"I always believed there was a God. I knew of Jesus, but I didn’t have a real understanding of what Jesus did for me."

Looking back, Rebecca recognizes that she still didn’t fully comprehend God’s grace. “My relationship with God was based on rules. Follow the rules, and do what you’re supposed to do, or you’ll be punished. This was my understanding of God, and it missed the mark entirely.

Dave recalls that serving wasn’t always a priority for him. Neither was church. “I was one of those people who just drove by the church, and you know I saw the building and I’m like, ‘Fellowship Alliance what?’ One day he decided to check it out. “I walked in and I thought I’d give it a try. That was about 20 years ago, and I’ve been going ever since.”

"No more repeating the request. Now her prayer would be all about praising a wonderful God!"

Theodore Roosevelt coined the well-loved phrase, “People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” For Adam’s story, these words prove undeniably true.

"We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame." Romans 5:3-5