A baby
A toddler
A pre-schooler
An elementary schooler
A middle schooler
A high schooler
A college-er
An adult
An older adult
A much older adult
A much much older adult
And then
He
She
Lived Happily Ever after
Because
Once Upon a Time
you
Put Him in Your Story~
If you, ____________, declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart, ______________, that God raised Him from the dead, you, ____________, will be saved. Romans 10:9
Not because I said it
But because He said it
"Truly, truly, I say to you, ____________, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. John 5:24
Because
Once Upon a Time ago
For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace
Isaiah 9:6
Who is this Baby?
For when the set time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. Galatians 4:4-5
Born to Die
Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, I Corinthians 15:3-4
Making us
a Son
a Daughter
and
Because you, _______________, are His son(daughter),
God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba, Father. Galatians 4:6-7
Equipped with the Holy Spirit
Empowering us to walk through the rest of the chapters of our story
as
Free
Free Indeed
because
you, _______________, are no longer a slave, but God’s child;
and since you, _______________, are His child,
God has made you, _______________, also an heir.
With an eternal inheritance
when you
Receive and Believe~
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name, John 1:12
All because
God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever, ______________,
believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
Therefore
if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature;
the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corinthians 5:17
So...
Put Him In Your Story
so that you can
Live the abundant life that Jesus has come to give
every day of your life
here and now
beyond the
. . .
that follow your
Once Upon A time
Because
He took
Every
. . .
and
wore them
on the
cross
so that
you and I
wouldn't have to.
The past is over
The best is yet to come
because
He is the One
Who finishes our story
with
_________________ (Put your name)
lived happily Ever After
and
ever
and ever
and ever.....
because
Jesus says to you & me
______________,
“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in Me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
John 11:26