Christian Life Past

• Remember your past successes as a source of encouragement.
• The Christian life is, at times, marked by difficulty, suffering, and reproach.
• The difficult Christian life can be experienced with joy.
• To have joy in the Christian life, we must look up, not down.

Christian Life Future

• The future Christian life is better and abiding.
• The future Christian life is had on the backside of a present Christian life marked by endurance.

Christian Life Present

• The present Christian life is lived temporarily.
• The present Christian life is lived with God's pleasure and our eternity at stake.
• The present Christian life is lived according to God's will.
• The present Christian life is lived by courageous faith.