Have you ever needed a fresh start? A second chance, a place to prove yourself where you’re not being judged on your past? This is what Paul had in the North. A clean slate, where he was bringing the gospel for the first time, and the church was being formed and built. Here’s the interesting thing about fresh starts, in my experience. Fresh starts eventually become familiar places. They become home. God builds family wherever you go as you connect with others of the same Spirit.

We carry within us the story of Christ, from our unique perspective, and we each have the opportunity to enrich one anothers’ lives with His story in us. People can know Christ through us. Receive the message, share the message.

I remember so clearly my intense longing and seeking for revelation and relationship with Christ. I was 20 years old, with a desperate and deep desire to be met and filled by Jesus. I had grown up in the faith, known Jesus my whole life, but never had a personal encounter. Life had left me disappointed and disillusioned.