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Do you believe God truly loves you...right now, just as you are? Everything in life is useless, even a sermon, if you don't know of God's love for you. How exciting life gets when you have the knowledge in your heart that God's goodness and faithful love are hunting you down all your life!

Who do you say Jesus is? Is He loving and accepting or harsh and demanding? Is He forgiving or unforgiving and condemning? Does He bring joy or take away fun? The only way to know the truth about someone is to get to truly know them. Find out more about Jesus to help you answer the truth about Who He is.

Hope is real! But it must be attached to a truth... otherwise, it's just a wish. Christians ought to be the most hope-filled people on earth. Here are a few reasons why our hope is restored:
1) We have been ADOPTED into God's family.
2) We are fully PERSUADED that God loves us.
3) We are certain that we are in a UNION with Christ.
4) God has an OBLIGATION to keep His eternal promises.
5) God PROTECTS us, our future, and our dreams.
6) God BELIEVES in you!

Hope is a powerful weapon. It gives us the strength and courage to endure. Hope brings freedom. That's why religion destroys hope. But don't lose hope. Be sure to come back next week to hear the hopeful conclusion to this hopeless message.

Jesus paid the ultimate price for us. What did His death do for us?
Expiation - removal of sin and guilt
Propitiation - removal of wrath
Reconciliation - removal of separation
Redemption - removal of chains
Destruction of Darkness - removal of satan's weapon
Substitution - removal of death sentence

This new sermon series will not follow a linear theme. It will be a surprize each week! Do you remember the game show "Let's Make a Deal"? Behind each door was a prize, and prizes could be traded, but you never got to know what was behind the door. With Jesus, we always get to trade up for something of greater value. We trade lack for provision, sickness for health, death for life, sin for righteousness, worry for peace...