Accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior means starting a forever friendship with Him. It’s like inviting Him into your heart to be your guide, your helper, and your best friend! Here’s how you can do that:
1. **Understand God’s Love:** First, know that God loves you SO much! He made you special and wants to have a relationship with you.
2. **Admit That You Need Help:** None of us are perfect, and we all make mistakes. These mistakes are called sin, and they can separate us from God. But God sent Jesus to fix that because He loves us.
3. **Believe in Jesus:** Jesus is God’s Son. He came to earth, lived a perfect life, died on the cross for our sins, and then came back to life! If you believe this in your heart, you’re ready to take the next step.
4. **Invite Jesus into Your Heart:** Talk to Him through prayer. You can say something like this:
“Dear Jesus, I know I’ve made mistakes, and I’m sorry. Thank You for loving me and dying for my sins. I believe You are alive, and I want You to come into my life. Be my Lord, my Savior, and my best friend. Amen.”
5. **Follow Jesus Every Day:** When you accept Jesus, you become part of God’s family! You can learn more about Him by reading the Bible, praying, and going to church. He will always be with you, helping you and guiding you.
It’s as simple as that! Jesus loves it when we come to Him with open hearts.
Bible verses to help you understand what it means to accept Jesus:
1. **John 3:16** – *”For 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.”*
This verse shows how much God loves us and explains that believing in Jesus is the way to eternal life.
2. **Romans 10:9** – *”If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”*
It teaches that both believing in your heart and saying it out loud are important steps to accepting Jesus.
3. **John 14:6** – *”Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”*
This verse explains that Jesus is the way to God and to a relationship with Him.
4. **Acts 16:31** – *”They replied, ‘Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.’”*
A reminder that accepting Jesus is about belief, and it can bring blessings to your family.
5. **Ephesians 2:8-9** – *”For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.”*
These verses help you understand that salvation is a gift from God, not something we can earn on our own.