Time & Life

The quality of any life is determined by the investment of time.  Proper use of time brings strength, causes growth, and produces results.

Our physical body can be strengthened and conditioned by exercise.

Our mind can be enlightened and developed to master new skills.

Our resources (gifts, talents, abilities, assets) can be invested for increase.

Time is the substance of which life consists.

Time is opportunity to create a life. 

Benjamin Franklin said,

Do you love life?  Then do not squander time, for it is the stuff life is made of.

The message of Jesus and the message of Christianity is a calling out into life.

Life in His Kingdom is filled with adventure and unlimited potential.

God has given us a life consisting of time for the purpose of grasping, perfecting, and performing His will.

He commands us to “redeem” the time.  This word is a picture of a merchant searching through the market place for some valuable commodity and eagerly “buying it up” wherever it is found.

Are you “buying up” the moment or has the moment been “stolen” from you by broken focus?

Carpe Diem” – Seize the Day!

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Perhaps that phrase – “Carpe Diem” – Seize the day or the moment – best describes our now season at theChurch.

The only way to seize the day is to be present in the present.

Let me ask you a question – do the dimensions of your living equal the dimensions of His purpose for your life?

His purpose for you is pregnant with divine possibility but integrated with human responsibility.

We are to place each day in the balance and make it tip the scales in a way that will bring glory to God and blessing to the lives of others.

In order to seize the day, the moment, we must do three things:

1)   Walk (live) purposefully.

2)   Walk (live) as wise people.

3)   Redeem the time.

The ultimate aim of God knowledge is control.  His purpose for us is that we would “let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.”

The most important principle for human growth and development is how you respond to your seasons.

You determine the value of you; you determine the value of your time; you determine the quality of your effort.

 

 

 

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