Today I was in church, and the pastor was preaching about " prayer" he started hi sermon with a little reminder of the reason why it was necessary for the disciple to pray when Jesus was about to die for our sins. one of the things he said that touched me deeply was " why did Jesus feel the need to die for a bunch of people who didn't love him in the first place?". throughout the sermon, I keep thinking about that question and I realize that some of us ( me included) do not understand the value of the cross. We all know John 3:16 ( my favorite verse) but I realize that I really don't understand how deep God's love is that made him turn himself into a sinner so that I can be saved. this question also made me wonder why I keep sinning while I know the unimaginable pain God went through to give me eternal life? is it true that we don't have a deeper understanding of God's grace that we take God's sacrifice to the cross for granted? why do we feel the need to be always grateful fo people who did something of a lesser importance than what Jesus did on the cross but are ungrateful for eternal life that is found in Jesus? how do a deep understanding of God's love and the value of the cross can help us, Christian, to get free from sin bondage and fight temptation?