It's called Redemption: Changing a person from what they were, taking the old and letting it go and bringing forth the new in their life. So that the junk that was in a person's life begins to be redeemed, and changed and brought forth into newness. So that's what God's doing in the lives of those who have come to this point of accepting Christ. He's restoring us to a new life in Him.

We are starting out this morning hearing the stories of some people in our congregation who are being redeemed. You will hear these stories and what will happen is you will say "I really identify with that guy or that gal." And as you identify with that person what I want to have happen in your heart and in your life is to know that God can do that in your life too. So let's listen now as we hear from these folks from our congregation talk about how God's redeeming them and what Easter means to them.

Terrible things happen when people lose heart.