We would recommend that you read a short booklet called "Why Jesus?" by Nicky Gumble.

3 reasons why you need Jesus..............................

1.Because you have a past.

You can't go back, but He can .The Bible says," Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever" (Hebrews 13:8) .He can walk into those places of sin and failure, wipe the slate clean and give you anew beginning.   

2.Because you need a friend.

Jesus knows the worst about you, yet He believes the best. Why? Because He sees you not as you are , but as you will be when he gets through with you. What a friend!

3.Because He holds the future.

Who else are you going to trust? In His hands you are safe and secure -today, tomorrow, and for eternity. His Word says, "For I know the plans I have for you .....plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray I will listen "(Jeremiah 29:11-13 TLB)

To accept the gift that God offers requires an act of faith. In the New Testament it says " 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." (John 3:16)

This step of faith requires you to say sorry, to thank him and to ask him ~ to say please.

We must receive Jesus Christ into our lives as Saviour and Lord. Then we can know God and experience his love.

Here is a prayer you might say ~

Lord Jesus Christ. I am sorry for the things I have done wrong in my life. Please forgive me for going my own way instead of your way. I now want to turn away from everything which I know to be wrong. Thank you that you died on the cross so that I could be forgiven and set free from my past. Please come into my life by your Holy Spirit to be with me forever and make me the person you want me to be. Thank you, Lord Jesus.        Amen.

This is Rebecca's story. She told it to us one evening just before she was baptised in our Mount Street Chapel.