Turn to him when you lose, and turn to Him and give Him glory when you win. This honors Him. The people who know how to handle winning with grace and humility are the ones who learn how to handle losing. You don’t have to like losing, but you do need to grow from it.
Without an eternal perspective, without understanding the reality that the best is yet to come, we assume that people who die young, who are handicapped, who aren’t healthy, who don’t get married, or who don’t _____ [fill in the blank] will inevitably miss out on the best life has to offer. But the theology underlying those assumptions is fatally flawed. We’re presuming that our present Earth, bodies, culture, relationships, and lives are superior to those of the New Earth. What are we thinking?
I remember various secular media interviews where they couldn’t figure out how a murder mystery could have a spiritual theme! They would say things like wow, that was an interesting story, and….that other-worldly stuff was…well, it was different, wasn’t it?
In this 3 minute audio clip, Randy Alcorn talks about gaining a better perspective through understanding the greatness of God's grace.
Randy Alcorn talks about the book 90 Days of God's Goodness and the reminder it gives us of the importance of Scripture.
Randy Alcorn addresses the question of how much of his income he gives away through Eternal Perspective Ministries.
In a recent radio interview, Randy was asked about his forthcoming book (now available), Managing God's Money.
In this three and a half minute clip, Randy Alcorn talks about the perspective that comes from finding the correlation between the worst things and the best things that have ever happened to us.
In this three-minute audip clip, Randy Alcorn talks about having perspective in a fallent world.
Randy Alcorn asnwers the question, "What is the Christian worldview in regard to suffering?" on Mid-Morning with Lynne Ford.
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