1. From the Cradle to the Grave

2. What Jesus says about us! The Words of Jesus:

3. What Jesus says about us: Will change our past, Will redirect our future. Will ease the pain of broken hearts and shattered dreams. Will give us the peace that we need. Will give us the confidence that we are of value, that we matter, and that we are accepted by the one that matters most. What Jesus says about us!

4. Jesus says: “I LOVE YOU!”

5. Revelation 1:5-6 “…from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. What Jesus says about us!

6. When Jesus says “I love you” 1. It EQUALIZES 2. It ENDURES 3. It EMANCIPATES 4. It ELEVATES What Jesus says about us!

7. 1. When Jesus says ‘I love you’ it EQUALIZES In our society we are all placed into different categories: Educationally, economically, politically, racially, yet in the eyes of God we are all equal. What Jesus says about us!

8. 2.When Jesus says ‘I love you’ it ENDURES. The great news is that God will not quit loving us, no matter what. What Jesus says about us!

9. Some people live in fear that they are going to do something in a relationship that will cause the person that loves them to quit loving them. That is not the case with God! What Jesus says about us!

10. 3. When Jesus says ‘I love you’ it EMANCIPATES. When we become Christians our lives are washed in the blood of Jesus. We are cleansed, liberated, set free, no longer a slave to sin. What Jesus says about us!

11. 4. When Jesus says ‘I love you’ it ELEVATES. What Jesus says about us! When we experience the love of God, when we are cleansed by the blood of Jesus we are clean from the inside. God reaches down and lifts us up out of the miry clay, and places us upon a rock, a sure foundation.

12. “Behold if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things are passed away, and behold all things are become new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17). What Jesus says about us!

13. Our greatest need can only be met in Christ. We need to be loved completely and forgiven thoroughly. God can do that. Jesus says ‘I love you’ and “I want to change you”. What Jesus says about us!