A twenty-six-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions. If you know nothing of the Bible, start here. If you know everything in the Bible, return here. We all need the reminder. The heart of the human problem is the heart of the human. And God?s treatment is prescribed in John 3:16.He loves. He gave. We believe. We live.He loves.God loves you because he chooses to do so. ?God wasn?t attracted to you and didn?t choose you because you were big and important? He did it out of sheer love?? (Deut. 7:7-8, MSG). God?s love for you depends on his goodness, not yours. And since he is totally good, you are absolutely loved. You don?t need to win his love, you already have it. And since you can?t win it, you can?t lose it. He will love you forever. You may step outside of his will, but never his love. Mark it down. He loves you. So much, in fact, that?He gave.He gave his one and only Son. Jesus is God?s ?one and only.? He is unlike any other person in history. Every quality we attribute to God, we can give to Jesus. Jesus has an eternal life span, unending wisdom, and tireless energy. Most of all, Jesus is sinless. When he lived on the earth, he never sinned. ?He never did one thing wrong. Not once said anything amiss? (1 Peter 2:22, MSG).

Lucado, Max