Jesus is the beginning, middle, and end of all creation and the stories of both the Bible and individual Christians. The document discusses how Jesus authored Paul's story of faith by walking with him through hardship and being with him at his death, and encourages readers to let Jesus begin, sustain, and finish their own stories of faith by being with them from conversion through trials to the end of their lives.

1. Revelation 1:8

2. Jesus: Beginning, End, and Middle
• Of All Creation
• The Story of the Bible
• The Story of Each Christian Who Would Be an “Overcomer”
• Your story is being written now and will have an ending
• Your story is a story of your faith in Christ, or of a lack of faith in Christ
• How He “authored” and “finished” your faith – Heb.12:2
• How He was at the center of your heart from start to finish

3. Paul’s story of walking with Jesus
• Jesus authored His faith
• Paul and Jesus
• Singing in prison in Philippi – Acts 16
• Through hardship and persecution
• At the time of death – Jesus finishing his faith

4. Your story
• You and Jesus together at conversion
• You and Jesus walking together through hills and valleys
• You and Jesus dealing with hardship
• You and Jesus in training to be “overcomers”
• Here you are together at the end of the journey

5. The Alpha and the Omega…..and YOU
• Is Jesus the A to Z of your story?
• Have you let Him begin your faith?
• Are you letting Him sustain your faith?
• Will you be letting Him finish your story of faith?