Be THANKFUL
1. Being thankful puts things into perspective
2. Being thankful maximizes our delights and
minimizes our discouragements
SING TO THE LORD
1. SING IN EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE
The joy of the Spirit is not diminished by circumstances,
JOY DEPENDS ON RELATIONSHIP.
2. It's what we sing that makes the difference!
Do you sing blues or praise?
REDEEM THE TIME
A poet puts it this way: Just a tiny little minute
Only sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me. Can’t refuse it.
Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it,
I must suffer if I lose it,
Give account if I abuse it.
Just a tiny little minute,
But eternity is in it.
1. MAKE THE MOST OUT OF EVERY OPPORTUNITY!
Every person an opportunity.
2. AVAILABILITY
"Days are getting short"
INSTEAD OF BEING TIME MANAGERS, WE NEED TO MANAGER OUR LIVES.
3. WE ARE STEWARDS
Author C.S. Lewis said it this way. Put the first things first and you’ll get the second things too. Put the second things first and you’ll get neither.
WE MUST REMEMBER TO PUT GOD FIRST IN OUR LIVES.
Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage. Pope John XXIII (1881-1963)
Only eternal values can give meaning to temporal ones. Time must be the servant of eternity. Erwin W. Lutzer (1941- )
BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
Do not be intoxicated with the things of the flesh...
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but
be filled with the Spirit; (Ephesians 5:18)
1. KEEP ON BEING FILLED
2. WE ARE NOT RESERVOIRS WE ARE RIVERS
Four things to do each day to have the best day of your life.
1. BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT
2. REDEEM THE TIME
3. SING UNTO THE LORD
4. BE THANKFUL...