This invitation is open to you.

To those who hurt and harbor bitterness,

I speak especially to you tonight.

We live in a time of quiet desperation.

Broken homes and promises are a familiar cord

that transcends through many of our lives.

Many teens are searching for someone or something

to fill the emptiness that they feel inside.

Many turn to sex, to drugs or alcohol

to numb their pain,

others contemplate suicide

or turn to "cutting"

to release some of the hurt.

You are too precious, dear soul.

How it must grieve the Father's heart

as He suffers along with you.

The Lord has plans for you.

Plans to prosper you and not harm you,

plans to give you hope and a future.

Many teens have heard the message of a "Father's Love,"

but never experienced a father's love as to relate it to,

so its message falls on deaf ears and soon it is forgotten.

Many teens wonder why their parent walked out on them,

they feel abandoned and somehow at fault.

Let me in on you a secret dear friend,

"It was never your fault...

nor will it ever be."

Adult issues are adult issues

that young shoulders were never meant to bear.

Tonight, I want you to know that you are loved.

Quietly loved in Jesus.

Give to Him all your hurts, your bitterness, and anger

that you've been harboring onto so long.

Release them tonight, dear soul!

Visualize as I did, a helium balloon ascending into the air,

until your hurts get smaller and smaller

the closer it gets to God.

The Lord understands your feelings,

you're not alone in your thoughts.

He was a man of sorrows and aquatinted with grief.

He was tempted in all area of life as you are, yet without sin,

so that He could carry your sins to the cross

and remove from you its guilt and shame.

The Lord longs to have a relationship with you

and spend eternity with you in heaven.

Yet, if you do not believe in the Lord you are going to hell.

There's no pleasant way to say it.

The Scripture says,

"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

                      ~ Romans 3:23

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,

and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead,

thou shalt be saved."

                     ~ Romans 10:9

Don't fall asleep without Jesus

until you are assured of a place in heaven.

Tonight, if you would like to receive the gift of eternal life

first you must believe in the Lord.

You have to ask for your sins to be forgiven

and put your trust in the Lord.

There's only one way to heaven and that's through the Lord Jesus.

That's God's wonderful plan of salvation.

You can begin a personal relationship with Him

by praying a prayer such as the following:

"Dear Lord, I am a sinner.

I'm sorry for my sin.

I want to turn from my sin.

I receive Jesus as my Savior;

I confess Him as my Lord.

From now on I want to follow Him.

In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."

If you have received the Lord Jesus as your personal Savior

after reading this invitation, please let us know.

We would love to hear from you. Your first name is sufficient.