It's my absolute passionate belief that every single human being, man, woman, or child, is aching to find a face-to-face relationship with God.

God has promised that whatever you face, you are not alone. He knows your pain. He loves you. And He will bring you through the fire.

But the witness of the substitutionary atonement of Jesus is that God's most difficult promise has been kept.

If we mistake God's silence for indifference, we are the most miserable of people. If we give up when we no longer understand, we reject His caring, steadfast love and cut ourselves off from our only real hope.

If guilt tells us that we've done something wrong, then shame tells us that we are something wrong. So many people feel isolated, not good enough, defined by the labels they wear rather than the identity they have in Christ. The love of Christ tells us that we're accepted; that we belong.

Some people will not understand what the love of Christ compels you to do; do it anyway.

Theres not one good thought in me, apart from God. Thats the good news.