​John 3:16-17
    “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 

Jesus knew what sacrifice was. He came to this world to give of himself so that others could have life. He knew that we were in need of help. He knew that we were lost without Him and His love.

In the Word of God, there is much truth, much guidance, and much about God.

But you can still know the Bible and be lost, you can still know the Bible and not know God. Does that mean that the Bible is bad? No by no means is the word of God bad. There are many that act as if they know the Word but do not know God.

As a man, we don't like to admit we are weak. But man I got my backside kicked this past Sunday. My beautiful wife gets up early every morning to faithfully workout. She is a Beachbody coach, and she pushes herself. She has been faithfully working out for probably 3 years now. I, on the other hand, am a half-hearted triathlete. Which means that her workouts are very different from mine.

Suffice it to say, she works out her entire body weekly, and I do very repetitious exercises for long durations to build endurance. She is strong. I am strong at three specific movements. At her pleading, I have tried to do more strength training, but it is very irregular. 

What good is a hospital, if sick people can't go to it to feel better?

What good is a church if people that make mistakes can't go to it to get the support, help and, love that they need?

A hospital was not made for healthy people.

A Church was not made for the perfect.

It says in Romans, none of us are perfect.

If a church was for the perfect it would do no good at all.

Some of the people I know that don't go to church just don't feel like it has any relevance. They don't feel like it would meet their needs. Church to them is not important.

Let me ask you this, have any of you ever been hurt by a church in the past, whether you have felt judged or unloved, or disowned, or unappreciated? Or like the church didn't care about you?

​I don’t know if you have ever seen a movie with a "first alien encounter” in it.  Those "first contact" moments are interesting because they are always the biggest thing to ever happen to the world. 

It's always something that could change everything. Something that could change the world.

Well, there is a being out there, and when we have a close encounter with Him it does change everything. It changes everything in our world. and it changes everything for the people that are encountered.