Today is the day you choose …… which game you want to win.… which prize you want to collect.… which priorities you want to set.ItAEs a thrill to win at checkers or Clue or Trivial Pursuit. You sweep aside the other players and you OownOE the board. ItAEs also a thrill to win a promotion at work A the new house you wanted A that sports car youAEve 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 itAEs not bad to be good at chess or RiskUor the game of life on earthUwe canAEt 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 DVD and participantAEs guide help 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 OownOE 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:OLive passionately and boldlyOLearn how to be active players in the game that pleases GodOFind your true mission and offer your bestOFill each square on the board with what matters mostOSeek the richness of being instead of the richness of havingYou canAEt beat the house, notes Ortberg. WeAEre playing our game of life on a giant board called a calendar. Time will always run out, so itAEs a good thing to live a life that delights your Creator. When everything goes back in the box, youAEll have made what is temporary a servant to what is eternal, and youAEll leave this life knowing youAEve achieved the only victory that matters.
