I Am Making Everything New

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Welcome to Beyond Sunday and Day31 of Anchored in God's
Promises.
What an incredible journey.
This has been 31 days ofstarting with a verse, a promise
or a truth that anchors ourhearts.
And I hope that beyond todaythat you continue to do this
without me that maybe this is ajumpstart for you to just grab a
verse every day and reflect withGod on it.
Today we finish with one of thegreatest promises in all of

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scripture, God's declaration inRevelation 21, 5.
It says this.
He who is seated on the thronesaid, I am making everything
new.
Then he said, write this downfor the words are trustworthy
and true.
This verse comes at the end ofthe Bible in John's vision of
the new Heaven and new Earth.
He's describing the finalrestoration when pain and sin

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and death are gone forever.
And then in the middle of thatvision, God himself speaks.
I'm making everything new.
He says, this is more thanencouragement.
It's a declaration of victory.
Everything broken will one daybe restored.
Everything twisted by sin willbe made whole.
Notice the word and how hephrases this.

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I am making everything new.
It's not just future tense,though.
The ultimate fulfillment willcome when Christ returns.
It's present tense as well.
Even now, God is in the businessof making things new, new
mercies every morning.
New strength when we're weary.
New beginnings, when we fail newhearts, when we come to him in

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faith.
And the promise of renewal isn'tjust for someday, it's for today
too.
And God doesn't say he'll makesome things new.
He says everything that includescreation itself, that includes
history, that includes your lifeand mine.
Think about the things in yourlife that feel broken beyond
repair, relationships, regrets,seasons of suffering.

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Revelation 21, 5 says none of itis beyond his reach.
Nothing is too far gone for theGod who makes everything new.
Now.
God doesn't just make thepromise.
He underlines it.
He says, write this down.
These words are trustworthy andtrue.
Why?
Because he knows how hard it isfor us to believe this.

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When life feels heavy, when theworld seems darker, by the day,
hope can feel fragile.
So God doubles down and says,you can trust me.
This is true.
I will do it.
There's a story of an oldpriceless painting discovered in
an addict.
Covered in dust, scratches, andlayers of grime.
At first glance, it lookedworthless, but when a skilled

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restorer began to work patientlycleaning, repairing, restoring,
the original beauty emerged.
That's what God is doing withthe world and with us.
What looks damaged beyond repairis being restored layer by
layer.
Until one day, the full glorywill shine.
This promise is meant to give usendurance.

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Life is hard.
We face suffering anddisappointment and brokenness,
but Revelation 21 5 reminds usthis is not the end of the
story.
When you feel stuck in regret.
He's making you new when youfeel weighed down by the world's
brokenness, he's making allthings new.
And when Christ returns, we'llsee the fullness of this promise

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with our own eyes.
So here's your challenge today.
Take one area of your life thatfeels beyond repair, something
that seems too broken, too fargone.
Write it down and next to it,write God's word.
I am making everything new andlet his promise be bigger than
your despair.
Let's pray.
Father, thank you for this finaland ultimate promise that you

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are making all things new.
Thank you, that nothing is toobroken for you to restore.
Give us hope today to endurewhatever we face.
Knowing the best is yet to come.
Anchor our hearts in thecertainty that your words are
trustworthy and true.
In Jesus name we pray.
Amen.
Now that's it for day 31 ofAnchored in God's promises.

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Thank you for walking this monthwith me.
If you're not a regularlistener, next month we'll jump
back into a series that I put onpause for the month of August,
talking about walking throughwilderness seasons in life.
My prayer is that these 31promises have not only anchored
your mornings, but shaped yourheart for the long run.
And remember, the God who spokethese promises is faithful and

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you can trust him.