Nov 1 2024 … Using Our Time Wisely

Nov 1 2024 … Using Our Time Wisely 

Devotional Song: ... GO TO THIS LINK ...  

… Please take time to hear  Joseph O’Brien, with music and lyrics, singing Take Your Time, giving God control of our time as we choose to follow Him to glory.  

 

  

Highlight Verse: … Ephesians 5:15-16 [NLT] …  

15 So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. 

… Paul calls on fellow Christians to use their (our) time wisely in these evils days in which they (we) live.  

Highlight Passage (in context)  … Ephesians 5:15-20  … [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

… The Apostle Paul escorts fellow Christians to use the time given to us by God wisely because the days in which we live are evil.                                                                                                    

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Reference Passage: …  Psalms 90:12… [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…  Moses prays for God to give him - and all believers - wisdom to live our lives.                

Reference Passage: … Proverbs 3:5-6 [NLT] …  USE THIS LINK …   

…Solomon teaches truth about trusting God to lead us in life.     

Reference Passage: … Ecclesiastes 3:1-8  [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  

… Solomon teaches reality of how God creates time for everything we encounter in life.                                                     

Reference Passage: … John 17:4 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …   

…   Moses prayed that He did everything His father led Him to accomplish, showing that this should be our desire in our lives too. 

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> … Romans 12:1-2 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  </b> 

…  The Apostle Paul teaches that born again Christians should  become living sacrifices to follow the Lord, avoiding the ways of the world.   .  

<b><u>Reference Passage:</u> … Colossians 4:5 [NLT] … USE THIS LINK …  </b> 

…   Paul again charges fellow Christians to make the most of every opportunity to serve the Lord as we live in this evil world.  

My Devotional Journal: Today’s Our Daily Bread  Author, Winn Collier -  AT THIS LINK  -  wrote of NASA tracking every moment of Christina Koch’s time in the International Space Station in 2019 for the 328 days she spent doing many tasks every day.  And the ODB author used this careful tracking of time use to illustrate and challenge all of us to use the time God gives us for His glory and as we give God our control by following His ways and His will.

What will we do today?   And will we be doing it for God’s glory or our own?   YES, .. we all will answer those questions by how we use God’s time in these evil days ahead.                       

My THANKFULNESS: ... Oh, Abba Father, thank You, King Jesus, … for showing me the way to go today … and again tomorrow.                

My Prayer Today:  Oh Abba Father, ... King Jesus, ... .Again, …  I’m praying that those who read with me here will join me to CHOOSE to follow You again today, Lord.       …  Amen

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