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My Best Time

  Ephesians 5:15-16 (ESV) Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time.   Most of the time, procrastination isn’t my “best use of the time.”  It’s time for a … Continue reading

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Time to Forgive

Daylight Savings Time and St. Patrick’s Day, all in the same week.   Now is a good time to forgive. It will bring out the saint in you.       [As a teenager, Patrick was captured by Irish pirates … Continue reading

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Careful How You Wrap that Gift

Yesterday, I said time was a gift from God.   Lord, forgive me for wrapping your gift in the coarse paper of bitterness and anger. Teach me to keep it wrapped in the sparkle of love and the glitter of … Continue reading

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The Gift of Time

Genesis 1:14-19 (NIV) And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years” . . . … Continue reading

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Just a Minute

  How do you feel about time?     Too much time Never enough time Time’s a wastin’ Time change. Again. In 1784, Ben Franklin wrote “An Economical Project for Diminishing the Cost of Light,” joking that the people of … Continue reading

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Vacation Confession

  Oh Lord, I am so slow to take the Sabbath rest you command and so quick to take vacation from ministry you call me to do. Forgive me. Teach me to use my time wisely, obediently.

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Prayer Time

  “Time spent in prayer is never wasted.”   Francois Fenelon (1651-1715)   French Catholic theologian and poet   300 years, and every bit as true.  

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Marking Time

  Ecclesiastes 1:3 (NASB) There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven–     God hung the sun, moon and stars in the heavens to mark off time. He appointed the seasons. … Continue reading

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It’s About Time

    Which phrase best describes you?   Time on my hands Never enough time Now is the time Have you noticed that Creation was half over when God created time? Genesis 1:14-19 (NIV) And God said, “Let there be … Continue reading

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My Timely Gift

  The wise men brought gold, frankincense and myrrh. The little drummer boy brought his talent. Let me tiptoe into the stable and quietly leave the gift of my time beside the manger.    It’s yours, Lord. I dedicate my time … Continue reading

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