* The words on this page that are the color red are the words of Jesus Christ as recorded in the Bible.

Jesus said, ““I am the way…

…No one comes to the Father except through me.”

                  John 14:6

   1. All of us have a problem! We are all sinners!

“…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23

2. Our sin creates a huge problem for us because it separates us from God!

“…the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

3. God loves us so much that long before we were even born, before we could do anything to deserve it—He sent His Son Jesus to die in our place… to pay for our sins! 

“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”   Romans 5:8 

"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.”  John 3:16

4. Jesus did this because He loves you and He wants to not only forgive you, He wants to have a personal relationship with you! Jesus died on the cross to pay for our sins, yours and mine. He invites you, right now today to accept that payment as a free gift from Him to you.

“…the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

“…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.”  Romans 10:9

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”  Romans 10:13

5. You can accept this free gift from God and have confidence that when you die you will spend eternity in heaven with Him!

“I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.”              1 John 5:13

Below is a sample prayer. It holds no spiritual value or merits on its own. I include it only to give you an idea—a way if you will of expressing yourself to God. Maybe it would be best for you to simply read it, then in you own words, right here, right now—close your eyes and pray it from your heart to God.

If you have any questions or comments please call me at the church at (315) 487-0368, or e-mail me at (pastor@growingplace.org ). If you have just prayed a prayer similar to the one above, I’d like the honor of being the first person you told! Would you do me the honor of giving me a call or emailing me? If you are a bit confused about all of this… but are afraid to call me… please read the “Detailed Version”. Thank you for the opportunity and thank you for reading all the way to this point.

 Forgiven & Grateful,

Pastor Mark

 *All references are taken from the NIV