Thanks for tuning in to today's Daily Drive with Lake Point Church, a daily dose of God's word for your

morning drive. When the word, not the world, becomes the majority of your week, your life will start to

change. For that reason, our prayer is that God will speak to you through today's devotional.

This Christmas, we want to invite

you and your family to join us for our candlelight services on December 22nd through 24th at any of our

six locations or for church online. For more information, visit lakepoint.combe.combe.

And now let's dive in to today's

Devotional. Hey, what's up, everybody? Thanks for hanging with us today. Before I get started,

I have to give a shout out to my daughter Jody and my granddaughter's Hayden and Bryce,

who are all celebrating their birthdays today. That's right, all three born on the

exact same day. I think God knew I was an airhead, and I needed only one day to remember,

but they are incredible women who are making a difference in this world. I'm so grateful for them

and so proud of them. Happy birthday. Hey, we've been spending some time this week talking about how God can

take all the tough stuff that happens to us, all the ugly stuff, tragic stuff, painful stuff,

and bring about ultimate good. And we've been hanging in the promise of Romans 828 and 29 that says,

and we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

For God knew his people in advance, he chose them to become like his son.

So God's definition of good is whatever shapes us into the image of Jesus,

and he will use whatever this sometimes unfair life throws at you and me

to accomplish that. We talked earlier this week about how God enrolls us in character development school,

and he will use pain and suffering to shape all kinds of good things on the inside of me and you.

We talked yesterday about how suffering draws us into a deeper dependence

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