By Pam Cohea

From God’s Word to His Daughters

Time for God

How Do I Spend Time?

Time Belongs to God – Not Me.Ecc 3:1-111 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens…10 I have seen the tasks God has laid on the human race. 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

Children Yard

Entertain

mentJob HouseBills

Family

Reading

HealthHusband

Shopping

Bible Study

Prayer

Eating

Computer TV

LIVING IN GOD’S TIME WITH HIM

1. Set my mind on Christ. Col 3:1-3 Since you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.

• Psalm 46:10 “Be still and know that I am God.”• James 4:8 “Draw near to God and He will draw near to

you.” • II Timothy 2:15 “Study to show yourself approved unto

God…”• I Thessalonians 5:17 “…pray without ceasing…”

LIVING IN GOD’S TIME

2. God’s Will Becomes My Will Eph 5:10-17 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord…So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.

• Psalm 16:11 says, “You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.”

• Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.”

OUR WAY OR GOD’S WAY

LIVING IN GOD’S TIME

3. Live in the GRACE of God as His daughter right

now.

II Cor 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power

is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly

about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy (steadfast love) and not sacrifice, the

knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

II Cor 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you,

always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every

good work.

LIVING IN GOD’S TIME

4. The seconds of my days are opportunities. Col 3:12-17 Therefore, as God’s chosen (daughters), holy and dearly

loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,

gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive… put

on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.  Let the peace

of Christ rule in your hearts…and be thankful… And whatever you

do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving

thanks to God the Father through him.

Eph 5:16 …making the most of every opportunity…

TIME WITH GOD

Do you remember a special meal you ate with, say, your boyfriend or

fiancée or husband? I imagine it was the best meal you ever ate! You

remembered it for days afterward – remembered it with joy and pleasure.

But what if you didn’t eat anything the next day – or the day after that?

What if you said, “Well, I’ve eaten as much as I could possibly eat and had

as much joy as I could ever feel – so, I don’t ever need to eat again or

have another meal with the one I love.” You know that very soon you

would begin to feel weak and sickly, and if you didn’t eat again you would

become malnourished and eventually die. The life that shines through to

the world and to our Father will be the one that we feed the most.

FORCES INSIDE & OUT

“Be not conformed to this world; but be transformed by the

renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and

acceptable, and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2

There are two forces in our lives – outside, being

conformed to the world, and within, being

transformed. How we react to these two forces will

determine how we act in this world and where we

will spend eternity – our forever TIME.

PACKING MY DAY

Ephesians 5:15-16 Be very careful, then, how you live, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity…Romans 12:1

Therefore, I urge you, sister, in view of God’s mercy, to offer yourself as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God for this is your spiritual act of worship.