Know God Personally

I was recently in China where I was asked to preach at a church in Beijing, the capital city of 13 million. As I finished my message, I invited people to pray with me to receive Jesus Christ.

I said: If you just opened your heart to Christ, stand up and say out loud, �I believe.� About 85 Chinese stood up and said it in Chinese, and everybody applauded. Then I noticed an American at the back who had his hand up. So I said, What about you? He said in English out loud, I believe.

Later I found out that this gentleman was the top writer in Washington DC of a very important weekly magazine in America. He had actually heard me speak at Washington, DC Mall the previous month, but hadn�t made any commitment at that time.

But someone had invited him to hear me preach that night in China. He was covering President Bush�s official visit and that�s when he became a believer. He came all the way to Beijing to give his life to Jesus Christ!

Jesus died and rose again so that anyone who believes in Him can enter into an intimate relationship with God anywhere in the world. You and I can actually know God personally for ourselves. That�s the beauty of the resurrection of Jesus Christ! But he leaves it up to us to make that decision.

St. Paul said in Acts 17:27, “He is not far from each one of us.” You can do it right now, wherever you are this Easter season. Raise your hand to heaven and say to the Lord, “I believe, Lord Jesus, I believe!”