The Answer

This world is in a state of disarray and chaos, people are losing loved ones, they’re losing jobs, they’re losing homes, it seems like when you turn on the news all you see is tragedy after tragedy. It saddens me to see it all, when it doesn’t have to be that way.

I’m here to tell you today that there is an answer out there, a solution to your every problem, a solution to your every hurt and heartache, a solution to all the chaos around you. If you have gone around in this life with things weighing you down, with depression, with having to turn to outside sources such as drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc… to feel some sense of calm, or to try to escape those things that are ailing you, you don’t have to do it any longer, you can stop right where you are and receive the solution to your every problem.

You can receive the love your daddy never gave you; you can receive the peace that the drugs only temporarily brought to you. I have the answer for you today. The answer that will dry every tear, the answer that will be the arms to comfort you when people leave you, the answer that will bring you a job in the midst of a declining economy, the answer that can purge you of all of the anger that has been burning in your heart. I have that answer if you will only receive it.

The answer that was given in love; that was given with the greatest sacrifice…life. The answer that does not condemn, that does not judge. I have the answer that forgives, the answer that forgets, the answer that shows mercy. I have the answer. And it is not a self help book, or a therapist, or doctor, it is someone though, that will show you unconditional love, someone that will help you up when you fall down, someone that will speak words of encouragement and not curses, someone that in the midst of the bad, will birth out a beautiful miracle. The answer, the solution, are you ready for it? Are you ready to believe that it exists? Are you willing to put yourself out there and believe no matter what anyone else might think? If you are, I have the answer for you…

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."

Yes the answer is Jesus, it might sound too simple to some of you, or people that claim to be “Christians” have turned you away from believing, but I’m a living testimony of someone who never grew up in the church, who when I came to the church was hurt and felt rejected by people. I went through depression, and bad relationships, but when I found God, the true and living God for myself, and not through any person or religion, I can tell you that He is all that I have said and so much more!

Some of you might say I’ll get saved after I get my life together, I could never go to God the way I am right now. Well I’m here to tell you that God loves you just the way you are, in all of your mess, in your hurt, in your pain, in your loss, in your mistakes. You are perfect in His sight. Believe me I came to God in all of my mess, and He cleaned me up, thank God that I didn’t have to try to do it myself, because it never would have happened in my own strength.

Isaiah 43:25 – “I, I am the One who erases all your sins, for my sake; I will not remember your sins.”

Psalm 103:12 – “He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.”

Some of you might say I don’t need to be saved, I’m a good person. You might be good, I considered myself good, I did not cheat, I didn’t do drugs, I didn’t physically hurt people, but it’s not about that. We need redemption because Adam made a choice to disobey God and man fell because of it, the only way that any of us can be redeemed from that is through another man, Jesus. He is the one that restores our right standing with God.

Romans 5:18-19 – “So as one sin of Adam brought the punishment of death to all people, one good act that Christ did makes all people right with God. And that brings true life for all. One man disobeyed God, and many became sinners. In the same way, one man obeyed God, and many will be made right.”

Acts 4:12 – “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Some of you might ask how do I get saved?

Romans 10:9-10 – “That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”

So if you desire to receive the free gift of salvation or if you are someone that has received salvation before in life, but has been away and you desire to recommit yourself to God, then please pray this prayer OUT-LOUD, and believe it in your heart…

Lord Jesus,
I’m calling on you right now
I believe you died on the cross for my sins
And that you were raised on the 3rd day
Lord Jesus
I ask you to forgive me
I ask you to come into my heart
And live your life in me
And through me
From this day forward
I belong completely to you
In Jesus Name
Amen!

If you just prayed this prayer we are rejoicing with you and the angels in heaven. You’ve just made the first step. Now I want to encourage any of you out there that do not have a church home to find one. Don’t just go to any church, visit different ones, and make sure that you are going somewhere where you can learn more about God, through the Word of God, make sure that you are learning something at your services. If you walk out of service and someone asks you how was church and what were they talking about and you can’t tell them, then you might not be in the right place. Or if you are somewhere and you’ve been there for a while but are not growing and maturing under the teachings, then continue to visit and pray and let God lead you to the right place to worship. God bless you all and welcome to the Kingdom!

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org