Believe this...

If you believe anything this new year, believe this.  Believe that your empty life cannot be filled by the pursuit of this world or by the might of your hand.  Believe that the emptiness you feel is real.  Very real.  Believe that when you wonder, "Is there more to life than this?" you are asking the right question that will lead to a life-altering, life-filled answer.

If you believe anything this new year, my friends, believe this:

John 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."

Revelation 19:11 and 13 "I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True...He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God."

John 1:4 "In him was LIFE and that life was the light of men."

John 5:26 "For as the Father has LIFE in himself, so he has granted the Son to have LIFE in himself."

John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made a dwelling among us.  We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth."

John 1:17 "For the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ."

John 14:6 "Jesus answered, 'I am the way, the truth, and the LIFE.  No one comes to the Father except through me."

John 11:25 and 26b "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the LIFE.  He who believes in me will LIVE even though he dies....Do you believe this?'"