Maximizing Your Time on Earth

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MAXIMIZING YOURTIME

ON EARTH

Teach us to number our days, O Lord, that wemay apply our hearts with wisdom and let the

beauty of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands; Yes, establish thework of our hands. (Psalm 90: 12, 17)


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Some DefinitionsNo perfect definition

period with limits: a limited period duringwhich a n a ction, process, or condition exists

or t ak es pl a ce ( Microsoft Encarta 2007. 1993-2006 Microsoft Corporation).Your lifesp a n on e a rth

Time is a n interruption in eternityTo m a ximize is to m ak e full use or best use of!


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H ow Time Flies!

1 year, 12 months, 365 days, 8760 hours,525,600 minutes, 31,536,00 seconds

70 ye a rs = 2556 7 da ys70 ye a rs = 6136 08 hours70 ye a rs = 36 8 164 80 minutes


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Some F a cts a bout Time M a na gement

1. We a ll waste time.2. We c a nnot change time.3. We must a ccept this f a ct: time is the most important

resource to m a nk ind.4. We c a nnot do a nything to increase the qu a ntity of time.5. We c a n only steward time.

6. We c a n do a nything, but we c a nnot do everything .7 . We must a ccept the f a ct th a t we a ll procrastinate


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W hat Time Is it for You by Life s Clock?

(A Parallel of a 70-Year Life Spanwith a 24-Hour Day)


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If you a re 2 0 ...............it s 6:52 a .m.


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If you a re 25 ...............it s 8 :35 a .m


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If you a re 3 0 ...............it s 1 0 :1 8 a .m


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If you a re 35 ...............it s 12: 00 noon


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If you a re 4 0 ...............it s 1:44 p.m.


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If you a re 45 ...............it s 3:2 7 p.m.


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If you a re 5 0 ...............it s 5:1 0 p.m.


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If you a re 55 ...............it s 6:53 p.m.


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If you a re 6 0 ...............it s 8 :36 p.m.


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If you a re 70 ...............it s midnight!


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W e must seize the opportunity of a lifetime during the lifetime of the

opportunity.Steve H ill, Pa stor, TC Alumni


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You will not be young forever!

Even if you a re Methusel a h you will die ! Genesis5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were ninehundred sixty and nine years: and he died

Ps 90:10 The days of our years are threescoreyears and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we fly away It is not the dur a tion but the don a tion of a lifeth a t m a tters!


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Men who ch a nged H istorySamuel Morris: The Apostle of S imple Faith=20yrs

Morris's life ha

s been the subject of five novels, overa

dozenbiogr a phies, a 1954 film, a nd a 19 88 document a ry. Ta ylorUniversity h a s n a med numerous buildings, schol a rships, a nd a society in his honor. H is story helped to inspire other peopleto go to Afric a to pre a ch the gospel.


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Men who ch a nged H istory

Ma rtin Luther King Jr=39ye a rs

"I ha ve a dre a m th a t one d a y this n a tion will rise up a nd live out thetrue me a ning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident:th a t a ll men a re cre a ted equ a l." I ha ve a dre a m th a t one d a y on thered hills of Georgi a the sons of former sl a ves a nd the sons of formersla ve owners will be a ble to sit down together a t a ta ble of brotherhood"


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Alexander the Great=32years

Alexa nder the Gre a t w a s perh a ps the gre a test

milit a ry comm a nder of a ll time. During one dec a de,he conquered a ll of the k nown world le a ving one of the world's most extensive empires.


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Charles Grandison Finney=82years

America's Greatest Revivalist & Theologian


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Kathryn Kuhlman=68years

Ka thryn Kuhlm a n: Considered by m a ny to be thegre a test he a ling ev a ngelist of the 2 0 th century


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Smith W igglesworth: The Apostle of Faith=88yrs

Wigglesworth w a s instrument a l in bringing thous a nds of people to s a lva tion, b a ptism of the H oly Ghost a nd divine

hea

ling. About 20

people were ra

ised from the dea

d duringhis ministry. M a ny people a re f a scin a ted by the life of SmithWigglesworth a nd m a ny boo k s h a ve been penned a bouthim


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Our Lord Jesus Christ in hum a n flesh=33ye a rs

John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said It is finished and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost


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Timely Advice

Be Time conscious: Ephesians 5:15 See then that yewalk circums pectly, not as fools, but as wise 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil Invest your time in things of etern a l va lue:

Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that wemay a pp ly our hearts unto wisdom John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me,while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work

Fulfil Purpose: E c 3:1 To every thing there is a season,and a time to every pur pose under the heaven


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2T imothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have

finished my course, I have kept the faith:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous

judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me

only, but unto all them also that love hisappearing

You will pass through this life just once!

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