"The Providence of God" By Jimmy Dodd

The service this morning was awesome to say the least! The Holy Spirit I think spoke to every heart this morning through Jimmy Dodd. The CD's of the service were sold out before the last service and they took back orders at the end.

Text: Romans 8:28

#1. GOD IS IN CONTROL

For those who follow Jesus, either this verse is true and every tragedy is ultimately a blessing or God is a liar and the word of God is not true.

**The Promise: God is in control!!

#2. AN ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE

The bad things that happen in this life are short term. God did not promise this life would be easy. In fact, He said just the opposite.

**The Perspective: Every single thing that happens, God is working into a plan for our good and for his glory!

#3. A LOVING GOD - THE HOPE OF THE GOSPEL

The calling is the effectual calling of the Holy Spirit by which He convicts us of our sin and shows us the need we have for Jesus.

**The Plan: God is totally helpful. We are totally helpless.

Romans 8:28 - 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.

Key Words - WE KNOW that in ALL THINGS....ALL!

FED EX Orange Bowl 2010

Believe it or not, it was the coldest Orange Bowl in history! 50 degrees at kickoff and 50 degrees at our house. Who would have thought in January that Colorado Springs could have the same weather as Southern Florida?!?!?!

Anyway, we were ready!! Dressed in Hawkeye apparel all day, people commenting at the stores and we walked around with an attitude that said, "Don't mess with the Hawks, we're gonna win!"

Well, if you missed the game, you missed a lot! "Stanzi the manzi" unbeaten all year (when he played) was on his game, looking like Chuck Long. These looked like the Hawks from years ago!

Bottom line, the Iowa Hawkeyes won their first Bowl game in 19 years. It's a sign of things to come! GO HAWKS!!