•There is a thief who wants to rob us of life.
. . . things like the prejudice, hatred, the need for revenge.

--And then there are the terribly SUBTLE things like the desire to fill every spare moment of our lives with noise or work or anything that would keep us from having space and time in our lives for reflection and prayer and time spent with our Creator and Savior.
In these ways and many more the thief seeks to rob us of a fulfilled life in this existence and an eternity with God.  But Jesus . . .