Tap into Life-Changing Power

This time of the year, lots of well-intentioned people are making a variety of New Year’s resolutions. But we know what usually happens with resolutions. If we have trouble making small lifestyle changes, how much more powerless are we against the forces of temptation and sin?

As Jesus warned His dozing disciples in the garden of Gethsemane, “The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Matthew 26:41, KJV). We need more than self-discipline and good intentions.

There is only one thing powerful enough to transform hearts and lives from the inside out and to deliver us from the penalty and power of sin—it is the Gospel of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Jesus described the process in radical terms: “You must be born again” (John 3:7, NKJV).

The Apostle Paul wrote, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17, NKJV).

That’s the message our self-centered world desperately needs to hear. Our mission at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association is to proclaim the life-changing power of the Gospel everywhere we can and in every way we can, “because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes” (Romans 1:16, NIV).

The changing of the calendar should remind Christians that we have one less year to share the Gospel with our friends and family members. Why not make it a point to tell someone you love how much God loves them?

If you have never felt comfortable sharing your faith, click on Touch One Life to find an easy-to-follow scriptural guide that explains why each of us needs the Savior.

As the month speeds by, we are praying this year will bring the greatest spiritual harvest we have ever seen. “All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its truth” (Colossians 1:6, NIV).

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