Learning to Live in the Present

Main Point
In Jesus Christ God has taken care of your past as well as your future; learn to live your life effectively in the present by trusting in your Savior.

1. As a person saved from your sins, you need to learn from, but not dwell in, the past (v. 1-3, 8)

2. Learn to look to the promises God has given for your future:

• Peace and prosperity (v. 4-5)

• Gathering of His people (v. 7-8)

• Reversal of suffering (v. 10-15)

• Restoration of joy (v. 18-19)

• The advance of the gospel (v. 20-22)

3. Learn from the past, look expectantly to the future, but live in the present (v. 9, 16-17)

4. Living in the present requires trusting your savior (v. 6, 23)