Once is all He needs.

Church service was coming to an end and the pastor did an alter call. I have seen the same man...go up for the alter call every Sunday, for months! Does he not realize that once you are saved...you are saved? God only requires you to ask Him into your heart ONCE. Once He's in there...He's not going anyway regardless of what you say or do. You can act however you want...backslide is what some call it...never fully surrender...be mad at Him...whatever. But if you said the prayer...acknowledging Him, accepting Him and asking Him to come in...you have been saved. He is now and forever a part of YOU.

Have you ever heard the milk analogy? If you take two glasses of milk and put chocolate syrup in them, do you get chocolate milk? Not necessarily. Even though chocolate is in both, it doesn't turn to chocolate milk until you stir it up. However, once you put the chocolate syrup in the milk, there is no way to get it back out. The same goes for God. Two people can have God in their hearts...but live and act in two different ways. One is being filled with the spirit, while the other isn't...but it does not mean the spirit has left.

If you are saved, you should know exactly when and where it happened. I got saved when I was little...maybe 7 or 8 years old. I remember exactly where I was...in Sunday school sitting at the end of those long brown, fold up tables we had at the church (like school lunch tables). I remember saying to myself, I want God in my heart because I KNOW I don't ever want to go to Hell...lol. But the moment I prayed a prayer and asked Him in, He's been there. Have I lived all my life as if He were there? Not always...but that's when I repented and tried again. He never left me...even though there were times I left Him.

So I say to you today...if you are saved, think about the time and place it happened. Why did you choose to do so at that particular time in your life? What was you life like before...and after? If nothing has changed, why not? Maybe you need to stir your milk.

If you are not saved...all you have to do is pray...acknowledge the fact that Jesus died for our sins on the cross and rose again. Tell Jesus you want Him in your life and ask Him to come into your heart. Simple. Once it's done...it is done. You never have to pray for salvation again. If you mess up, or stray from His path, repent. Repenting means to ask for forgiveness for whatever you have done (be specific when repenting, say exactly what you have done...it's between you and God).

Like I said, I have not lived a perfect life...nobody has and nobody can. But I know Jesus is in my heart and he is evident through my spirit and my life. Hopefully He is a part of yours too, and if not...maybe you will choose to let Him in.