Believe In Your Heart

Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is that the Jewish people might be saved. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For they don't understand God's way of making people right with himself. Instead, they are clinging to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law. They won't go along with God's way. For Christ has accomplished the whole purpose of the law. All who believe in him are made right with God. For Moses wrote that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. But the way of getting right with God through faith says, "You don't need to go to heaven" (to find Christ and bring him down to help you). And it says, "You don't need to go to the place of the dead" (to bring Christ back to life again). Salvation that comes from trusting Christ – which is the message we preach – is already within easy reach. In fact, the Scriptures say, "The message is close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart." For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved. As the Scriptures tell us, "Anyone who believes in him will not be disappointed.” (Romans 10:1-11 NLV).

Belief in Jesus is not just for the “then and there.” Faith is the ingredient that gives true zest to life. It does secure eternal life personally for us, but it also energizes us toward a positive lifestyle. The following are some simple suggestions to follow in your application of God’s salvation each day.

§ Believe in your heart that something wonderful is about to happen.
§ Love your life.
§ Believe in yourself and the potential God has placed within you.
§ Wake every morning with the awe of just being alive.
§ Discover each day the magnificent, awesome beauty God has created in our world.
§ Explore and embrace life in yourself and in everyone you see each day.
§ Amaze yourself and rouse those around you to the potential of each new day.
§ Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect; this is the essence of your humanity.
§ Let those who love you help you.
§ Trust enough to be able to take. Love enough to be able to give.
§ Look with hope to the horizon of today, for today is the special gift of God.
§ Let a little sun out as well as in. Let the joy of the Sprit of God within you permeate the world of those around you.
§ Create your own rainbows. Trust in the coming of Christ to set all things right. Know that the storms of life are only temporary.
§ Be open to all your possibilities.
§ Always believe in Miracles.

The presence of God is in your heart when you have exercised your faith, believing in Him. Trust in Him today!