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Priorities

Priorities. Living a goal oriented life. Christians ought to be like the Master. A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. (Luke 6:40 ESV)

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Priorities

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  1. Priorities Living a goal oriented life

  2. Christians ought to be like the Master A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. (Luke 6:40 ESV) whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked. (1 John 2:6 ESV) So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12 ESV)

  3. The Master had an end in mind Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.(John 7:6 ESV) So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.(John 7:30 ESV) These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come. (John 8:20 ESV)

  4. The Master had an end in mind He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. (John 12:33 ESV) Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1 ESV) When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, (John 17:1 ESV)

  5. There is value in prioritizing life Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. (Philippians 3:17 ESV) Gives us direction for daily decisions

  6. There is value in prioritizing life Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13-14 ESV) Focuses our energy for real effort

  7. There is value in prioritizing life Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! (2 Corinthians 13:5 ESV) Provides a yardstick for evaluation

  8. There is value in prioritizing life “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 7:21 ESV) Leads to obedience of God’s objectives

  9. There is value in prioritizing life To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away… (Matthew 25:15ff ESV) Helps us effectively to use God’s gifts

  10. There is value in prioritizing life We gain confidence in the fact that God’s goals are our goals. everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.” (Isaiah 43:7 ESV)

  11. God’s kind of Person Priorities

  12. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of person For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:8-10 ESV)

  13. and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. (2 Corinthians 5:15 ESV) So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. (2 Corinthians 5:9 ESV)

  14. God’s kind of Person …. Partner Priorities

  15. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of partner Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, (Ephesians 5:25 ESV) In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (Ephesians 5:28 ESV) Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. (Colossians 3:19 ESV)

  16. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of partner Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands. (Ephesians 5:24 ESV) However, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband. (Ephesians 5:33 ESV)

  17. God’s kind of Person …. Partner ...Parent Priorities

  18. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of parent Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4 ESV) Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged. (Colossians 3:21 ESV)

  19. God’s kind of Person …. Partner ...Parent ...Partaker Priorities

  20. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of partaker by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. (2 Peter 1:4 ESV) from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love. (Ephesians 4:16 ESV)

  21. God’s kind of Person …. Partner ...Parent ...Partaker ...Proclaimer Priorities

  22. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of proclaimer But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. (1 Peter 2:9 ESV)

  23. God’s kind of Person …. Partner ...Parent ...Partaker ...Proclaimer ...Professional Priorities

  24. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of professional Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. (Colossians 3:23-24 ESV)

  25. God’s kind of Person …. Partner ...Parent ...Partaker ...Proclaimer ...Professional ...Player Priorities

  26. Why were you re-created? To be God’s kind of player In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16 ESV)

  27. God’s kind of Person …. Partner ...Parent ...Partaker ...Proclaimer ...Professional ...Player Priorities

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