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“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you” Jeremiah 1:5
Since you’ve come to this page, we assume you’re looking for something. We all are. We all long for something more – more satisfying, more fulfilling, more complete.
There’s a reason for that.
As St. Augustine said, “God has made us for himself, and our heart is restless, until it rests in him.”
God made you. He designed you to be in relationship with him. He knows you and loves you, and he made you to know and love him.
That is why Jesus came into the world – to make God known. John 1:18 He came so that you and I could know and love God in a very personal and intimate way.
The problem is, we have an inherent flaw that keeps us from knowing and loving God. That flaw is sin.
Sin makes us love the things of this world more than the God who made them.
Jesus is God’s invitation to:
“Repent and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” Acts 3:19
God knows your heart. He knows your restlessness, your longings, your desires. He knows you want more. He wants to give it to you. He wants to give you himself.
He invites you into a relationship of refreshment and renewal.
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