
| The energetic New Orleans style jazz arrangement of this wonderful old gospel hymn is famous world-wide. The whole chorus goes like this: WILL YOU BE THERE? Are you sure? If you "want to be in that number" and you're not absolutely sure that you will be you can take the simple steps below to a Brand New Life. Now is the time to step up to the plate and take these 1. The Why A. Good news John 10:10 —The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. B. Sin To sin simply means “to miss the mark”; when an arrow is shot and falls short of the mark; we’ve ALL sinned. Rom. 3:23 — For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. C. The Cross Rom. 5:8 — But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 2. The How A. Power Rom. 10:9— That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. B. Faith Eph. 2:8-9—For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. 3. The Prayer Prayer Lord God, I confess that I am a sinner and I ask You to forgive my sins. I believe Christ died on the cross for my sins and was raised from the dead. Thank you Father, for saving me. In Jesus name, Amen. |
| 3 STEPS TO A NEW LIFE |
| When the saints go marching in, When the saints go marching in; Lord I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in. |
| What Now? 3-Steps to Personal Growth A.R.T. |
| Attend church regularly. Read your Bible. Talk to God daily. |

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Coming Soon! A.R.T. LESSONS A short, simple lesson series on The ART of Personal Growth will be available soon. It will help you in your beginning steps in Christianity. Walking with Christ is an adventure unlike any other!!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| You've heard people talk about Jesus and about being "born again" but have you heard what Jesus, himself, said? Check out this encounter between Jesus and a Jewish leader name Nicodemus. |
| After dark one evening, a Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus, a Pharisee, came to speak with Jesus. "Teacher," he said, "we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are proof enough that God is with you." Jesus replied, "I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God." "What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?" Jesus replied, "The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.* Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven. So don't be surprised at my statement that you* must be born again. Just as you can hear the wind but can't tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can't explain how people are born of the Spirit." "What do you mean?" Nicodemus asked. Jesus replied, "You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don't understand these things? I assure you, I am telling you what we know and have seen, and yet you won't believe us. But if you don't even believe me when I tell you about things that happen here on earth, how can you possibly believe if I tell you what is going on in heaven? For only I, the Son of Man,* have come to earth and will return to heaven again. And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so I, the Son of Man, must be lifted up on a pole,* so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it. "There is no judgment awaiting those who trust him. But those who do not trust him have already been judged for not believing in the only Son of God. Their judgment is based on this fact: The light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. They hate the light because they want to sin in the darkness. They stay away from the light for fear their sins will be exposed and they will be punished. But those who do what is right come to the light gladly, so everyone can see that they are doing what God wants." (John 3:1-21, New Living Translation of the Holy Bible) What do you choose? Light or darkness? The choice is yours and yours alone. In view of Jesus statements how do you answer the question below? |
| What About You? |
| Who do YOU say that Jesus is? |