Veterans Day
Much like the modest veterans it honors, Veterans Day tends to quietly arrive and exit before the general public even takes note. Veterans Day is November 11. Are you ready?
With the inspiration and information held in this edition, you can be ready and able to encourage the veterans in your path. This should be a priority for every American.
It is time to honor and thank our nation's heroes. So many heroes are humble. They often look into the distance and say the real heroes are the "ones who didn't get to come back home."
When veterans say that to us, we frequently try to reply with this affirmative fact: We believe that all of the men and women who were willing to risk their lives for the sake of our freedom and safety are heroes. Yes, heroes indeed. Each one should be thanked.
As authors/recording artists, we have had the privilege of meeting many veterans and speaking and various events throughout the country. As millennials, we also have observed firsthand how many people lack understanding and, consequently, appreciation for the magnitude of what our veterans have done for us. It is up to you and up to us to share the truth.
Teach your kids and grandkids about veterans. For example, tell them the story one hero at a time. To start, tell them about Col. George "Bud" Day, whose story is a riveting example of unstopped determination and heroism.
We had the honor of meeting this extraordinary man. Singing for him was such an honor. And we'll never forget getting to visit with him. His story is a stellar account of what our country's brave men and women do to preserve and protect freedom:
In 1942, Sioux City, Iowa native Bud Day was a young 17-year-old and he had a heart for the USA. He pleaded for his parents to allow him to volunteer for the Marine Corps. This committed, courageous young man spent about 3 years in the Pacific during WWII. After the war, he went to college and then graduated from law school.
This smart, hardworking young lawyer felt compelled to step up once again to serve his country. In 1950, he joined the Air National Guard. Uncle Sam called him up for active duty a year later. Ultimately, Bud Day became a captain during the war. As a pilot, he flew fighter jets during the Korean War.
Serving in a total of three wars, Bud Day went to Vietnam. He had earned the rank of a major and he was in command of a squadron of F-100s. On August 26, 1967, ground fire hit Day's plane and destroyed its hydraulic controls. Suddenly, his plane steeply dove and forced him to parachute out. He smashed against the fuselage and broke his arm in 3 places. And, instead of receiving immediate medical care from a kind hospital team, Bud Day met North Vietnamese militiamen who captured him and marched him to a camouflaged underground shelter.
With tremendous courage and tenacity, the wounded warrior refused to answer his captors' questions. He stood true to his beloved country. He didn't fail his USA.
His ruthless captors staged a mock execution and hung him from a rafter by his feet. He was left there for several hours. But he didn't fail the USA.
The Vietnamese felt certain his substantial injuries would prevent him from escaping so they tied him up with loosely knotted rope. But, Bud Day was not a man to be stopped! On the fifth day of his capture, he managed to untie himself and escape. He was the only POW to escape from North Vietnam. However, on the second night of his escape, he was sleeping in thick undergrowth when either a bomb or a rocket landed nearby. The explosion gave him a concussion leaving him with blood in his ear and sinuses and shrapnel in his leg. Even in this furthered horrendous state of injury, he continued in his escape! He survived by eating berries and frogs and evading enemy patrols.
By the time of his 12th or 15th day of escape, he heard the whirring of U.S. choppers evacuating a Marine unit. He stumbled toward the sound. Dishearteningly, they left just as he got to the landing zone.
The following morning, North Vietnamese Army patrol shot Bud Day in the leg and hand and captured him. He was returned to the camp from where he had escaped. They tortured him.
A few days later, they moved him to the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" for more torture. Such physical anguish! Bud Day was suffering from his multiple untreated and infected wound as well as malnutrition. His fingers on both hands were curled into fists from all the torture. Bud Day regained some movement by peeling his fingers back and flattening them against the wall of his cell using his full weight.
And it lasted for over five years. Yes, over five years. For over five years, Day resisted the North Vietnamese guards who tortured him. Despite all of the torture and the years of imprisonment, Bud Day remained resilient and dedicated to the Lord and his country. And He never failed the USA.
One occasion in 1971 stands out as an example of his fighting spirit and unwavering resolve: Some of the American prisoners were gathered for a forbidden worship service. Guards burst in with rifles. Day stood up, looked down the muzzle of the firearms, and started to sing "The Star Spangled Banner." The other men joined him in song. Through God's help, their spirits continued to resist and fight the Vietnamese in the name of God and freedom.
Finally, Col. Bud Day was released on March 14, 1973. Three years later, President Gerald Ford presented him with the Medal of Honor. No man was more deserving. Yes, Col. Day was a remarkable man because of His Savior, who strengthened him in every moment. There are so words to describe his courage and extraordinary commitment to freedom and his Lord, Jesus Christ.
Yes, his story is a tremendous example of what our nation's heroes endure and sacrifice so that freedom can prevail.
Please. Share it with your family. Explain to them what our heroes really do for us. It is indeed clear that freedom is not free. This Veterans Day, do not let it go unnoticed.
Do not let any veteran enter and exit your path without your acknowledgement. Thank them. Share a gift with them. Pray for them. (Join our prayer group at PrayingPals.org.)
Remember the men and women like Col. Bud Day this Veterans Day. Take time to thank them. And take time to thank God for them. "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).
God bless you,Dr. Carrie Stoelting and Stacie Stoelting HudzinskiSisters and founders of Unite the USA
With the inspiration and information held in this edition, you can be ready and able to encourage the veterans in your path. This should be a priority for every American.
It is time to honor and thank our nation's heroes. So many heroes are humble. They often look into the distance and say the real heroes are the "ones who didn't get to come back home."
When veterans say that to us, we frequently try to reply with this affirmative fact: We believe that all of the men and women who were willing to risk their lives for the sake of our freedom and safety are heroes. Yes, heroes indeed. Each one should be thanked.
As authors/recording artists, we have had the privilege of meeting many veterans and speaking and various events throughout the country. As millennials, we also have observed firsthand how many people lack understanding and, consequently, appreciation for the magnitude of what our veterans have done for us. It is up to you and up to us to share the truth.
Teach your kids and grandkids about veterans. For example, tell them the story one hero at a time. To start, tell them about Col. George "Bud" Day, whose story is a riveting example of unstopped determination and heroism.
We had the honor of meeting this extraordinary man. Singing for him was such an honor. And we'll never forget getting to visit with him. His story is a stellar account of what our country's brave men and women do to preserve and protect freedom:
In 1942, Sioux City, Iowa native Bud Day was a young 17-year-old and he had a heart for the USA. He pleaded for his parents to allow him to volunteer for the Marine Corps. This committed, courageous young man spent about 3 years in the Pacific during WWII. After the war, he went to college and then graduated from law school.
This smart, hardworking young lawyer felt compelled to step up once again to serve his country. In 1950, he joined the Air National Guard. Uncle Sam called him up for active duty a year later. Ultimately, Bud Day became a captain during the war. As a pilot, he flew fighter jets during the Korean War.
Serving in a total of three wars, Bud Day went to Vietnam. He had earned the rank of a major and he was in command of a squadron of F-100s. On August 26, 1967, ground fire hit Day's plane and destroyed its hydraulic controls. Suddenly, his plane steeply dove and forced him to parachute out. He smashed against the fuselage and broke his arm in 3 places. And, instead of receiving immediate medical care from a kind hospital team, Bud Day met North Vietnamese militiamen who captured him and marched him to a camouflaged underground shelter.
With tremendous courage and tenacity, the wounded warrior refused to answer his captors' questions. He stood true to his beloved country. He didn't fail his USA.
His ruthless captors staged a mock execution and hung him from a rafter by his feet. He was left there for several hours. But he didn't fail the USA.
The Vietnamese felt certain his substantial injuries would prevent him from escaping so they tied him up with loosely knotted rope. But, Bud Day was not a man to be stopped! On the fifth day of his capture, he managed to untie himself and escape. He was the only POW to escape from North Vietnam. However, on the second night of his escape, he was sleeping in thick undergrowth when either a bomb or a rocket landed nearby. The explosion gave him a concussion leaving him with blood in his ear and sinuses and shrapnel in his leg. Even in this furthered horrendous state of injury, he continued in his escape! He survived by eating berries and frogs and evading enemy patrols.
By the time of his 12th or 15th day of escape, he heard the whirring of U.S. choppers evacuating a Marine unit. He stumbled toward the sound. Dishearteningly, they left just as he got to the landing zone.
The following morning, North Vietnamese Army patrol shot Bud Day in the leg and hand and captured him. He was returned to the camp from where he had escaped. They tortured him.
A few days later, they moved him to the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" for more torture. Such physical anguish! Bud Day was suffering from his multiple untreated and infected wound as well as malnutrition. His fingers on both hands were curled into fists from all the torture. Bud Day regained some movement by peeling his fingers back and flattening them against the wall of his cell using his full weight.
And it lasted for over five years. Yes, over five years. For over five years, Day resisted the North Vietnamese guards who tortured him. Despite all of the torture and the years of imprisonment, Bud Day remained resilient and dedicated to the Lord and his country. And He never failed the USA.
One occasion in 1971 stands out as an example of his fighting spirit and unwavering resolve: Some of the American prisoners were gathered for a forbidden worship service. Guards burst in with rifles. Day stood up, looked down the muzzle of the firearms, and started to sing "The Star Spangled Banner." The other men joined him in song. Through God's help, their spirits continued to resist and fight the Vietnamese in the name of God and freedom.
Finally, Col. Bud Day was released on March 14, 1973. Three years later, President Gerald Ford presented him with the Medal of Honor. No man was more deserving. Yes, Col. Day was a remarkable man because of His Savior, who strengthened him in every moment. There are so words to describe his courage and extraordinary commitment to freedom and his Lord, Jesus Christ.
Yes, his story is a tremendous example of what our nation's heroes endure and sacrifice so that freedom can prevail.
Please. Share it with your family. Explain to them what our heroes really do for us. It is indeed clear that freedom is not free. This Veterans Day, do not let it go unnoticed.
Do not let any veteran enter and exit your path without your acknowledgement. Thank them. Share a gift with them. Pray for them. (Join our prayer group at PrayingPals.org.)
Remember the men and women like Col. Bud Day this Veterans Day. Take time to thank them. And take time to thank God for them. "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13).
God bless you,Dr. Carrie Stoelting and Stacie Stoelting HudzinskiSisters and founders of Unite the USA
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Here's our Veterans Day greeting that directly thanks our nation's heroes and their families. Please check it out and share.
Sending Pillows to Our Nation's Heroes
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We are partnering with Project Pillows of One Touch Awakening! After the horrific living nightmares experienced by heroes, we feel strongly about reaching out in a way that helps them have reminders of our prayers when they sleep:
Project Pillows of One Touch Awakening will send a pillow to a hero. It is a beautiful way to remind our heroes that we're praying for them and that America has not forgotten them. Consider the touching words of Becky, a volunteer at Project Pillows:
“Every pillow I put into a box to mail, I sent a hug with it. The whole time I was working on these, I kept thinking we are packing these boxes and the next person who opens them will be a soldier who is fighting for our freedom.”
Send your loved one's name and address to us at info@unitetheusa.org and we will connect with Project Pillows who will send them a pillow. Please spread the word.
Project Pillows of One Touch Awakening will send a pillow to a hero. It is a beautiful way to remind our heroes that we're praying for them and that America has not forgotten them. Consider the touching words of Becky, a volunteer at Project Pillows:
“Every pillow I put into a box to mail, I sent a hug with it. The whole time I was working on these, I kept thinking we are packing these boxes and the next person who opens them will be a soldier who is fighting for our freedom.”
Send your loved one's name and address to us at info@unitetheusa.org and we will connect with Project Pillows who will send them a pillow. Please spread the word.
Lee Greenwood Honoring Our Nation's Heroes
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Above is a message from Lee Greenwood honoring our nation's heroes and giving a shout out to Unite the USA!
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood
Here's Lee Greenwood singing God Bless the USA with The United States Air Force Band, Singing Sergeants, and Home Free. We're proud to be Americans. Yes, God bless the USA!
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5 Ways to Honor Heroes
1. Check your local community's schedule for Veterans Day events. Attending an event honoring their service offers a great opportunity to honor and thank veterans in person.
2. Be sure to set aside time to thank our heroes. Thank them in person, on the phone, in a card, or through an e-mail.
3. If you have young children or grandchildren take time to teach them about our veterans. Make Veterans Day cards and send them to heroes in your community.
4. Don't forget our hospitalized heroes or elderly veterans in nursing homes. Send a colorful card, send a gift, or stop by and visit. Note: In God We Still Trust and Unite the USA make great gift ideas! :)
5. Invite a veteran to dinner, send a gift card to their favorite restaurant, or order/deliver a meal for them. Take him or a her a gift. Just do something to show that you care and that you are grateful for their service.
2. Be sure to set aside time to thank our heroes. Thank them in person, on the phone, in a card, or through an e-mail.
3. If you have young children or grandchildren take time to teach them about our veterans. Make Veterans Day cards and send them to heroes in your community.
4. Don't forget our hospitalized heroes or elderly veterans in nursing homes. Send a colorful card, send a gift, or stop by and visit. Note: In God We Still Trust and Unite the USA make great gift ideas! :)
5. Invite a veteran to dinner, send a gift card to their favorite restaurant, or order/deliver a meal for them. Take him or a her a gift. Just do something to show that you care and that you are grateful for their service.
The Best of President Reagan’s Remarks about Veterans
In celebration of the heroism, courage, and sacrifice of Veterans and their families, we bring you the Best of President Reagan's Remarks about Veterans.
Unite the USA's
Featured Veteran of the Month: Bud Day
Medal of Honor Recipient George "Bud" Day shares his experiences during the Vietnam War as well as the Medal of Honor and the values it represents.
Veterans Day: Above All, Others
By Tony Perkins
To everyone else, it was the Forgotten War -- defined by the reruns of M*A*S*H or the 19 figures on the National Mall, suspended in time on their long, cold walk through Korea. For the men who were there, fighting and dying in freezing reservoirs or snow-capped mountaintops, it was much more. It was a three-year battle -- a half a world away -- for freedom. And the echoes in our American story still linger.
Like most pilots, Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown were thrown together as wingmen -- both graduates of the United States Naval Academy, both on a ship destined for Korea. But that's where the similarities ended. Tom was the New England prep-school son of an entrepreneur; Jesse was the oldest in a dirt-poor family of sharecroppers. Working his way through school turned out to be the easy part for Jesse -- surviving life at an academy with virtually no African-American peers was another. But he stuck it out, surviving flight training and eventually ending up on a carrier destined for one of the bloodiest battles in 1951.
Years later, Tom would say, "I had no qualms about becoming friends with a man of a different color. From an early age, my father had taught me: 'A man will reveal his character through his actions, not his skin color.'" The two men became close on the USS Leyte -- a closeness that would reverberate through history as one of the greatest heroic acts of any war.
By the winter of 1950, Americans back home were moving on from World War II -- oblivious or indifferent to the conflict in Korea that the media rarely talked about. While families back home went on with their lives, almost two million of their sons, brothers, and husbands were shipped to another civil war. From the start, Adam Makos points out in his book Devotion, this was no ordinary enemy. When the massive columns of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army made their way to the dividing line where General Douglas MacArthur's troops were waiting, the Chinese descended on the U.S. Army's First Cavalry Division "like the hordes of Genghis Khan" -- massacring 600 Americans in one night.
From there, things only got worse. The Chinese managed to surround the entire First Marine Division, making the American forces sitting ducks. "Wipe out the Marines to the last man," the troops were ordered, an annihilation that would have paved the way for Soviet-style communism to sweep through Asia and beyond.
Desperate for help, the pinned-down Army called for air support -- springing Tom, Jesse, and the rest of their Leyte squadron into action. Flying low over the peninsula, hunting for Chinese units, Jesse's plane was strafed by guns on the ground. "Something's wrong," one of the pilots radioed, surveying the damage. "You're bleeding fuel." Scanning the horizon, Jesse's eyes darted through the snow and ice, looking for a place to crash-land during the coldest winter on record -- 17 miles behind enemy lines.
"Losing power," Jesse told the others before he dove his Corsair into the mountain, crumpling it on impact. From the air, Tom could see the flames. Making matters worse, the sun was setting. Any minute, the Chinese troops would see the fire and start up the mountain for Jesse. Before the pilots could decide what to do, they heard Tom Hudner's voice. "I'm going in," he announced. In disbelief, they watched him dive for the burning plane, slam into the snowbank, and stop -- 100 yards from Jesse's open canopy. It was a move, everyone knew, that could've killed him -- or at least killed his career. A deliberate crash landing -- for whatever reason -- was grounds for court-martialing. But that was the furthest thing from Tom's mind.
"If it wasn't Jesse down there, I don't know if I'd have taken the chance I did," Tom said in the years that followed. "If it had been me down there on the ground, Jesse would have done the same thing." In waist-deep snow, he struggled just to get to the other plane. When he finally did, Jesse was alive, but freezing. Pinned by metal inside the plane, Tom worked for an agonizing 45 minutes to free his friend -- without the gloves or scarf he'd put on Jesse.
Above, the planes were circling, watching for enemy troops and desperately trying to phone in a rescue crew before dark. "Bring an axe," Tom yelled into the radio at the helicopter pilot in route. But it was no use. Jesse drifted in and out of consciousness, as his friend delivered blow after blow, trying to rip the cockpit apart. "Tom," he heard in a whisper. "Just tell Daisy I love her." And then he was gone.
In despair, Tom looked for a way to free the man's crushed legs and take his body back home. "Decide quickly," the helicopter pilot said. "But remember, you stay here, you freeze to death." Distressed, Tom ran toward the chopper, stopped, and turned. "We'll be back for you!" he shouted. It was a promise he tried to keep until his death in 2017. Even at 89, he was still making trips to North Korea, negotiating for the country to help search for Jesse's remains.
Tom never felt like a hero. Like most of the brave men and women who've served, he says he was just doing his duty. But it was, as one paper put it, "A lesson in the brotherhood of man." Today, we honor that brotherhood -- a tradition forged in sacrifice and marked by selflessness. It was my greatest privilege to be a part of that proud tradition as a United States Marine. To everyone who answered the call to defend this incredible nation, you are not forgotten -- not the 40,000 who died in Korea or the millions before and after.
As for the unlikely friends, their story -- and bond -- still resonates. Today, the two men lie 6,700 miles apart. Tom in the long white rows of Arlington National Cemetery, Jesse in the peaks of the Yudam-ni. Somewhere in the ocean between them, a ship sails with the motto Above All, Others. It is the USS Tom Hudner.
From Jesse Brown's last letter home, the night before he was killed, December 3, 1950:
"Don't be discouraged... Believe in God and believe in Him with all of your might, and I know things will work out all right. We need him now like never before. Have faith."
To everyone else, it was the Forgotten War -- defined by the reruns of M*A*S*H or the 19 figures on the National Mall, suspended in time on their long, cold walk through Korea. For the men who were there, fighting and dying in freezing reservoirs or snow-capped mountaintops, it was much more. It was a three-year battle -- a half a world away -- for freedom. And the echoes in our American story still linger.
Like most pilots, Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown were thrown together as wingmen -- both graduates of the United States Naval Academy, both on a ship destined for Korea. But that's where the similarities ended. Tom was the New England prep-school son of an entrepreneur; Jesse was the oldest in a dirt-poor family of sharecroppers. Working his way through school turned out to be the easy part for Jesse -- surviving life at an academy with virtually no African-American peers was another. But he stuck it out, surviving flight training and eventually ending up on a carrier destined for one of the bloodiest battles in 1951.
Years later, Tom would say, "I had no qualms about becoming friends with a man of a different color. From an early age, my father had taught me: 'A man will reveal his character through his actions, not his skin color.'" The two men became close on the USS Leyte -- a closeness that would reverberate through history as one of the greatest heroic acts of any war.
By the winter of 1950, Americans back home were moving on from World War II -- oblivious or indifferent to the conflict in Korea that the media rarely talked about. While families back home went on with their lives, almost two million of their sons, brothers, and husbands were shipped to another civil war. From the start, Adam Makos points out in his book Devotion, this was no ordinary enemy. When the massive columns of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army made their way to the dividing line where General Douglas MacArthur's troops were waiting, the Chinese descended on the U.S. Army's First Cavalry Division "like the hordes of Genghis Khan" -- massacring 600 Americans in one night.
From there, things only got worse. The Chinese managed to surround the entire First Marine Division, making the American forces sitting ducks. "Wipe out the Marines to the last man," the troops were ordered, an annihilation that would have paved the way for Soviet-style communism to sweep through Asia and beyond.
Desperate for help, the pinned-down Army called for air support -- springing Tom, Jesse, and the rest of their Leyte squadron into action. Flying low over the peninsula, hunting for Chinese units, Jesse's plane was strafed by guns on the ground. "Something's wrong," one of the pilots radioed, surveying the damage. "You're bleeding fuel." Scanning the horizon, Jesse's eyes darted through the snow and ice, looking for a place to crash-land during the coldest winter on record -- 17 miles behind enemy lines.
"Losing power," Jesse told the others before he dove his Corsair into the mountain, crumpling it on impact. From the air, Tom could see the flames. Making matters worse, the sun was setting. Any minute, the Chinese troops would see the fire and start up the mountain for Jesse. Before the pilots could decide what to do, they heard Tom Hudner's voice. "I'm going in," he announced. In disbelief, they watched him dive for the burning plane, slam into the snowbank, and stop -- 100 yards from Jesse's open canopy. It was a move, everyone knew, that could've killed him -- or at least killed his career. A deliberate crash landing -- for whatever reason -- was grounds for court-martialing. But that was the furthest thing from Tom's mind.
"If it wasn't Jesse down there, I don't know if I'd have taken the chance I did," Tom said in the years that followed. "If it had been me down there on the ground, Jesse would have done the same thing." In waist-deep snow, he struggled just to get to the other plane. When he finally did, Jesse was alive, but freezing. Pinned by metal inside the plane, Tom worked for an agonizing 45 minutes to free his friend -- without the gloves or scarf he'd put on Jesse.
Above, the planes were circling, watching for enemy troops and desperately trying to phone in a rescue crew before dark. "Bring an axe," Tom yelled into the radio at the helicopter pilot in route. But it was no use. Jesse drifted in and out of consciousness, as his friend delivered blow after blow, trying to rip the cockpit apart. "Tom," he heard in a whisper. "Just tell Daisy I love her." And then he was gone.
In despair, Tom looked for a way to free the man's crushed legs and take his body back home. "Decide quickly," the helicopter pilot said. "But remember, you stay here, you freeze to death." Distressed, Tom ran toward the chopper, stopped, and turned. "We'll be back for you!" he shouted. It was a promise he tried to keep until his death in 2017. Even at 89, he was still making trips to North Korea, negotiating for the country to help search for Jesse's remains.
Tom never felt like a hero. Like most of the brave men and women who've served, he says he was just doing his duty. But it was, as one paper put it, "A lesson in the brotherhood of man." Today, we honor that brotherhood -- a tradition forged in sacrifice and marked by selflessness. It was my greatest privilege to be a part of that proud tradition as a United States Marine. To everyone who answered the call to defend this incredible nation, you are not forgotten -- not the 40,000 who died in Korea or the millions before and after.
As for the unlikely friends, their story -- and bond -- still resonates. Today, the two men lie 6,700 miles apart. Tom in the long white rows of Arlington National Cemetery, Jesse in the peaks of the Yudam-ni. Somewhere in the ocean between them, a ship sails with the motto Above All, Others. It is the USS Tom Hudner.
From Jesse Brown's last letter home, the night before he was killed, December 3, 1950:
"Don't be discouraged... Believe in God and believe in Him with all of your might, and I know things will work out all right. We need him now like never before. Have faith."
How to Know Jesus
- Question: How do Stacie and Carrie know they'll go to Heaven?
- Answer: It's not because of what they've done or who they are. It's because Jesus lives in them. Anything good in them is because of Jesus in them. They know God and His love in a personal way. They've followed what God said in His book: the Bible. They invited Jesus to be their Savior and Lord. You, too, can know God. Yes, He really does love you!
- Take His Word for it:
- For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. -John 3:16 (NKJV)
- -For all have sinned; all fall short of God's glorious standard.-Rom. 3:23 (NLV)
- -For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God's anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us... -Rom. 3:25 (NLV)
- -That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. -Rom. 10:9 (NKJV)
- Understand that God loves you with infinite love! God is good, holy and righteous and we fall short of His perfection. So we need a Mediator, Jesus, who lovingly took our punishment for all our mistakes.
- Believe that Jesus is God's Son that took your punishment. He took your punishment for all your sins (anti-God ways) and that He rose from the dead for you, __________.
- Repent (turn away from) your sins (anti-God ways) and submit yourself to Him as your Lord.
- Receive Jesus as your personal Savior and Lord. Talk to God and give your life to Jesus.
- Pray from your heart. If it helps, pray something like this:
- God, I understand now...You sent Jesus to share Your love and make it possible for me to be Yours. Please forgive me for all my sins. Jesus, I believe you took my punishment on the cross and that you rose from the dead for me personally. I turn away from doing things "my way" and ask that You rule my life, Jesus. I receive You as my Savior and Lord. I put my trust in You not in the things I do. I love You.
- In Jesus' Name, Amen.
- Welcome into God's family! You are now His! Get connected with a loving, Bible-based church, enjoy the supreme joy of being baptized, and savor the Savior's love forever! Read the Bible. (If you don't have one, start reading the Gospel of John by clicking here.)
- He'll never divorce you. He'll never die. He'll never change. He loves you! Enjoy loving and obeying Jesus and experiencing His love forever and ever! If you'd like prayer or more information, e-mail us anytime.