WHAT IS IN A
Pastor
A year has twelve months, fifty-two weeks, three hundred and
sixty five days, eight thousand seven hundred and sixty six hours, five hundred
twenty five thousand nine hundred and sixty minutes.
¨If you sleep 8 hours a night you will spend 121 days a year
asleep in bed.
¨If you are a fast eater you will spend about 2 hours a day
eating, or 30 days a year eating.
¨If you work forty hours a week, you will spend 86 days a year at
work.
There are many things you and I do that consumes our time. If
you attend a 90-minute Sunday services each week you will spend 3.5 days a year
in church.
? How much time do we spend in prayer?
? How much
time do we spend in bible study?
? How much
time do we spend doing God’s good for others?
¨1 hour a day would be 15 days a year.
¨30 min a day would be 7.50 days a year.
¨15 minutes a day would be 3.25 days a year
¨10 minutes a day would be 1.50 days a year
¨5 minutes a day would be 3/4s of a day a year.
Life is lived one moment at a time. The Devil would like to keep
our focus on what could be rather then what is.
We often put
off for tomorrow what can easily be done in the now.
I will do it some day robs us of present and future
successes. Guess who wants to rob us of
our present and future successes?
We do not enjoy
the events yet future in the present. We must invest in the present in order to
have any expectation of anything in the future.
We experience
and enjoy the all the events of life in the present realm. Every future joy
will only be enjoyed when they become a present reality.
Matt 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
34: Take
therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the
things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
It is said we should put something away for a rainy day but
perhaps we ought to be putting something away for a sunny day! We need to be
very careful not to promote the negative mindset of the Devil.
We tend to
believe the world is getting worse, when in truth the world is a better place
to live today then it has ever been before in history. The kingdoms of this
world are progressing toward the time when they will be ruled by the King of
Kings. Evil does not overcome good, good overcomes
evil.
Every plan of
man will fail, while the righteous plans of God will see success!
¨We have the freedom to worship in our own church building.
¨We can donate to our church and receive a deduction from our
taxes.
¨We can freely preach the Gospel in church, on TV, on radio, in
printed form and in public places.
¨We should concentrate our efforts on what is today, this hour,
this minute, and this second.
¨Our God wants to be involved in our present.
¨If we keep God in the present He will be in the future.
¨God is the God of the past, present and future.
¨God is ever present and we must be cautious not to place Him in
the past only, the present only, or the future only.
¨God is ever present, expect to see Him
no matter what time frame you are in.
Rev 1:8: I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is
to come, the Almighty.
God has been
active in your life, God is active in your life, and God will be active in your
life.
Lk 21:28: And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth
nigh.
WE are not to waist our time looking to the fearful things that
are coming but rather the blessed things that are coming!
Negative view;
Lk 21:26: Men's hearts
failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on
the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Positive view;
Rom
It is always present with the Lord.
Lk 19:9: And Jesus said
unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch
as he also is a son of Abraham.
Let us rejoice
in the present, and invest in the future!
Ps 118:24: This is the day that the LORD hath made; we will rejoice
and be glad in it.
¨Your tomorrows are determined by your today’s.
¨Seek God and His kingdom today so you will have a tomorrow.
¨Invest in today so you will have something to draw from in your
tomorrows.
¨Our tomorrows are the result of our today’s.
¨Sow today to have a harvest tomorrow.
God bless your year!
