This is Max Locato. The love of people often increases with performance and decreases with mistakes.

Not so with God's love. He loves you right where you are, but he refuses to leave you that way.

And so he cleanses us of filth. Immorality, dishonesty, prejudice, bitterness, greed, he wants us to be just like Jesus.

Isn't that good news? You aren't stuck with today's personality. You are tweakable.

Where did we get the idea that we cannot change? Why do we say things such as, oh, it's just my

nature to worry? Or I'll always be pessimistic, I'm just that way,

or I have a bad temper, I can't help the way I react. Who says? If our body's malfunction,

we seek help, shouldn't we do the same for our hearts? Can't we seek aid for our sour

attitudes? Of course we can. Jesus wants to change our hearts. Can you

imagine a better offer?