Notes – January 17

“None of us can hold back our spirit from departing. None of us has the power to prevent the day of our death…”
– Ecclesiastes 8:8a (NLT)

“You bring our lives to an end just like a dream. We are merely tender grass ⁶that sprouts and grows in the morning, but dries up by evening.”
– Psalm 90:5-6 (CEV)

“Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is; time is running out.  Wake up, for the coming of our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. ¹²The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So don’t live in darkness. Get rid of your evil deeds. Shed them like dirty clothes. Clothe yourselves with the armor of right living, as those who live in the light.”
– Romans 13:11-12 (NLT)

1. Live with a sense of  .

“Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not. ²⁸“And why worry about your clothes? Look at the lilies and how they grow. They don’t work or make their clothing, ²⁹yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. ³⁰And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that arehere today and gone tomorrow, won’t he more surely care for you? You have so little faith!”
– Matthew 6:27-30 (NLT)

“This is the day the Lord has made.  We will rejoice and be glad in it.”
– Psalm 118:24 (NLT)

2.  Live with a sense of .

“We die only once, and then we are judged.”

– Hebrews 9:27 (CEV)

“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but  on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but          what is unseen is eternal.”

– 2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)

3.  Live with a sense of .

• Take off your frantic .

“Be still and know that I am God.”
– Psalm 46:10a

• Take off your frantic pursuit of the .

• Put on more time for  .