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of peace and hope and joy.

Christ’s offer is no false hope of a life of ease. Instead, he offers us something better—his power to remove your burden of sin and his presence to share the joys and trials of each day. By his resurrection he provides a new way of living with God now and throughout eternity.

You can have this new life today. Trust and receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord. He will not fail you.

“And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (1 John 5:11–12)

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I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU. BECAUSE OF MY THANKFULNESS, I

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me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I

stay in the grave. Three days later, God

will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).

brought Jesus back from the dead, and

It’s hard to understand how great that invitation from Jesus truly is without first

WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH

understanding how dire our situation is

YOU THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

beginning God created a perfect world, and

without him. The Bible tells us that in the humans were in a perfect relationship with him. But the first humans, Adam and Eve,

he is now seated at the right hand of God in heaven. What’s more, God has sent the Holy Spirit to live within his people, filling them with unshakable joy and a deep sense of contentment as they live not for themselves, but for the God who has redeemed them.

did not follow God’s rule and sin entered the

The curse of sin that we feel so deeply in

world. Because God is holy and without sin,

our own broken relationships and sickness

the relationship that once existed between

and sorrow does not have to be the

God and people was broken. And this broken

defining factor of our lives any longer. “If

Happiness is more than a great vacation, a

relationship had far-reaching effects—death,

you confess with your mouth that Jesus

new job, a healthy family, or even our “dream

sickness, hardship, and sadness to name a

is Lord and believe in your heart that

come true.” Ultimate joy is a quality of life

few. But God would not leave things this way.

God raised him from the dead, you will

Happiness . . . we long for it; we work for it.

But every time we think we have it, it’s gone— like a soap bubble in a child’s eager grasp.

that comes from God alone.

Jesus Christ, the perfect Son of God, became

Only Jesus Christ, the Son of God, can

a man and lived the perfect life that we

promise: “I came that they may have life and

could not, and died on a cross to pay the

have it abundantly” (John 10:10). “Come to

penalty our sins had earned. But he did not

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be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved” (Romans 10:9–10).

Forgiveness is freely offered to restore our

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