If I could only preach one sermon, my point would be Jesus loves us more than we could ever imagine and wants to bring healing and wholeness to our lives. I have been preaching the gospel for over twenty years. During that time I have learned one indisputable fact: Only the love of Christ can satisfy and sustain us.

Jesus Christ is in love with the world and desires more than anything else for us to receive his forgiveness, grace, power, and love so that we can live an abundant life.

To drive this point home, I want to take a closer look at a moving passage in the first chapter of the gospel of Mark when Jesus healed a leper. There are a few critical ideas in this passage that all of us need to remember about Jesus and his love.

A leper approached Jesus and said, “If you choose, you can…