Have you ever had a day when you can tell that God is stirring your spirit? Today has been that kind of day for me. Yesterday was tough, as most Tuesdays are. For some reason the gravity of undertaking starting a church was really weighing on me. So this morning started with an element of brokenness and an awareness of my profound need for Jesus. It always amazes me how it is precisely moments like this that God uses to draw us near to Him.

Yesterday I was burdened because the gravity of God’s calling to plant a church was overwhelming, and today I am free as I have been struck by the gravity of Jesus’ sacrifice on my behalf.

The gospel that has consumed my heart today. I realize how much I need the gospel every day. Jesus death, burial and resurrection isn’t just a nice story that helps people that don’t know Jesus get to know Him, it is the backbone of who I am as a follower of Jesus. It is the love story that has and should consume my heart and mind. It is the truth that is absolute and unapologetically life altering.

It is this simple truth that sets my heart on fire; Jesus loved me enough to sacrifice Himself as payment for my rebellion against God. In His perfection He saw me in my brokenness and chose to love me.

Amazing.