When you become a Christian, you have taken a huge step of faith and asked for the Lord Jesus forgiveness of your sins, and for him to come into your heart so that you can live for him. Read more about becoming a Christian here. The moment you do that your life immediately is changed. For many people there is no flash of light, and BANG everything is different, but over the next few days and weeks, as they grow to learn more about Jesus, their lives are transformed.

Once we become a Christian, we wonder what the next steps are. Do we need to follow a set of rules? Can I eat certain foods? Must I wear certain clothes? Speak in a certain way?

Remember, to be saved, you need to have taken the step and asked Jesus into your life, you have accepted that he died for you, and you wish to be forgiven. Its a FREE gift, a gift of Grace. Read Ephesians 2:8-9. You don’t earn this gift because we as humans would never be good/holy enough to earn salvation. Therefore you don’t follow a set of rules to earn salvation, you have it!

How to live as a Christian is your living “thank you” to the Lord for saving you. He sacrificed his Son to die in our place so that we may have eternal life and that we may have a relationship with him. Therefore once we accept his as our saviour, we want to live our lives in a way that says “thank you” to the Lord for what he has done.

Therefore, by imitating how Jesus lived, by reading the Bible, Praying and through your relationships with other Christians at church and in groups you learn how to grow and live as Jesus lived, thus breaking free from any sin that’s in your life and being a changed person.

If you have asked him in, then you already have the gift, so the next steps are to learn to live a “thank you” for him. If you are a new Christian then make sure you join a Bible orientated church and make Christian friends so that you will have support in growing as a Christian and fixing anything in your life that you need help with.

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Abraham was on a road few humans ever traveled — a road that would take him far beyond his own needs. Even the angels were beginning to wonder why he was still walking with God. After all, every one of his needs had been dramatically met.

What more could he want? Could it be that they had finally discovered a human who loved his Creator and Master for who He was, instead of merely loving Him for what He could do for him?

When the Almighty God stopped and turned toward Abraham, it was as if the whole creation was watching in anticipation. Would God bring a human into the very council of the Godhead?

As the angels continued their journey toward Sodom, Abraham approached the Lord. There was no doubt in his heart that God would judge Sodom and Gomorrah. The perversion emanating from those cities was rapidly turning the plains of the Jordan into a moral sinkhole.

What about Lot and his family? he groaned to himself. Although he had given up on Lot ever returning home long ago, he had never ceased to love him.

What will it take for you to spare these cities, my Lord? If there are fifty righteous people will you spare these cities? I know you would never destroy the righteous with the wicked.

For fifty I will spare them, the Lord replied. On and on they went, one lone human standing between God and the destruction of thousands of lives.

If there are ten righteous people will you spare these cities, my Lord? Abraham entreated.

For ten righteous people, I will spare them. As the Lord turned to leave, Abraham knew he could go no farther. His nephew had been there for many years. Surely his righteous example had influenced at least nine others. If not, thousands of people were doomed.

Yes, Abraham was on a road rarely traveled by most human beings. It is the road to relationship and influence with God.

For those who travel this road, their needs are secondary and the needs of the Kingdom of God are primary. They walk with God because they cherish His person, not merely because they are desperate for His promises. Although those who walk this road have needs, they are rarely an issue. Often, as they spend time in the presence of God, their needs seem to be met before they can even articulate them.

As their relationship with God grows, these Christians can experience levels of influence with God and man that are beyond comprehension.

Where are you today? Are you only spending enough time with God to get your needs met? If you are, it’s time for you to grow beyond your needs-based relationship with God and into the place of intimacy and influence that awaits you.

Why do I say intimacy and influence? I say these words in conjunction with one another because in the Kingdom of God, intimacy is influence. Those who know their God the best influence Him the most.

Won’t you tarry in His presence just a little longer? If you do, you, too, will begin to walk the road that Abraham walked — a road to intimacy and influence with God that is beyond anything you ever dreamed was possible.