Simple Truth...God Loves YOU!

I'm going to share with you one of the simplest, yet most profound facts in all the universe...God loves YOU! Imagine that...the Creator of everything that there is...the God of ALL glory...the Master of the Universe...THAT God loves YOU!

Think about it...of all the hundreds of thousands of gods and idols that people all over the world worship...our God is the ONLY God Who is alive and loves His people. All the other gods are dead gods and many are gods that are made by human hands out of wood or stone or metal...they are NOT alive...they do NOT care for their followers. Those people are putting their trust in something that cannot help them...can do nothing for them. But our God is alive...and our God loves us so much that He sent His very own Son to die as payment for our sins so that we can have the privilege of living with Him forever!

Preaching the Gospel

Most anybody can preach in the cities, the open stadiums, the comfortable churches...but Jesus didn't do that. He went to places like Samaria, the tax collector's house, the graveyards, to those demon possessed, to the harlots, to funeral processions, even to closed tombs. Jesus went where people were hurting, dying...already dead. In other words, Jesus went where others would not even think of going.

Today you see evangelist going from church to church, but Jesus said "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance." (Mark 2:17) 

Letting Go of the Past

One of the most powerful lessons the Apostle Paul learned was to let go of the past and move forward. To the Church at Philippi he wrote, "Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:13-14)

Many people spend their lives dwelling on the past. For some it was a good past and they base their self worth on some success they had when they were younger...in their prime. And for many, it was a disappointing past they spend their lives dwelling on, whether it was a past hurt, a painful childhood, a loved one they lost. Whatever it was, it robs them of living life today.