Chapter One
God has a plan for your life
God has a plan for our lives. He has one for me. And He has one for you. One of my favourite
verses has always been Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the
LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
Have you ever thought about how much God really loves you?
How much He values you? How much He wants to take care of you?
After all, You are His Child. His Creation and His Masterpiece. If you are ready this, it means
you are still here. Still in the game. Still standing. Still strong. It means that God has not
given up on you or me. He never gives up on anyone of us.
You cannot change the past. You cannot undo the mistakes you have made. You cannot
erase what others have said about who you are. But this is the beauty of returning to God.
There is a BC and AC life. Before Christ and After Christ.
Things change when we ask Jesus to step into our hearts and into our lives. He takes
ownership of who you are. He changes your thoughts. Your words and your actions.
Baptism symbolises two things to me. A funeral of the old me that I was brave enough to
attend. I call it the “BC me”. Before Christ. Then there was the awakening of the “AC me”.
After Christ. This was the day I was truly born.
Once Jesus gives you a new heart, you start to change. The old thoughts about who you
thought you were, change.
Galatians 2:20 - I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who
lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me
and gave Himself for me.