“To love and to be loved is what we are in  pursuit of. But what if the One whom we love first is the One by whom we are first loved? This intriguing question provides the framework for our 2024 Teen Revolution Youth Conference. See, as people, our inherent desire for affirmation is met when, and only when, we realize and receive the love of God as fully, finally, and freely revealed through His Son — Jesus. Whether or not we acknowledge, accept, or appreciate who Christ is and what Christ has done, it does not change the fact that He does indeed love us. This love was most radically revealed and definitively demonstrated in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. In doing so, God did not just speak His love, He showed His love. Thankfully, Jesus’s story did not conclude on the cross, but it continued three days later as He resurrected. The substitution and sacrifice of Jesus means that we can choose to no longer be destined for the penalty, punishment, and payment of sin — death. Rather, we can receive that free gift of salvation by receiving God’s love. This victorious truth allows us to become by grace what we already are by faith. Acceptance of His acceptance is the only way to experience abundance, encounter grace, enjoy mercy, trust truth, and know love. Therefore, it is our hope that at Teen Revolution this year every student would have the catalytic conviction that they are fully known and fully loved by God. As we hear that we are heard by God, understand that we are understood by God, and know that we are known by God, we are able to love first the One who first loved us.”