Christian." This will give you some information you can use concerning your new life with the Lord. May God bless you! Yours in Christ, Bill McGinnis P. O. Box 2543 Alexandria, VA 22301 USA e-mail: bmcgin@patriot.net ************************************************************* ><>