God has a plan to give us something beyond what we can comprehend.

It isn’t a ritual.

It isn’t a guilt-based response.

It isn’t a list of things that we must accomplish.

It is a ticket to freedom that we cannot explain until we experience it.

It is the gift of being “born again” and to walking into a new identity.  Jesus talked about it in John 3.

John 3 3 In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.

The gospel message is simple:

God loves us in spite of our rejection of Him.

God gives His son for us.

We return to Him by receiving Him.

Being born again is not about “doing something”.  It is about taking off the baggage of the world and surrendering to God Almighty.

It is about coming to the realization that we are chasing the wrong prizes for the wrong reasons.

It is about becoming free of measuring up.

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.

Jesus loves us so much.  And not because of what we have done.  He loves us because we belong to Him.

For most, this is not enough.  It makes no sense because how can someone who has DONE nothing be given the ultimate GIFT?  But that’s just it.  It is a gift.

Ezekiel 36  26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Romans 8 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

My Independence Day this year came on the banks of Lake Powell.

It was orchestrated and ordained by a God who loves me (and you) too much to let us just fall through the cracks.

It was orchestrated by a God who faced off with Satan and took a punch on our behalf.

It was orchestrated by a God who loves us so much that He gives us a gift to open so that we can choose Him and reject the world.

It was orchestrated by my Father … the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

And it is received by any person who decides that we don’t have to stand and burn in Hell when we can kneel and live in paradise.

Our surrender feeds us better than a trip to Maui, or a sunset, or any beautiful item that the world has to offer.

To Seth … and Steve … and Jaron … and Aiden … and Jordan … and Abrielle … and Justine … and Peabo … and to anyone else who would dare surrender to the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Counselor, the Redeemer, and the King:  Hallelujah.

And to anyone who wants to be baptized as an initial act or as an act of recommitment … Call me:  720-448-2628.

I will meet you … at McIntosh … at the ocean … at the tub … or anywhere else.

Surrendering to Jesus is the greatest decision that you could ever make.

Don’t miss it.

All my love.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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Coach J