Yesterday our Easter conference started. About 600 people were gathered in the building of the Christ Church.in the evening. It was great to see many friends again, some after a long time, others I see more often. Noralv Askeland ministered the word of God in this first meeting. He spoke of the mercy of God. "Once you received none of God’s mercy; now you have received his mercy" (1 Peter 2:10). He was underlining that God is a good God and therefore he is showing mercy. Only by the mercy of God will we see fulfilled what we are working towards. When God shows mercy we find grace to do what we have to do. The mercy of God is creating faith and love in our life. Faith and love are the only things that matters, not activities or anything else. The mercy of God is our only motivation in bringing our body and entire life to God as a living sacrifice.