ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART?

Cavalry Community Church ^ | 2004 | Hank Lindstrom

[P-Marlowe]

The "sinners prayer" itself is not a bad thing. It can lead to bad consequences when we believe that a simple recitation is automatic salvation. It's not the prayer, but the transformation that takes place. It's because of Him.

But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Romans 10:8-10 KJV)

If.... thou shalt be saved.

[bets52]

Hey cowboy! My grandmother used to sing this song to us every night after we said our prayers, when we visited her, back East. She then would sing it to us in what I think was Russian! She spoke & taught 6 different languages. To this day I still sing it after my bedtime prayers and then again when I awake, each morning. Into my heart, into my heart, come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Come in today, come in to stay, come into my heart, Lord Jesus! I'll have to e-mail my brothe in California, who is 4 years older than I am, to see if he remembers it in Russian, or whatever language it was.

[unspun]

When you hear and understand His gracious voice and choose that yes you really do want Him there (thus opening the door), He rushes right on in and no created thing can kick Him back out. Asking is superfluous.

I tend to agree, but I wouldn't say surperfluous; I'd say a natural expression of the above. Communion and communication go with each other; they're not at odds with each other.