"I want to                                my loved ones"

21^st Century Message: "Deal with your                                     by yourself"

1. Jesus Christ changes                

   This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.
   1 John 3:16

   As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy" ... For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
   1 Peter 1:14-16, 18-19

   
   The more I devote myself to                                                         , the more            changes me!

   What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God-- through Jesus Christ our Lord!
   Romans 7:24-25

2. Jesus Christ changes                                    

   If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
   John 15:18-19

3. Jesus Christ changes                                                         of                                              

   I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
   John 15:11-12

"Is this not in large measure what it means to belong to a family: to burden each other -- and to find, almost miraculously, that others are willing, even happy, to carry such burdens?" (Gilbert Meilaender, Things That Count . p. 81)