The Time of your Life

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(Psalm 90:12) “Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” 

(Matthew 22:37-38) Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment.” 

(Proverbs 17:24 GN) “An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.”


The Time of Your Life 

(Ephesians 5:15-17) “Be very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.” 

 Our most valuable asset is time. 

 We cannot manage time. We can only manage opportunities. 

 We cannot do everything. 

 There is cumulative value to investing small amounts of time in certain activities over a long period. 

 Decide what is important and then manage that decision daily.


Time for What Matters 

1. Make time for renewal. (2 Corinthians 4:16) “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” 

(Psalm 23:2-3) “He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.” 

(Mark 2:27) Then he (Jesus) said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” 

2. Make time for reward. (Ecclesiastes 1:14) “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.” 

(1 Timothy 6:18-19) “Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.” 

3. Make time for relationships. (Proverbs 10:27 LB) “Reverence for God adds hours to each day…” 

(Hebrews 10:25) “Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.” I will put first things first and give focus and energy to the things that are eternal.

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Chris Hodges, Church of the Highlands