A Prayer of Faith

Kim was a 16-year-old girl who came to my wife and me with a question.� She said, “I don�t understand why my prayers aren�t being answered.� It seems like I�m so distant from God.”� I asked Kim if she had ever opened her heart to Jesus Christ, and invited Him into her life.�� Kim said, “Well, I�ve tried, but it seems like it just doesn�t work.”

I told Kim that to receive Jesus Christ is really very simple.� It�s a step of faith.� Jesus says, “I stand at your door and knock.� If you hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to you and eat with you and you with me.”� So to receive Jesus Christ, you just say, �Lord, come into this heart of mine, forgive my sin, make me your child, and change me.�”

Can you relate to Kim�s experience?� Do you feel distant from God, and wonder why your prayers seem to �hit the ceiling,� so to speak?� Often people feel this way because they have never actually given their lives over to God.� They�ve never said, “Jesus, come into my life, and change me, forgive me.”� But that�s all it takes.� Are you ready and willing to make that commitment?� Why not bow your head right now, and pray that prayer of faith?