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God says, 'Don’t panic! I know you, I love you, I will be with you.'

God is not a distant and aloof deity, requiring sacrifice before he draws close to sinful humanity. In Christ Jesus, God has come close.

We can stop trying to fill our emptiness, trying to prove ourselves and endlessly labouring. We can rest, in the knowledge that we will always be loved.

Stef kicks off a few weeks of studying 1 Thessalonians.

If we want to give God our best we must first embrace authenticity. We must stop just going through the motions, refuse to play church, and do whatever it takes to keep the fire burning.

From being 1 in a 100, to one in ten, to being one of two sons: you matter. If you are away from God, rest assured that he not only loves you, he is looking for you.

We worship a God who regrets our rebellion, runs to us when we return, and restores us when we repent.

If we care about what God has done for us in Jesus, then we will want to love Jesus with all that we are – with our heart, mind and strength.

It is only when we have grasped clearly who we are in Christ, that the desire will grow within us to live a life that is worthy of our calling and fitting to our character as God's new society.

Paul is praying for the church. He’s talking to the church, he’s encouraging the church to be the church, the family of God.