God created everything with a purpose — including us.  We were designed for perfect relationship with Him, with others, and with the world around us.

Genesis 1:31 “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.”

When we sin and go our own way, we depart from God's design and experience brokenness.

Sometimes that brokenness looks like pain, guilt, and shame.  There is always an emptiness: filled with debauchery (excess and indulgence), or vanity (pride and meaningless pursuits).
People try to escape brokenness through things like worldly success, jobs, possessions, relationships, addiction, even religion, but these don't work.

Romans 3:23 “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

The void caused by sin can’t be filled by pleasure or pride — only by God Himself.  God didn’t leave us in our brokenness. He sent Jesus, who lived perfectly, died for our sins, and rose again.

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have everlasting life.

If we repent (turn from sin) and believe in Jesus, we are forgiven and made new.

Romans 10:9 “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart... you will be saved.”