When Jesus Christ comes into your life, you are immediately emancipated—totally set free from the bondage of sin!
If you have never received Jesus as your personal Savior, it is time to experience this new life for yourself! The first step to freedom is simple: Just pray this prayer from your heart:
Lord, I want to take this moment to say thank You for everything You went through for me. I can never adequately say thank You for all that You did for me on the Cross. I am so undeserving, Jesus, but You came and gave Your life for me anyway. I receive You as my Savior right now, and I ask You to wash away my sin by Your precious blood.
I thank You from the depths of my heart for doing what no one else could do for me. Had it not been for Your willingness to lay down Your life for me, I would be eternally lost.
I thank You, Lord, that I am now redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus, You bore my sin, my sickness, my pain, my lack of peace, and my suffering on the Cross. Your blood has covered my sin, washed me whiter than snow, and given me rightstanding with the Father.
I have no need to be ashamed of my past sins, because I am now a new creature in You. Old things have passed away, and all things have become new because I am in Jesus Christ. Because of You, Jesus, today I am forgiven; I am healed; I am free of pain; I am filled with peace; and I am a joint heir with You!
Satan no longer has a right to lay any claim on me! From a grateful heart, I will faithfully serve You the rest of my days!
If you prayed this prayer from your heart, something amazing has happened to you. No longer a servant to sin, you are now a servant of the Almighty God. The evil spirits that once exacted every ounce of your being and required your all-inclusive servitude no longer possess the authorization to control you or to dictate your destiny.
Now Jesus is your Lord. From this moment on, it is the Spirit of God who works in you and supernaturally energizes you to fulfill God’s will in your life. You have a new Master, and His name is Jesus! You have a new Source of energy on the inside—the power of the Holy Spirit!
Refuse to let sin have its way in your life any longer. Yes, you were a servant to sin in the past, but now you are a servant of Jesus Christ. So tell the devil to hit the road and take his temptations elsewhere! It’s time for you to yield to the Holy Spirit so He can mightily release His divine power in you and give you the energy you need to live a life of obedience to God!
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Rick and Denise met while they were each on an individual quest to wholeheartedly follow God's plan for their lives. Rick was a college student, growing in his teaching ministry. Denise was a talented vocalist. She chose not to pursue a course that held the prospect of performing with the Metropolitan Opera so that she could instead pursue a relationship with Rick and fulfill her heart's desire to enter full-time ministry.
Rick and Denise's friendship has led to lifelong love and a powerful partnership in building the Kingdom of God. After a decade of ministry, first as pastor and then as itinerant ministers, Rick and Denise Renner embarked on an adventure of a lifetime. In January 1991, the Renners and their sons Paul, Philip, and Joel left behind all they knew to relocate their family to serve the region that only weeks earlier had become the former Soviet Union.
Rick and Denise remember kneeling together as a family and kissing the ground when they arrived at the airport in Latvia on that cold January day. At that moment, they all committed their lives to the will of God and to the people of their new homeland. The following year, Rick moved forward to launch and establish the first of its kind, and eventually the largest, a Christian television network in that region of the world.
Over the years, Rick and Denise pioneered three churches, a Bible school, and a ministerial association that serves thousands of Russian-speaking pastors throughout the former USSR as well as parts of the Middle East. As Rick began training and mentoring leaders in the early days, Denise also developed a women's ministry that is actively involved in changing the lives of women and their families today. Specifically, they minister to the needs of orphans, women prisoners, the homeless, and drug-and-alcohol addicts.
Rick, Denise, and their children began as a small circle of five, willing to go beyond their comfort zone to reach the uttermost parts of the world. Today that circle includes their sons' wives, six grandchildren, and a large ministry staff that helps the Renners extend their reach as they exalt Jesus Christ as the Hope of all nations.