Today is the day you choose . . . which game you want to win, which
prize you want to collect, which priorities you want to set.
It's a thrill to win at checkers or Clue or Trivial Pursuit. You sweep
aside the other players and you "own" the board. It's also a thrill to
win a promotion at work ... the new house you wanted ... that sports car
you've always eyed. But just like the game cards, the tokens, and the
timer, those prizes are temporary. When the game is over, they all go
back in the box.
Games can cast a powerful spell, says bestselling author John Ortberg.
But the wisest player remembers that the game is always going to end. So
what can we take with us to the kingdom of God? Only the love we have
for Christ, the love we have for each other, and our own souls. While
it's not bad to be good at chess or Risk--or the game of life on
Earth--we can't allow it to get in the way of what really matters.
Using his humor and his genius for storytelling, Ortberg helps you focus
on the real rules of the game and how to set your priorities. When the
Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box Participant's Guide helps
explain how, left to our own devices, we tend to seek out worldly
things, mistakenly thinking they will bring us fulfillment. But
everything on Earth belongs to God. Everything we "own" is just on loan.
And what pleases God is often 180 degrees from what we may think is
important.
In the six sessions you will learn how to:
- Live passionately and boldly
- Learn how to be active players in the game that pleases God
- Find your true mission and offer your best
- Fill each square on the board with what matters most
- Seek the richness of being instead of the richness of having
You can't beat the house, notes Ortberg. We're playing our game of life
on a giant board called a calendar. Time will always run out, so it's a
good thing to live a life that delights your Creator. When everything
goes back in the box, you'll have made what is temporary a servant to
what is eternal, and you'll leave this life knowing you've achieved the
only victory that matters.
Sessions include:
- When the Game Is Over It All Goes Back in the Box (20:00)
- Keeping Score Where It Really Counts (20:00)
- Resign as Master of the Board (20:30)
- Calling or Comfort? Choose Your Move Wisely (19:00)
- Playing the Game with Greatness and Grace (16:30)
- The Kingdom Has One More Move (13:00)
Designed for use with When the Game Is Over It All Goes Back in the Box
Participant's Guide 9780310808190 (sold separately).
