Lifeopoly, Part 1
The only way to handle all of the tough landing spaces in this broken, sin-stained world is to go to Jesus. Go directly to Jesus. There is unbelievable grace available for every unsettling thing you face.
Are You Confident? Jesus Offers Assurance.
You’re not going to get this right all the time, so don’t let your assurance rise and fall on your fluctuating faith, desire and effort. There will be ups and downs, steadfastness and stumbles, progress and detours, but true believers will persevere because God finishes what He starts in our lives.
What We Believe Changes Us
What we believe – negatively or positively, rightly or wrongly, godly or worldly – will always shape what we value and how we live. When we believe the message of the gospel more fully in more areas of our lives, we are transformed into people who…
When Trials Come
Take heart! While it may feel like trials are breaking you today, you can be sure that God is building you up through them in ways that are going to be amazingly good in the days to come.
Expect God To Work, But Maybe Not That Way
He takes care of us in ways that can only be Him at work. Why? So He gets the glory forever and ever, amen! We get the help and God gets the honor. What. A. Deal. Today, expect God to work in your life for good. Just don’t expect Him to do it like you think He will.
Are You Finished? Jesus Offers Endurance.
He will not lose us on the way. He will not let us lose our way. Through every sinful setback, every stagnant season and every stormy squall, Jesus remains faithful to get to heaven all those who believe in Him. We will keep going. We will endure. We will make it.
The End Of Your Story Is Written
By faith, we travel the course marked out on its pages, knowing that the end of our story has been written, and it’s wonderful. We don’t know what comes next with each turn of the page, and it won’t always make sense to us, but it doesn’t have to. Because our faith is in the One who does know the happily-ever-after ending to our story. After all, He’s the One who wrote it.
Are You Grumbling? Jesus Offers Thankfulness.
If you know Jesus, your life is going unbelievably well (even if there is suffering present). If you know Jesus, you’re heading home to everlasting good (even if things are bad on the way). In every circumstance, you have reason to be joyful and thankful because you have Him.
God May Not Be Changing The Situation
When you face troubles and trials, don’t give up hope, because God hasn’t given up on you. You may feel like everything is falling apart, but He’s actually putting you back together again so you can feel, think, speak and act like the person you were born to be. When you look back, you’ll find this to be true: your circumstances may not be different, but you are.
It Would All Make Sense If We Knew All He Knows
We don’t have to make sense out of everything that is going on or that we are going through; but we do need to trust that God is tirelessly at work in ways that would make sense if we knew all that He knows. And when we can’t see it with our eyes, let us believe it in our hearts. That’s what faith is for.
