Peace to You

What does Jesus have to do with your Monday?

  • The work waiting.
  • The bills.
  • The children.
  • The decision.
  • The goal.
  • The problem you still haven’t solved.

Everything.

Jesus for Monday. Not just Saturday or Sunday.

Life gets heavy.

Sometimes you don’t need another opinion.

You need a Guide.

Meet the Chief Problem Bridger.

Jesus Christ — the only begotten Son of God.

Not just someone to call when life falls apart.
A Guide for your whole life.

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I didn’t understand God’s love until my son was born.

I love my son so much.

Then one day it hit me.

God gave His only begotten Son for people who did not even love Him.

I cannot imagine giving my son for people who do not love me.

But God did.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son…”

John 3:16 KJV

Who does that?

That changed how I saw God.

If He cared enough to give His Son, why would I think He doesn’t care about the rest of my life?

“He that spared not his own Son… how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”

Romans 8:32 KJV

The Father gave His Son. The Son gave Himself. I learned I could trust Them.

Then I realized something else.

Jesus is more than emergency religion.

  • Bad day? Pray.
  • Sin? Ask forgiveness.
  • Die? Go to heaven.

But what about Monday?

  • What about the business you’re trying to build?
  • The career you’re trying to grow?
  • The child you’re trying to raise?
  • The body and mind you’re trying to strengthen?
  • The decision keeping you awake?
  • The person you’re trying to become?

Jesus came to teach us how to live.

“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

John 10:10 KJV
Personal Professional Spiritual ONE LIFE

One life.
One Source.

Now let’s see what that looks like.

Why I call Jesus the Chief Problem Bridger

Sometimes He removes the problem.

Sometimes the problem stays—and He makes a way through it.

A Problem Bridger gets you from where you are to where you need to be.

  • No way forward?

    He makes a way.

  • Lost?

    He is the Shepherd.

  • Confused?

    He is the Truth.

  • Don’t know how to live?

    He is the Life.

“I am the way, the truth, and the life…”

John 14:6 KJV

He does not merely tell you where to go. He leads you there.

The Unified Life

You don’t have a spiritual life over here and a real life over there.

It is one life.

THE SOURCE God + His only begotten Son POWER PURPOSE PASSION PRODUCTION ONE UNIFIED LIFE Personal • Professional • Spiritual

Power

Get your strength.

What makes me strong?

  • God.
  • Truth.
  • Wisdom.
  • Mind.
  • Body.
  • Discipline.

Know your Source.

Monday testWhat do you need strength for this week?

Purpose

Know who you are.

Who am I, and why am I here?

The IMC Compass

Identity
Who am I?
Mission
What am I here to do?
Contrast
What will I refuse to become or do?

Know your direction.
Know your boundaries.

Monday testWhat should you say yes to—and what must you say no to?

Passion

Know what matters.

What is worth giving myself to?

  • People.
  • Problems worth solving.
  • Work worth doing.
  • Things worth building.

Purpose gives passion direction.

Monday testWhat deserves your energy this week?

Production

Build something good.

What is my life producing?

  • People helped.
  • Problems solved.
  • Skills developed.
  • Children raised well.
  • Work completed.
  • Businesses built.
  • Lives improved.

A good life produces good fruit.

Monday testWhat will exist by Friday because you acted?

Powered by God. Guided by Christ. One Unified Life.

The Monday Test

If it only works in church, it isn’t enough.

Does Jesus work on Monday?

He should change the way you live it.

Building a business?

Scripture gives principles for:

  • Stewardship.
  • Service.
  • Planning.
  • Honesty.
  • Wisdom.
  • Multiplication.

Growing your career?

Scripture gives principles for:

  • Skill.
  • Faithfulness.
  • Learning.
  • Service.
  • Excellence.

Raising children?

Scripture gives principles for:

  • Identity.
  • Instruction.
  • Boundaries.
  • Example.
  • Love.

Strengthening your body and mind?

Scripture gives principles for:

  • Stewardship.
  • Self-control.
  • Rest.
  • Wisdom.
  • Discipline.

Making a hard decision?

Scripture gives principles for:

  • Truth.
  • Counsel.
  • Patience.
  • Motive-testing.
  • Discernment.

The Bible does not only prepare you to die saved.

It teaches you how to live wisely.

Jesus for Monday.

But don’t miss this.

Jesus is not another tool for improving your life.

He is the Source.

The Unified Life does not begin with productivity.

It begins with knowing the Father and His Son.

Jesus came to save you.

Those who refuse to be saved will perish.

“Come to me, all of you who are tired and are carrying heavy loads. I will give you rest.”

Matthew 11:28 NIrV

If your heart is heavy, begin here.

Father, I need You.

Thank You for loving me
and giving Your Son for me.

Forgive me.
Save me.
Help me know You.
Lead me.

Give me the peace Jesus promised.

Amen.

You don’t have to understand everything before you come.

Start with Jesus

Don’t merely survive the world.

Become light within it.