Most women I've met have expressed their longing to meet "Prince Charming" and to live happily ever after. I too spent most of my life looking for the Fairy Tale only to have ended up with two failed marriages and still no Prince. I became suicidal and depressed, but instead of ending my life I found life!! The life of Christ, the Prince of Peace!
 
Why have so few women experienced the Fairy Tale? Because it’s a story about fairies, not women!! But, there is a tale about women and it goes like this...
 
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
 
God sent His Son Jesus Christ, the real Prince, with a real Kingdom, to earth because He loves you so much and wants you to live with Him "happily ever after" in His Kingdom.
 
Why did Jesus, the Prince of Peace, have to come here? Because there is a problem that you and I have and we need to be rescued from it. We can’t save ourselves from the problem or its deadly consequences. The problem is sin.
 
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23
God’s glory is 100% perfection and our "falling short" means that you and I have all fallen short of God’s required perfection.
 
The consequence or the penalty for that falling short is eternal separation from God. "For the wages (consequences) of sin is death". Romans 6:23
 
But, despite that bad news, here’s the really good news…"the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23
 
The price of our sin is death, but He died in our place and rescued us from an eternal death and separation from God. Romans 5:8 says this, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
 
But, here’s the big question? Will you allow Him to rescue you or will you try to save yourself? He offers you, as a gift, a secure place in His Kingdom, where you will live happily ever after with Him. How do you receive the gift? The gift is given freely and can’t be earned or purchased. It can only be received by faith. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast." Ephesians 2:9-10
 
How do you accept Him through faith? You simply believe with your heart that you are a sinner deserving of death and that Jesus died for you by dying in your place.
  
"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 with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation." Romans 10:9-10
 
If you’d like to receive the free gift of eternal life you can say this simple prayer or use your own words… (the words are not important, but the attitude of the heart behind the words IS important!)
 
Lord, I’m a sinner worthy of death, but now I understand that you died in my place. I’m sorry and ask you to forgive me and I ask you to come into my heart to live with me forever. I now turn from my old way of living and ask You to change me so that I might please God.
 
You now have a new life and the Bible says that "the old things passed away; behold new things have come". 2 Corinthians 5:15
 
You are a brand new creation and you need to know how to live differently. The reason that you can live differently is because when Christ died, He rose again from the dead three days later. You and I serve a living Savior and if you’ve accepted His free gift, by faith, then He lives in your heart through His Spirit!
 
I suggest that you do three important things:
  

If you have prayed that prayer or have any questions, I’d love to hear from you. Please e-mail me at Debbie@followinghim.com.