REDEEMING
TIME
BREAD
15 Be
very careful, then, how you live--not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every
opportunity, because the days are evil.
Ephesians 5:15-16 (NIV)
5 Be
wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be
always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer
everyone. Colossians 4:5-6 (NIV)
1 In the
presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead,
and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the Word; be prepared
in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage--with great patience
and careful instruction. 3 For
the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to
suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers
to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away
from the truth and turn aside to myths. 2
Timothy 4:1-4 (NIV)
23 Whatever
you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will
receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are
serving. 25 Anyone
who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism. Colossians 3:23-25 (NIV)
7 Serve
wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men, 8 because you know that the Lord
will reward everyone for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or
free. Ephesians 6:7-8 (NIV)
9 For
this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for
you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all
spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life
worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good
work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his
glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father,
who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom
of light. 13 For he
has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of
the Son he loves, 14 in
whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:9-14 (NIV)
15 Do
your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not
need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Every
time we resist the slightest temptation, we honor God. Every time we overcome even the smallest
problem by trusting and obeying our Lord Jesus, God is glorified in our
lives. Whenever we choose character over
convenience, faithfulness over ease, or honesty over deceit, we bring honor to
the Lord Himself.” Robert
J. Morgan
“The sin of our
times is the sin that believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know
nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose
in nothing, lives for nothing, and remains alive because there is nothing for
which it will die.” Dorothy
Sayers
“Every Christian life ought to be a force
among men, a witness for Jesus and an influence for blessing and good. I know that
there are few people like Billy Graham, whom God calls to do great things for
Him. For men like me, and
perhaps you, the best thing that we can do in the small time allotted to us in
this world is to live out a genuine, simple, beautiful, strong Christian life. In
our little measure we can repeat the life of the Lord Himself, doing in our
imperfect way a few of the wonderful things He would do if He were Himself in
our place.” Wales
Goebel
“If you are not
impacting the world for Jesus - you are wasting your time.” Anonymous
“One reason we are so harried and
hurried is that we make yesterday and tomorrow our business, when all that
legitimately concerns us is today. If we really have too much to do, there are
some items on the agenda which God did not put there. Let us submit the list to
Him and ask Him to indicate which items we must delete. There is always time to
do the will of God. If we are too busy to do that, we are too busy.” Elisabeth
Elliot
“Did
you ever stop and think about the fact that God has put you where you are for
such a time as this? It is providence. If you have suffered in life, God can
take your hurt and pain and use it to make you a godly man or woman for such a
time as this….There is only one you. There is one person walking this earth
with your exact heritage. The precise events and sufferings of your life have
brought you to this hour. God is aware of it. He has been preparing, equipping,
and allowing what has been happening in your life to get you ready. He has
something for you to say. He has something for you to do.” Greg
Laurie
“God has given us
a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity
depends.” Jeremy Taylor
“Sometimes doing the most
important thing eternally – doesn’t look like you are doing anything
noticeably.” Ann Voskamp
“Every
time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you…into something
a little different from what it was before.” C. S. Lewis
HEART
SAVOR
- · Time is fleeting and precious. I am to invest it rather than spend it.
- · It is far too easy to fritter away valuable time. This must be combated by a continuous eternal perspective.
- · I am to live a life worthy of the Lord.
