From "The Listener"

People need to know that they’re loved, that there’s hope, that there’s healing, that someone’s in control, that they’re not a product of their past, that they can be forgiven, that they can be useful, that they’re made in the image of God.

The answer, the fulfillment of all needs, is Jesus Christ.

The bottom-line, basic need of every real Christian is to bear fruit like Christ. Every true Christian has that need, whether they want to admit it or not. The Holy Spirit in them, it just yearns for that. And the further they are from fulfilling it, the emptier they are. Jesus cares about filling that emptiness… for a lot of reasons. One of them is our own happiness, but the bigger reason is that… it’s not about us. It’s about advancing God’s kingdom. We’re about advancing God’s kingdom. And if we aren’t acting like Christ, then we’re missing it.

You are who you are. You have the power and the inheritance and all the joy that comes with it. And once you feel that joy… once you have it, you’ll never want to be without it again.

Every lost soul’s need is the same. The answer is Jesus Christ.

From The Listener
(Previously The Heart Reader)
By Terri Blackstock
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