UPHILL HABITS – #4 FINISH YOUR ASSIGNMENT

UPHILL HABITS – FINISH YOUR ASSIGNMENT

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“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”

Psalm 90:12 (NIV)

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

Ephesians 5:15-16

HABIT #4

Keep your life with God’s .

• Because God created us for a purpose.

“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.”

Psalm 139:16

“For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

Ephesians 2:10

• Because there is a for our time and attention.

“Better to have one handful with quietness than two handfuls with hard work and chasing the wind.”

Ecclesiastes 4:6

• Because an schedule will produce an underwhelmed soul.

“Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you ought to say is, “If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that.”

James 4:13-15

MASTERING THE HABIT

1. Decide what is .

“I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done. Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ.”

Philippians 3:7-8

          2. Give to the important things.

“Teach us to number our days and recognize how few they are; help us to spend them as we should.”

Psalm 90:12 (TLB)

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        3. Regularly .

“Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is. You have made my life no longer than the width of my hand. My entire lifetime is just a moment to you; at best, each of us is but a breath.” 

Psalm 39:4-5

      4. often.

“Let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”

Hebrews 12:1