The only way we can have a healthy self-image is to tell ourselves the truth about ourselves. The truth is found in the Bible.

Jesus is to our spirits what bread is to our bodies. Our bodies cannot live more than a few weeks without food. Our life expectancy without fluids to drink is only a few days. Jesus is the Bread of Life who connects our spirits to God. He is not an option we can take or leave. Jesus is absolutely vital to our spiritual health.

We all need love but we look for it in all the wrong places and persons. No human being or activity can fill our hearts with love -- only God can.

Jesus is not detached, indifferent or separated from us. Instead, he identified with us, so now he can sympathize with us and help us to conquer our pains too. We can trust him completely.

You cannot follow Jesus and continue with the same old behaviors. Like all other relationships, your relationship with Jesus will transform your life focus and desires. As a result, you will begin to act more like Jesus. Your behavior will change. If it doesn't, there is a problem.

To a follower of Jesus, giving is far more important than getting.

People who are dying recognize what we often forget, that we are standing on the brink of another world. (William Law)

How to Know You're Going to Heaven

You can move from fear to freedom in our efforts to talk to others about Jesus because you are not the one responsible for convincing them to receive His love. The Holy Spirit carries that task. You are free just to tell them what He has done in your life.

God wants to use us, outside the walls of this church building, to be people who will lovingly interact with men and women who have not experienced His love firsthand, and to invest ourselves in relationships with them.