Pastor Scott Applegate
Sermon Notes:
“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is.” Psalm 39:4 NLT
How to Live In Light Of What Matters Most:
- Don’t blink
“…What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” James 4:14 NIV “Death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart.” Ecclesiastes 7:2 NIV “Life is the sum total of what you do with moments given you…you have no control over when you die or (most often) how you die, but you do have control over how you live.” Erwin McManus
- Budget your time
“Teach us to make the most of our time, so that we may grow in wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 NLT
- Time ticks away and is constant, it doesn’t “fly”
- Time, when spent is gone
- Time is the currency of relationships
- Live with the right passions, priorities and power
- Passion
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” Romans 12:11 NIV
- Priorities
“One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:28-31 NIV
- Power
“…apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NIV “…his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.” Ephesians 1:19-21 NIV “The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you…” Romans 8:11 NLT “…be filled with the Spirit…” Ephesians 5:18 NIV
- Take risks
“However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.” Acts 20:24 NIV