Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer.
Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. "Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. You are simply expressing your heart to God. Remember, this prayer is not a magical formula. Prayer of Salvation - Say It & Mean It Now!ĭo you agree with everything you have read so far? If you do, don't wait a moment longer to start your new life in Jesus Christ. " For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16). All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made" (John 1:1-3).īecause God could only accept a perfect, sinless sacrifice, and because He knew that we could not possibly accomplish that, He sent His Son to die for us and pay the eternal price. With Christ as our standard of perfection, we're now acknowledging faith in Him as God, agreeing with the Apostle John that: " In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Prayer of Salvation - Professing Faith in Christ as Savior and Lord " For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21). The prayer of salvation, then, recognizes that Jesus Christ is the only human who ever lived without sin. The glory of God that we fall short of is found only in Jesus Christ: " For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6). To sin is simply to fall short of the mark, as an arrow that does not quite hit the bull's-eye. As the Bible says of everyone, save Christ alone: " For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're admitting that we've sinned. That demonstration of faith pleases God, because we have freely chosen to know Him.
So, when we pray, asking God for the gift of salvation, we're exercising our free will to acknowledge that we believe in Him. The Bible tells us that " without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6). By the faith He has given us, we choose to believe in Him. When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're letting God know we believe His Word is true. Prayer of Salvation - It Begins With Faith in God We ask Jesus to come into our heart, take up residence there, and begin living through us. We admit we are ready to trust Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. We confess our past life of sin - living for ourselves and not obeying God. We acknowledge that Jesus Christ is God that He came to earth as a man in order to live the sinless life that we cannot live that He died in our place, so that we would not have to pay the penalty we deserve. When we're ready to become a Christian, we're ready to have our first real conversation with God, and these are its components: The "prayer of salvation" is the most important prayer we'll ever pray. Prayer of Salvation - Our First Real Conversation With God Home > Prayer Of Salvation Prayer Of Salvation