You ever feel like the people in your life think they’ve got you figured out and all they see is the worst in you? You ever feel like the folks who know you will never get over who you used to be - like they’ll always see you as that person who did ______ that one time? I don’t want to be remembered for my sins. I don’t want people to always see the worst in me. The only problem is that I keep on sinning all the time! You know how this feels, right? I keep on being the person I don’t want people to think I am! It’s like I want people to believe the best about me even when I don’t always do the best things. Don’t you want that? Don’t you want people to see something in you that is good and kind and sweet, even when you don’t necessarily always live up to it? Here’s the amazing news: Jesus is like that. What I mean to say is, Jesus not only sees the best in you, but He actually sticks up for you. He vouches for you. He is vocal about how much you rock. There is a beautiful verse in the book of 1 John and the basic idea of it goes like this: “The goal of this thing is that you change and actually sin less, but even when you do sin, there’s someone in your corner who believes in you and has your back, and that’s Jesus.” It says that Jesus is your ‘advocate.’ The literal meaning of the word is “to call alongside” and it means that Jesus comes up beside you and speaks up on your behalf. Jesus has your back.
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