52: New Year New Beginning – Is Life Random?

Give Jesus a  and he will change your life.

Is life random?

Everything happens for a .

What’s the reason?

Matthew 1:1 (NLT)
1 This is a record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham 

Matthew 1:2-3 (NLT)
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac. 
Isaac was the father of Jacob. 
Jacob was the father of Judah and his brothers. 
3 Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah (whose mother was Tamar).

Matthew 1:5-6 (NLT)
5 Salmon was the father of Boaz (whose mother was Rahab).  
Boaz was the father of Obed (whose mother was Ruth).  
Obed was the father of Jesse.  
6 Jesse was the father of King David.  
David was the father of Solomon (whose mother was Bathsheba, the widow of Uriah).

The story of Jesus is God drawing near to .

God uses to accomplish his .

The people of God uses are always .

Life is not .

Romans 8:28-29 (NIV)
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.  29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

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