When Life Looks Full but Feels Empty | Pastor Justin Senesi

About this episode

Pastor Justin Senesi discusses the feeling of emptiness in life and the importance of encountering the risen Jesus.

Even for followers of Jesus, life can feel empty. We can look at our house, family, or health, and know from the outside, everything seems okay... but on the inside, we feel an emptiness. In this Easter message from the book of John, Pastor Justin explains that believing facts about Jesus isn’t the same as experiencing Him. We can believe that the tomb is empty, but it isn't enough. We need to ENCOUNTER the risen Jesus! And that encounter is what can fill the emptiness you may be wrestling with today.

People in this episode

Host: Hickory Ridge

Guest: Pastor Justin Senesi

Topics covered

• faith
• spiritual emptiness
• Easter message
• encountering Jesus
• belief vs experience

Keywords

• emptiness
• faith
• Easter
• Jesus
• spirituality
• belief
• encounter

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: the book of John

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