First Things First: Order Is Important
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First Things First
Psalm 90:12 NIV
Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Order Is Important
Matthew 6:31-33 NIV
So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Order Communicates Priority
It doesn’t matter what we SAY is 1-2-3. The order of what we walk out speaks what is priority.
Order Communicates Priority
Revelation 2:2-4 NIV
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.
Order Impacts Everything that Follows
Whatever you put first becomes the organizational leader for everything that follows.
Order Impacts Everything that Follows
Proverbs 3:6 NIV
in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Order Impacts Everything that Follows
Proverbs 3:9-10 NIV
Honor the lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
Order Is Important
Proverbs 17:24 GNT
An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool starts off in many directions.
Order Is Important
The distance between the Truth you know and the Truth you live equals the pain you experience.
Order Is Important
How do we narrow the gap and remove the pain? 1) Discover Your Values
Discover Your Values
2 Corinthians 13:8 NIV
For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
Discover Your Values
Identify your specific God-given values because God put them in you for a specific purpose.
Determine What is most Important
Proverbs 29:18 KJV
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Determine What is most Important
Psalm 90:17 NIV
May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us— yes, establish the work of our hands.
What is my Life Mission?
Acts 20:24 NIV
However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God's grace.
What is my Life Mission?
IF you really knew what your life was for and about - the problems you are experiencing wouldn’t be as big.
What is my Life Mission?
Ephesians 5:15-17 NIV
Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.
Who is most important
Matthew 22:37-38 NIV
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment.