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    I've Got Jesus...Now What?
    I've Got Jesus...Now What?
    I've Got Jesus...Now What?
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    I've Got Jesus...Now What?

    By Carrie Daws

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    The moment you accepted Jesus as your Savior, you became a member of God's family. The apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians chapter 1 that through our faith in Jesus, we are adopted as sons and daughters. That means you now have an enormous family cheering you on, including me!

    Perhaps that's overwhelming. Maybe family hasn't been something good in your life, or you fear the expectations other Christians will place upon you.

    Take a moment and breathe.

    One of the key pieces of information God wants to give you is this: Only His opinion matters. Yes, God will use other people and circumstances to help you along the way, but they should never take precedence over what God says.

    That is why hearing God clearly is critical, and that is why I wrote this book.

    Join me in learning more about what it means to be part of God's family. Don't worry. You don't have to do this perfectly or know the answer to every question. Just take a step forward and turn the page.

    We'll get through these first steps together.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImmeasurable Works
    Release dateSep 1, 2017
    ISBN9781947539013
    I've Got Jesus...Now What?
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    Carrie Daws

    Over the years, God rewrote Carrie’s dreams from being a corporate accountant to being a writer. With a background writing online weekly devotions, a mentor at the Christian Writer’s Guild encouraged her to try fiction. The writing monster she now barely keeps contained was born. Since then, she’s completed several inspirational fiction books and encouraging nonfiction for military spouses and new believers. After almost ten years in the US Air Force, Carrie’s husband medically retired, and they settled in North Carolina. With their three children all figuring out what they want to do in life after school, Carrie stays busy keeping up with her family and friends, loving on women, and entering story worlds via books and movies as much as she can.

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      I've Got Jesus...Now What? - Carrie Daws

      Part One

      Your Beginnings

      Salvation: A Summary

      Every Christian

      I’ve ever asked admits to questioning their salvation at some point in their lives. This is a normal—and good—struggle. Some of the greatest men in the Bible struggled with confusion and uncertainty. But it is perseverance in faith that God seeks.

      Cementing Our Faith

      God gives us assurances to help us cement our faith in Him.

      Consider John 3:16.

      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.

      Consider 1 John 5:11-12.

      This is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

      Believing God's Character

      We must also cement our faith in God’s character. After all, why should we believe in the promises if we can’t trust the promise-giver?

      Consider 1 Corinthians 1:9

      God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

      The book

      of 1 Corinthians was written by the Apostle Paul who also wrote this:

      I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 2 Corinthians 11:23-25

      All of that

      turmoil and tragedy, and still Paul was convinced that God is faithful.

      Consider

      Isaiah 41:13

      For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.

      God's Seal Upon You

      Finally, you can trust your salvation because God gave you the Holy Spirit.

      Consider 2 Corinthians 1:21-22

      He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

      Ephesians

      1:13-14

      And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession—to the praise of his glory.

      Salvation: More Detail

      Every Christian

      I’ve ever asked admits to questioning their salvation at some point in their lives. Life gets messy, we fail to do what we know we should, and pretty soon we’re wondering if we ever really believed God in the first place. This is a normal—and good—struggle.

      One day, you may wonder how to reconcile the Bible with a scientific theory exhorted in the news. Perhaps a dear friend in another religion presents questions you can’t answer. Maybe tragedy hits a loved one or you see another massacre reported online, and you wonder how a good God can allow such pain. Or perhaps you grapple with a deep-seated sin that you can’t seem to escape from.

      Doubt creeps in. Questions arise. And frequently, in these moments of internal battle, God gets very quiet.

      Doubt is okay. Some of the greatest men in the Bible struggled with disbelief, apprehension, confusion, suspicion, and uncertainty. Consider these verses from the Psalms:

      I am

      weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping. My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes (Psalm 6:6–7).

      My God,

      my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest (Psalm 22:1–2).

      O Lord,

      rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me (Psalm 38:1–4).

      Perhaps one of

      the greatest stories about this fight with doubt is told in the book of Job. In the first two chapters, readers are given insight to the heavenly wager between God and Satan, yet all Job knows is that in one day he loses his oxen, donkeys, sheep, camels, servants, and children. Shortly thereafter, he is struck with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head (Job 2:7). Now that’s a bad week!

      But as much as the rest of the book presents Job’s cries for answers, it also reveals his faith. In his confusion, he turns to God. In his pain, he knows God holds the solution. No matter what life looked like around him, Job appealed to God, and it was that very perseverance in his faith that mattered. Ultimate

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