This is Zoe Church, L.A. We're not just fans, but rather followers of Jesus. Tune in as Pastor Chad

Veach teaches of God's love and how we can live a Zoe life, an abundant life. I grew up in El Saganda

over by the L.A. airport, and my dad lived in Eagle Rock in the Pasadena area. I didn't see him too much. I lived with my mom and we're in a beach town, but my mom had serious, serious mental issues. She was an extreme hoarder. If you ever watched A&E and hoarding and that type of scenario, I grew up in that for about 19 years. And actually I lived about-third of my life in a garbage dump to be truthful

with you. I was kind of a social recluse. My mom had schizophrenia. We were asked to leave a lot

of public places. I wasn't allowed into places and to homes and asked to stay out. I don't

know how evil an eight-year-old kid can be, but that was kind of my,

I was kind of my life growing up, schoolphobic, poor performer. Didn't have a whole lot going my way,

but I did play football, and I found, like a lot of people in pain, they found kind of some

outlet that they kind of resolved their pain in. Mine was going to the weight room and hitting people on a football field.

And I played two years at El Camino over Redondo Beach Torrance area.

And then I decided I want to be a mountain man.

Transfer to Central Washington State College to finish my last two years to play for them

in Ellensburg, Washington, just because I wanted to get closer to the

mountains. But the problem is my girlfriend or football or weightlifting or hugging trees or

whatever it was, it still didn't take away my childhood pain. How many people know that Jesus

said, whoever drinks this water will be thirsty again?

I don't care if you're in the top of your business career right now, you're doing well in school,

you just seem to be doing great in some particular achievement or goal.

There's only one water that really satisfies. You will always be thirsty again. And here I was at the age of 21

and I was thirsty again and God was after me like a hound dog. You know, people say I found Jesus.

That's really theologically incorrect. You don't find Jesus. He finds you. In fact, let me just

say this. You're visiting today. Christianity is the only religion in the world where God comes after you. In fact, let me just say this. You're visiting today. Christianity is the only

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