There is a love story

"The disciples' realization that Christ is who He says He is compelled them to obedience. That is the historic reality of Christianity. Understanding this is crucial, for it distinguishes Christianity from all other religions. The Christian faith rests not merely upon great teachings or philosophies, not upon the charisma of a leader, not upon the success in raising moral values, not upon the skill or eloquence or good works of its advocates. If it did, it would have no more claim to authority than the sayings of Confucius or Mao or Buddha or Mohammed or any of a thousand cults. Christianity rests on historical truth. Jesus lived, died, and rose from the dead to be Lord of all - not just in theory or fable, but in fact. With that understood, Christianity must evoke from the believer the same response it drew from the first disciples: a passionate desire to obey and please God - a willingly entered-into discipline. That is the beginning of true discipleship. That is the beginning of loving God." taken from Loving God, Chuck Colson p.40

God has a unique way of meeting you exactly where you are...therefore I'm not sure what other attendees might say was their big take away from the Leadership Summit this year...but mine was clear: Get on your face before God...and live out his greatest command...to love Him. To love Him...imagine the simplicity. All this time I've been feverishly scrambling around, desperately trying to serve Him...and missing the foundational truth...of love. As strange as it sounds, it was as though I heard this concept for the first time. It was certainly the first time it penetrated me to the core.

'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. Matthew 22:37-38

There is a love story...buried in the depths of all of our souls...

let it keep you up at night...if you don't know it.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16