{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Catan and our walk of faith","description":"1 Corinthians 9:24-27   Catan is a Cooperative Game 1 Corinthians 12:21 Catan is a game of wheeling and dealing, but it becomes a cooperative effort, just like our walk of faith. In Catan, if you don\u2019t trade with your neighbors, you won\u2019t succeed, and in our faith, if we don\u2019t do it with our church body, we won\u2019t grow. Even if we don\u2019t think we need anyone else to work out of faith, the body needs us.   Catan is a game of chance 1 Corinthians 12:11 In Catan, we have to work with the cards we\u2019re dealt. Sometimes they aren\u2019t the cards we want, in Christianity, sometimes we want the gifts of someone else, but God has already equipped us the way he wants. Are we doing anything with that equipping?   Catan is a building game. Ephesians 4:15 The point of Catan is to grow your roads and settlements, just as the point of Christianity is to qgrow. If you don\u2019t grow in the game, you won\u2019t win. Our faith is about growth, even if it\u2019s a slow or never ending process.   Catan is a faith game 2 Corinthians 5:7 Our walk of faith is similar to the development cards in Catan. Development cards are all helpful, but we never know which one you\u2019re going to get. God knows what\u2019s in store for us, but it takes faith on our part and trust in God when we don\u2019t know what\u2019s ahead but we give it to God anyway.     Crossroads \u2013 about heaven, earth, and the journey in between. Connect with us Website: www.crossroadsjourney.com YouTube: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC17oxaQ1yWK2DgN0xnlMO_g Facebook: www.facebook.com\/crossroadsjourney ","author_name":"crossroads","author_url":"http:\/\/www.crossroadsjourney.com","html":"