Today I would like to share the grace of God under the title, ¡°What is the Most Important Thing in Life?¡± The most important thing in life is to believe in Jesus Christ.

John 3:16 says ¡°For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.¡±

Whoever believes in Jesus Christ shall not perish but have eternal life. God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son to us so there is nothing greater than this! When we believe in Jesus, we won¡¯t perish but have eternal life and come to have dreams in Jesus Christ, march forward in faith, and live a victorious life. If you are asked, ¡°What is the most important thing in your life?¡±, how do you answer? According to a survey, the most important thing in people¡¯s lives is their health and following that is their family. To believe in Jesus is totally excluded in their thoughts and minds. However, health and family are very essential in one¡¯s life, but to believe in Jesus and to serve Him is the most important thing in life. And we Christians must rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances. We ought to have the positive attitude of faith in our daily lives.

Philippians 4:6-7 says, ¡°Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.¡±

If we commit everything to God through our supplication without having any worry or anxiety, He will give us peace of mind right away! There is no place where there is no problem concerning individuals, home, livelihood, children, a society, or a nation. However, as we bow down before God and commit our problems to Him, peace of mind will overwhelm us. Like strong waves become calm at the sea, heavenly peace from God makes us happy and secure. Then all those difficult and tough problems will be solved.

Psalm 50:23 says, ¡°He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God."

When we give thanks to God in our life all the time, God will be glorified and accomplish our desires. How can we rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks to God in all circumstances? When we come beneath the cross of Calvary and look up to it, we can have that positive attitude in our hearts and minds.

Romans 3:23- 24 says, ¡°for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.¡±

How can we receive God¡¯s grace? As Jesus was torn in His flesh and shed His precious blood on the cross to pay our debt of sins, by God¡¯s grace, we can have positive peace of mind that comes from God.

And when we look at ourselves through Jesus Christ, through His torn flesh His blood covers over us. His torn body cries out to us, ¡°By My stripes, you are healed! As I was harshly flogged in your place, I already paid the debt for you. However, you should admit this and believe this to make it effectual in your lives.¡± Even though Jesus was flogged in our place to carry our diseases in His body, if we don¡¯t believe it and commit our diseases to Him, it is to no avail. If it can¡¯t make any effect, Jesus would have been flogged in vain. We must realize that Jesus was flogged to take all diseases and sicknesses in the world in His body. With this we can receive a healthy life by the power of His blood. Then how marvelous we are free from curses! Curses bring about thorns and thistles. When we come beneath the cross of Jesus our thorns and thistles are gone! You are no more cursed people. Please repeat after me, ¡°I am blessed through Jesus!¡±
¡°though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.¡± We are blessed by faith in Jesus and become rich to share much love and help with other people in the world. As you are dead and buried with Jesus Christ and participate in His resurrection, you are filled with the life of resurrection of Jesus. Jesus says, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.¡± What a mighty declaration it is! ¡°He who believes in me will live, even though he dies.¡±

Next, the Spirit of God fills you to the full. Jesus says, ¡° And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--¡±
Jesus never leaves us lonely, but promises to send another Counselor which is the same as Him. It is this Counselor who is sent by God to wait for us all the time to help us. He is called ¡®Paracletos,¡¯ in Greek. He is with us like the wind to help us. The Holy Spirit our Counselor is with you to give great comfort, peace, wisdom, understanding, counsel and power. Therefore, if we come to the cross of Jesus at Calvary and realize what kind of meaning it has for us, we can enjoy the amazing grace of God.

And we must rely on the Holy Spirit and live with hope and dreams in our life.
We must have a definite hope and dream. Without any hope we can¡¯t help but be discouraged and in despair. Where there is no vision, the people perish! However, if we are hopeful, dreams will overflow. Whenever Jesus healed the sick, He always asked them whether they had hope for healing or not.
¡°What do you want Me to do for you?¡±
¡°I want to see!¡±
In Jericho, a blind man, Bartimaeus (the Son of Timaeus), was sitting by the roadside begging. He heard about Jesus who healed the sick. One day a multitude of people were passing by him so he asked them why. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he threw aside his begging bowl and cloak and immediately began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" When he heard that it was Jesus passing by him, his burning heart and desire within him drove him to discard his begging bowl and outer garment to show that he would not live on begging any more. Jesus stopped and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" Jesus saw his desperate desire.
The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to see."
Jesus said, "It will be done according to your faith." Immediately he received his sight! God gives us dreams and hope. When we believe in Jesus and come before God, He will surely give each of us dreams and desires. When the Israelites were captives in the land of Babylon, God gave them dreams and hope. Even though they were suffering as captives in a foreign land, God allowed them to have dreams and hope.

Isaiah 43:19 says, ¡°See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.¡±

Like this God planted dreams and hope in His people in a foreign land.

Philippians 2:13 says, ¡°for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose.¡±

When we cry out to the Lord through His given dreams and hope, He will answer us! Dreams are life¡¯s standards. How much did you dream? How successful is your life? It is your dream that guarantees your successful life. It is because the Bible says, ¡°Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.¡± We can measure how much we succeed in our life by how much God fills it. You who believe in Jesus Christ can open wide your mouth with hope and dreams in your heart. If you open wide your mouth and pray with an earnest heart, God will lead you according to your desire.

Psalm 20:4 says, ¡°May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed.¡±

Psalm 81:10 says, ¡°I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.¡±
God says, ¡°But my righteous one will live by faith.¡± Through faith our dreams will come true. All our thoughts, dreams, and hopes will be accomplished by faith.
Our dreams will come true by faith so if we have dreams in our hearts, we will pray accordingly and faith will come by prayer. The Lord says, ¡°It will be done according to your faith.¡±

Mark 9:23 says, " 'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."

As the Lord says, ¡°Everything is possible,¡± faith has incredibly creative power in it. When you listen to or read the Word of God, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. When we have the Word of God and pray, faith will come to us. That faith will bring us creative miracles.
¡°'If you can'?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."

Matthew 17:20 says, ¡°He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."

When we have faith in our hearts, nothing is impossible. Once we believe, we should not lament or let go of our hope if our faith does not come true soon. Therefore, when you believe in the word of God and pray, God requires patience above all. Anything impossible will be possible only if we keep waiting for it. We should wait with thanksgiving while seeing things that are not as though they were and looking at things that are impossible as though they were possible. We must wait for them to happen while giving thanks.

And then when we have faith after prayer, we must declare it with our mouths. We must confess it with our mouths. ¡°My business prospers. My sickness and disease is healed. The time of God¡¯s blessing is around the corner.¡± You can use your mouth confession as faith. If you keep saying, ¡°I can¡¯t make it. It is impossible for me. I am unable to do it. Everything fails. It is done!¡± it can¡¯t be faith at all. ¡°I can make it. It will be done! Let us do it. My work begins to prosper. Success is coming soon!¡±

Mark 11:24 says, ¡°Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.¡±

After believing and praying, we are told to believe that we have received it; how can we believe that we have receive it already? By our mouth confession we can believe it. We must always confess an active and positive declaration of faith.

Numbers 14:28 says, ¡°So tell them, 'As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you the very things I heard you say.¡±

Unless we confess with our mouths, God can¡¯t hear anything from us. Only through our confession of faith can we come before God!