Faith in Jesus Christ is a very personal decision.

In it you open your life to Jesus in hope and trust.

Though a very personal decision, it is an experience shared by all Christians. Opening our hearts to Jesus, we admit that we cannot erase the sins we have committed or make ourselves perfect. We accept that we are responsible to God, our creator, for what we have done. We turn to Jesus because we believe that through his death on the cross, he took our penalty upon himself. He gives us hope through forgiveness of our sin. In asking for God's forgiveness we entrust our lives to God's promise to give new life and eternal life to those who trust in Jesus. Once we put our faith in Jesus, God can become present in our lives to impart strength and guidance as never before.

It is your life and your decision. Will you trust in Jesus, ask God's forgiveness, and entrust your life to God's care and direction? You can take the first step right now -- pray, talk to God.

If you are not sure what to say, here is a suggestion:
Dear God, I admit that I have sinned and I know that without you I can never overcome it. I believe that Jesus died on the cross for me and took my penalty there. I believe he is the Savior. Please, forgive me for my sin. I am trusting in your promise through Jesus to give me a fresh start and eternity in heaven. I put my life in your hands. I want you to lead me and change me. Thank you, Lord!

Read these passages in the bible:
John 3:16-20
For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
MKJV

1 John 1:15-10
This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness-none at all! If we claim that we have fellowship with him but keep living in the darkness, we are lying and the truth is not in us. But if we keep living in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we make it our habit to confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us those sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have never sinned, we make him a liar and His word is not in us. MKJV

Additional passages to read in the bible: Romans 3:22-26, 5:8, 6:23; 1John 1:5-10