A Special Invitation from the Shepherd

At age 38, after a two-year journey trying to disprove Christianity’s validity, God’s creation overwhelmed me (Michel) and I didn’t have faith to believe everything in the universe came from nothing. Simultaneously, God opened my eyes and my ears. I saw His hand in many daily activities and later I surrendered my life to Jesus. I asked Him to help me live as His follower wherever I went. Over twenty years later, I look back and marvel at His devotion, consistency, and His love.

Where are you today? Examine your credit card charges, check stubs and other expenses for the past month. What do they tell you? Managing God’s money means lifestyle management. It’s about choices. It is merely one area of life we cannot isolate from others. How we spend money, helps define who we are. We spend money based on our attitudes or beliefs. WE need to spend money according to His wishes. So, it’s essential we know what we believe. We get the right attitude to life, and to money, wealth and possessions.

Is there a right attitude? Who decides the right attitude? Where do you go to develop the right attitude? How do you know truth from lies? Jesus the Messiah is truth. His Word, the Bible, contains unchanging truths. His truth shows us the right attitude. So, to manage God’s money, you must know Him and His Word. You need to become Jesus’ Chief Financial Officer, spending His funds according to His principles in the Bible.

Jesus is love. He is a perfect Father who calls each of us into a personal relationship with Him, to a forever that you will remember -- everlasting life with Him in heaven. A personal relationship with Jesus is the basis for a life with Jesus as your guide. A personal relationship with Jesus is the foundation of the Christian life. Jesus told the eminent Jewish teacher Nicodemus he needed a spiritual rebirth to gain eternal life. [John 3:1-17] A spiritual rebirth is the only way to get apersonal relationship with Jesus. Likewise, He told his disciples, ....unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. [Matthew 18:3] Jesus is calling you to enter a personal relationship with Him. Listen to His call and accept His invitation for this forever to remember. Apply the faith, sincerity, and humility a child displays to her parents as you respond.

Deciding to surrender your life to Messiah will be your most important lifetime decision...

Deciding to surrender your life to Messiah will be your most important lifetime decision. Easy yet profound, it starts your journey to heaven. Do you accept the following?

Jesus the Messiah lived on earth, died, then rose from the dead.

He is the only true and living God.

The Bible is the word of God (inspired) and is without error (infallible).

You are a sinner, and you need to seek forgiveness.

From your heart...

Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 10:9: if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. From your heart, will you do the following?

Ask Jesus to forgive your sins.

Decide to turn away from your sins (repent).

Ask Jesus to take control of your life (surrender your life to Jesus. Let Him be your Lord and Savior).

Ask Jesus to show you how to live as His follower wherever you go (so you apply His values consistently).

When you surrender your life to Christ, your worldview will change as the Holy Spirit comes to live in you to be your teacher and guide. Surrendering your life is more than saying these few words or repeating specific prayers. It is believing with your heart and confessing with your mouth He is Lord and you need Him. When you surrender your life to Him, You might not become materially rich and famous, but you will gain direct access to your perfect heavenly Father. He made you in His image. He loves you. Ask Jesus to help you live the new life with Him as Lord. Speak to Him regularly. Listen to Him by studying the Bible. Attend a Bible believing church. Meet with other Christians to encourage and nurture them and to receive the same. But beware; not everyone who claims to be a Christian has surrendered to Him. Jesus puts it this way in Matthew 7:21 (NIV) Not everyone who says to me, ’Lord, Lord,’ will enter the Kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.


1.0 Read John 10:27-30 and ask Jesus to guide you as you answer these questions:

1.0.1 What does Jesus say about Him and His Father?

1.0.2 Who are the sheep and what do they do?

1.0.3 Why can’t the sheep be lost?

1.1 Read John 3:1-17 and answer these questions:

1.1.1 Who was Nicodemus? Why did he go to see Jesus?

1.1.2 What does Jesus tell us about being born again?

1.2 What does Jesus say about eternal life in John 5:24?

1.3 What does John the Baptist say about eternal life in John 3:36?

1.4 What does Apostle John say about eternal life in 1 John 4:9?

1.5 How might eternal life, explained by Jesus, affect your view of daily events?

1.6 Meditate on Psalm 139:23-24. Ask Jesus to show you hindrances to a relationship with Him, and to help you remove them.

May the peace of God guard your heart and your mind in Christ Jesus.