The Carpenter's Church
"When Life Feels Rigged"
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Locations & Times
The Carpenter's Church
1610 Pearman Dairy Rd, Anderson, SC 29625, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
LIFE'S A GAME PLAYED IN DEATH'S CASINO--AND THE HOUSE UILTIMATELY WINS.
House Rule #1: CHANCE TRUMPS DISCIPLINE.
House Rule #2: TROUBLE HITS WITHOUT WARNING.
House Rule #3: HEROES ARE QUICKLY FORGOTTEN.
House Rule #4: SIN STACKS THE DECK AGAINST US.
THE JESUS DIFFERENCE:
BECAUSE OF CHRIST: LIFE IS A JOURNEY LIVED IN GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY—AND IN CHRIST, WE ETERNALLY WIN
PRAYER: Jesus, what do you want ME to do with what I've just heard?
FAMILY/GROUP DISCUSSION:
(Get more out of this message by talking it over with your family around the lunch table, at your next small group meeting, or with a friend or two at your favorite coffee shop)
Have you ever felt like you did everything right, but still came up short? What emotions did that stir in you, and how do those moments test your faith or sense of fairness?
Which of the “House Rules” hits closest to home for you right now — chance, trouble, forgetfulness, or sin? Why do you think that particular “rule” feels most real in your current season of life?
Romans 8:28 reminds us that “God is working all things together for good.” How does that truth challenge the way we usually respond when life feels random or unfair?
If God “always gets the last move,” what would it look like for you to trust Him more deeply in an area that currently feels uncertain or out of control? What’s one small, practical step you can take this week to live like that’s true?
(Get more out of this message by talking it over with your family around the lunch table, at your next small group meeting, or with a friend or two at your favorite coffee shop)
Have you ever felt like you did everything right, but still came up short? What emotions did that stir in you, and how do those moments test your faith or sense of fairness?
Which of the “House Rules” hits closest to home for you right now — chance, trouble, forgetfulness, or sin? Why do you think that particular “rule” feels most real in your current season of life?
Romans 8:28 reminds us that “God is working all things together for good.” How does that truth challenge the way we usually respond when life feels random or unfair?
If God “always gets the last move,” what would it look like for you to trust Him more deeply in an area that currently feels uncertain or out of control? What’s one small, practical step you can take this week to live like that’s true?
Book of Ecclesiastes Summary
THE BIBLE PROJECT: Watch our overview video on the book of Ecclesiastes, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. This book forces us to face death and random chance, and the challenges they pose to a naive belief in God’s goodness.
https://youtu.be/lrsQ1tc-2wk?si=0ceuJCbLaFWDXuyK
MY NEXT STEP(S)
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. --Philippians 3:12-14
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