Time
October 12, 2024

Stir Up The Spirit of Generosity

You Can Give Without Love, But You Cannot Love Without Giving

In Matthew, Mark and Luke
Love 714 Time
Believe 272 Times
Pray 371 Times
Give 2152 Times

What Is Your Most Valuable Resource?
The Most Precious Resource
Far More Important Than Money
You Can’t Make More Of It
You Can’t Save It For Later
You Can Only Use It
You Only Have One of It
No One Knows How Much They Really Have

Time
Of The 168 Hours of Your Week
How Many Belong To God?

“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 NLT

Teach us how short our lives really are so that we may be wise.
(ICB – International Children’s Bible)

Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom”
Psalm 90:12 (NKJV)

American Life Expectancy Peaked In 2019 at 78.84 Years

Stats: Latest 2021 Life Span 76.33
76 years and 4 Months
27,879 days
916 Months
3,982 Weeks

If You’re 38 Years Old
13,939 Days Left
458 Months
1991 Weeks
334,548 Hours

“Use your time in the best way you can.”
Colossians 4:5 (ICB – International Children’s Bible)

Two Facts About Your Time
1. Your Time Is Your Choice
Three Types of People
Accusers
Excusers
Choosers

For we are each responsible for our own conduct.
Galatians 6:5 NLT

Life Is About Choosing Where You Put Your Time
You are as close to God as you want to be.
You are as spiritually mature as you want to be.
You are as happy as you want to be.
You are as disciplined as you want to be.
You are as busy as you want to be.
It’s your choice!

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 (NLT)

2. If You Can Control Your Time, You Can Control Your Life
Being Generous With My Time Is Not Wasting Time, But Investing My Time

Three Areas To Be Generous Toward
1. Generous Toward Spending Time With God
Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed. And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him. When they found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.” But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.”
Mark 1:35-38

How Jesus Used His Time
Jesus Said “No”, So He Could Say “Yes”
Jesus Did Not Respond To Every Need
Jesus Did The Important Things, Not The Urgent Things
The Urgent Will Often Rob You Of The Important!

2. Generous Toward The Things That God Loves
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
Ephesians 5:25-27

And they continued (TIME) steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:42

So continuing daily (TIME) with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.
Acts 2:46-47

3. Generous Toward Those We Desire To Influence For God
Is It Quality Time
Or
Quantity of Time?

Quality Is Always Found In Quantity

Generous Towards God
Towards The Things That God Loves
Towards The Things We Desire To Influence