After spending nearly twenty years as a born-again, church-going Christian, something unexpected happened—I actually fell in love with Jesus.

I’d already been quite successful by the world’s standards. But life threw me a curveball—I suddenly found myself without a job. In that vacuum, I thought, “Maybe I guess I’ll start reading my Bible again.”

And that’s when everything changed.

I discovered that reading the Bible for yourself is the key to entering what I now call True! Life! Yes, you can be a born-again Christian and be fully assured of Heaven. You can be a church-going Christian and receive meaningful instruction, connect with community, and grow in your faith. But until you personally dive into The Word—until you see Jesus for yourself—you can not yet begin living True! Life!

When you read the Bible, you’re not just flipping through old pages—you’re watching Him. You hear what He says, you see what He does, and you begin to understand why He does what He does. You become acquainted with Him. And then, little by little, you start doing what He does, saying what He says, walking as He walked. And you come to know Him— for yourself.

Before you know Him, what you’re living is just… life.

But once you encounter know Him for yourself—once after He becomes real and alive to you—you begin living True! Life! And from that moment on , there’s no going back. You you want everyone around you to experience this life True! Life! too. Because it’s better in every way. More fulfilling. More adventurous. More joyful. Not perfect, not sinless—but fully truly alive.

So that’s when I started crying out to the Lord:

“How can I get other people to want to know You?!”