Jesus gives life—Only Jesus can provide real life in the present, and in the future eternal life in heaven! In fact He said, “My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life” (John 10:10, New Living Translation). The life Jesus gives begins with a meaningful life now; the Bible says, “I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.” (Jer. 29:11, The Message). Here is the best part - the life just described gets better in eternity!

Jesus provides peace- Peace is a term that most commonly refers to an absence of aggression, violence or hostility. Also, it represents healthy or newly-healed relationships with others. Finally, peace can describe an individual's sense of himself or herself, such as being "at peace". Interestingly, the Bible refers to Jesus as the Prince of Peace. Through Christ one can find forgiveness. “He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God. Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.” (Romans 4:25-5:1, New Living Translation). Forgiveness provides peace with God, peace with others, and ourselves.

Jesus provides purpose- Purpose in the most general sense is the anticipated result which guides action. It is often used as a synonym for goal or objective. When most people long for “purpose in life”, they are looking for something that will bring meaning and deep, long - term satisfaction to their lives. Jesus is described this way in scripture, “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in Him all things in heaven and on earth were created…all things have been created through Him and for Him” (Colossians 1:15-16, New Revised Standard). You were part of His purposeful creation. True meaning and purpose comes as you do what He created you to do. Jesus lived with the same purpose. He said at the end of His life, “I glorified you on earth by completing down to the last detail what you assigned me to do” (John 17:4, The Message).

Jesus produces hope- Hope is defined as expecting with confidence, or being optimistic. Most people tie hopefulness to security about the future. Jesus produces hope through providing true security. Real security is not in knowing the future. It comes through placing your life in the hands of Jesus, who holds the future. He is described in scripture as our “blessed hope”! The hope produced by Christ begins in this life and continues forever, “What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have Him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now!” (1 Peter 1:3-5, The Message).