Looking at the trials and tests over the past season, John walks us through the Kingdom perspective with which we should approach grading ourselves. Scripture has already given us a clear picture of God's intentions toward us – His plans for us are good and He wants us to succeed! Hallelujah!
John Share 5 Grids that can help us stay on course through the 'grading' process:
- Always examine through the lenses that God is winning and He always wins. (Romans 8:31; Colossians 3:1-4)
- God is large and in charge – working everything out according to His purpose (Romans 8:18;23 & Ephesians 1: 3-14)
- There are 2 opposing operating systems, and we get to choose from which system we operate from: Love or Fear (1 John 4:16-19; 2 Timothy 1:7)
- There were 2 trees in the garden. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Tree of Life. We choose from which tree we get our sustenance.
- The Fruit of the Spirit is a plumbline for how to assess ourselves.