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Text: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (p.965) 

Every human has lenses through which we interpret what we . 

We don't tend to see reality accurately because the god of this age has  our minds. (2 Cor. 4:4)

Social scientists have a name of our distorted lenses. They call it a . 

A big part of what God wants to do in our lives once we are a follower of Jesus is to give us new lenses through which we interpret life . 

Mental health (not ) comes as we change the lenses through which we interpret life. 

Seeing everything through Jesus brings . 

What if the reason we're struggling so much with  is because our existence was always designed to be seen through - interpreted through - the lens of Jesus? (Col. 1:15-16; Heb. 12:2)

We have two  of Jesus through which we see our day-today life. 

One lens is the . We interpret our past and present through that lens. 

The other lens is His . We interpret our future through that. 

In the midst of this wasting world, Jesus is working in us and for us -  us. (Rm. 8:28)

God is restoring what was marred by sin. He isn't finished restoring us, and He isn't finished restoring this world. He is  to finish what He has begun. (Rm. 19:11-16; 21:1-5)