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by Becky Hill
For 24 years, Prema Jagammatham refused to speak to her sister.
Prema's family was Hindu and belonged to the high-caste Brahmans. When her younger sister Raji committed her life to Christ, Prema and the rest of her family rejected Raji and forced her to move out.
"It was a very painful experience for me," Raji remembers. "I couldn't even attend some of the family functions because I had become a Christian." But she continued to trust that God had a plan for her family.
Years later, Prema became seriously ill, and Raji visited her in the hospital. "Because of my illness, I was so tired and weak," Prema said. "But I can now see God's hand in it. I needed to be in that state to be open to talk with [my sister]."
Raji comforted Prema, and soon Prema began to recover from her illness. Prema began to visit Raji's house and read from her Bible. And Prema slowly saw the hope that Raji had found in Christ.
Then one day, nearly 30 years after her sister had become a Christian, Prema tearfully knelt with Raji and prayed, accepting Christ into her life.
What about you? Are you at the end of your rope? Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? In the Bible, it says that Jesus came to make all things new. He offered Himself as a spiritual sacrifice to pay for each of our sins. Through Him, and through a relationship with Him, we each have the opportunity to receive the gift of mercy, grace and eternal life. What would your life look like if you could start over with a clean slate?
You can receive Christ right now by faith through prayer. Praying is simply talking to God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. Here's a suggested prayer:
Lord Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life to you and ask you to come in as my Savior and Lord. Take control of my life. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Make me the kind of person you want me to be.
Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? You can pray it right now, and Jesus Christ will come into your life, just as He promised.
If you invited Christ into your life, thank God often that He is in your life, that He will never leave you and that you have eternal life. As you learn more about your relationship with God, and how much He loves you, you'll experience life to the fullest.
~ Reprinted with permission from Worldwide Challenge, the award-winning magazine of Campus Crusade for Christ.
