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Is that a new reality series? No, it IS reality. The ultimate sacrifice is the key to a truly ultimate makeover. I’ll be getting mine someday. You’re probably wondering what I mean. Well, when we get to Heaven, we’ll have a new body with the same soul. This is revealed in Revelation 21:3-5. No more aches and pains, no more sickness or tiredness. Won’t that be so awesome? Are you looking forward to that also? I hope so. If not, then I can tell you how you can be sure to join me in this Truly Ultimate Makeover.

This got long, but it is my story.

You see… when I was young, I grew up in church and I knew all about a lot of things out of the Bible. I didn’t really know until I was older (16) exactly what I needed to know. I knew I did things wrong. I didn’t obey my parents. I lied sometimes. I wanted things that weren’t mine or in other words, I wasn’t content with what God had provided. (Still something I combat daily.) These are all sins, you know, the wrong way to act or think. Actually, there were a WHOLE lot more I could list, but I just don’t think I need to. I started really learning about what Jesus did for me when I was 12 and was going to church with some friends a lot. I memorized many verses and found out some things from them in the process. I learned from Romans 3:23 that everyone sins and we just don’t deserve God’s glory. In fact, in Acts 6:23, it is written that sin leads to death, but it also gave hope which I’ll get to later. Once I realized I sinned, I knew I needed to do something about it and in Acts 3:19 I learned that I needed to repent, meaning to have a change of mind and heart about my actions and thoughts and then to actively change what I do or think. After confessing my sins and repenting of them, I knew from Acts 6:23 (that I mentioned earlier) and a verse that was etched in my heart, John 3:16, that God had sent Jesus for us and to give us everlasting life as a gift and it was all because He LOVES us. Also, from Acts 16:31 (Amie’s salvation verse) that believing on Jesus will save me. All of this took a few years to sink in. As I said before, I was 16 when I really pulled all of this together in my mind and figured out what it meant. I prayed a very special prayer and made Jesus my Saviour and Lord of my life. It has really changed my life. No, I am not free of sin all the time. I don’t sin as much and I have help with the temptations I have so I don’t give in much at all. When I do sin, I always feel awful, but I also know that I just need to ask forgiveness and God forgets about it. It is gone as far away as the East is from the West as it says in Psalm 103:12. He gives us a new outlook on life. Part of it is our willingness to let Him change us. Are you willing to stop hating others and start loving them instead? I have found that though I’m not always happy with someone, I don’t hate them. I still have a love for them that I don’t think I could have without Him in my life. Another thing I’ve noticed is the joy I have. No, it’s not happiness. It’s different, but I don’t know if I can explain it to someone who’s never experienced it. It’s always there even when I’m stressed out to the max and ready to explode or if I’m down in the dumps and just wanting to cry my eyes out. It never leaves me. The last change I’ll mention is that many people think of me as a crazy girl. Not insane crazy, what I mean is just plain weird crazy. That’s because we are told not to conform to this world with it’s sins and temptations. We don’t need to follow the crowd, but to be ourselves. I get to be ME, the person God made me to be and not just another follower of the “right” crowd.

Would you like to know how to make this decision for yourself? It’s quite easy. Romans 10:9 says it all. Just pray and tell God that you know you are a sinner and would like to ask forgiveness. You don’t need to mention anything specific, He knows them all, but after you ask for His forgiveness, He isn’t like a human, He will completely forget it. Then let Him know you believe in Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross for you and ask that He come be in your life and lead you. Once you’ve done this and really and truly believe it in your heart, you will be saved. Don’t worry if you have doubts sometimes afterwards. You can never lose your salvation. I do have a request. If you pray because of my site, please find a church and talk to the pastor. Get baptised. Baptism is a way to show others of this change in your life and symbolises your old self dying and being buried (going under the water) and your new self arising (coming up out of the water.) This is talked about in Romans 6:3-5.

Now I know not all churches believe exactly the same as I do, but I put on here not what I believe because it’s something I’ve just picked up from church or any pastor, but what I believe because I researched it in my Bible. I don’t want to start any arguments or debates, but to help anyone out there to know Jesus and His love.

Lord God, Bless the words I have written for use in Your kingdom and as always let Thy will be done. In Your name I pray, Amen.

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