This is our first Grab-n-Go post.  A short word of encouragement from Scott and Tina.  Today we just want you to answer the question, "Why did you choose to follow Jesus?" 

We have always asked people - so tell me your God story, your testimony, how did you come to know Jesus?  But when you change the question to "why" it seems to become more personal, a little bit deeper.

Dictionary.com defines the word "why":  for what cause or reason.  Think about that for yourself personally.  What was the reason that you chose to follow Jesus? 

I asked a young lady that very question the other day and she had to think about it for a minute.  Then she responded, "Because I tried everything else and there was no where else turn but Jesus."  This person tried everything the world had to offer:  drugs, sex, partying, alcohol, and more but nothing satisfied.  Finally,  Jesus met her while she was sitting in her car feeling like she had no where else to go.  It was there she surrendered her life to Jesus Christ. 

Her journey is similar to the journey the disciples took.  John explains in John chapter 6:
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.  Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”

So your homework this week is to ask people around you this question:  Why did you choose to follow Jesus?