1. The Way It Is

2. First law: He is God, and we are not. Second law: God doesn’t need us, but we desperately need Him. Third law: What God demands, He supplies. Fourth law: What you seek, you find. Fifth law: Active faith releases God’s power. Sixth law: There is no growth without struggle. The Way It Is

3. The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes Phillippians 1:6 – “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” Phillippians 1:6 – “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:”

4. Ecclesiastes 3:14 – “I know that, whatsoever He doeth, it shall be forever: Nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it: And God doeth it that men should fear before Him.” The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes

5. I.We Can Be Certain of Our Salvation I John 5:12,13 – “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.” I.We Can Be Certain of Our Salvation I John 5:12,13 – “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.”

6. The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes I. We Can Be Certain of Our Salvation God loves me – Romans 5:8 My sins are forgiven – I John 1:7 I am going to Heaven – John 14:2,3 I. We Can Be Certain of Our Salvation God loves me – Romans 5:8 My sins are forgiven – I John 1:7 I am going to Heaven – John 14:2,3

7. The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes II. We Can Be Confident of God’s Purposes for Us Philippians 1:6 – “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” II. We Can Be Confident of God’s Purposes for Us Philippians 1:6 – “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

8. II. We Can Be Confident of God’s Purposes for Us. God takes the initiative in starting a work in you. God is personally responsible for completing the work He started. God guarantees the outcome of His work in you. God promised to do it! II. We Can Be Confident of God’s Purposes for Us. God takes the initiative in starting a work in you. God is personally responsible for completing the work He started. God guarantees the outcome of His work in you. God promised to do it! The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes

9. III. We Have Comfort When the World is in Turmoil. Matthew 5:45 – “For He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” III. We Have Comfort When the World is in Turmoil. Matthew 5:45 – “For He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”

10. The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes III. We Have Comfort When the World is in Turmoil II Corinthians 1:3 – “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.” III. We Have Comfort When the World is in Turmoil II Corinthians 1:3 – “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.”

11. Psalm 107-Comfort when…. vs. 4 wandering - “he delivered them from their distress” vs. 7. vs. 11 in rebellion – “he delivered them from their distress” vs. 13 vs. 17 foolish acts – “he delivered them from their distress” vs. 19 vs. 27 at wit’s end – “He delivered them from their distress” vs. 28 Psalm 107-Comfort when…. vs. 4 wandering - “he delivered them from their distress” vs. 7. vs. 11 in rebellion – “he delivered them from their distress” vs. 13 vs. 17 foolish acts – “he delivered them from their distress” vs. 19 vs. 27 at wit’s end – “He delivered them from their distress” vs. 28 The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes

12. IV. God Can Be Trusted with the Little Details of Life I Peter 5:7 – “Casting all your care upon Him: For He careth for you.” IV. God Can Be Trusted with the Little Details of Life I Peter 5:7 – “Casting all your care upon Him: For He careth for you.”

13. IV. God Can Be Trusted with the Little Details of Life His eyes are upon you. Psalm 32:8 His ears are open unto you. I John 5:14 His arms are about you. Deut. 33:27 His hand is upon you. Isaiah 41:13 His mouth speaks to you. Isaiah 55:11 His mind is ever upon you. Psalm 115:11 IV. God Can Be Trusted with the Little Details of Life His eyes are upon you. Psalm 32:8 His ears are open unto you. I John 5:14 His arms are about you. Deut. 33:27 His hand is upon you. Isaiah 41:13 His mouth speaks to you. Isaiah 55:11 His mind is ever upon you. Psalm 115:11 The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes

14. IV. God Can Be Trusted with the Little Details of Life Matthew 10:30 – “The very hairs of our head are numbered.” IV. God Can Be Trusted with the Little Details of Life Matthew 10:30 – “The very hairs of our head are numbered.”

15. The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes V. We Can Encourage Others Who Are Struggling Hebrews 10:24,25 – “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” V. We Can Encourage Others Who Are Struggling Hebrews 10:24,25 – “And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.”

16. VI. We Can Wait Patiently Because We Know the End of the Story Jesus wins in the end, and He wins big! Revelation 11:15 – “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever.” VI. We Can Wait Patiently Because We Know the End of the Story Jesus wins in the end, and He wins big! Revelation 11:15 – “And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of His Christ; and He shall reign forever and ever.” The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes

17. VI. We Can Wait Patiently Because We Know the End of the Story James 5:7,8 – “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” VI. We Can Wait Patiently Because We Know the End of the Story James 5:7,8 – “Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.” The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes

18. Romans 8:38,39 – “For I am persuaded, that neither death, not life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” The Way It Is: What God Starts, He Finishes