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Adapted from the series by David Jeremiah

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NPROCRASTINATIONSLAYING

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NSeries Outline

• What is it?

• What does it do to me?

• How do I kill it?

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NSecret Weapon Recap• Fear– Love

• Discouragement– Humility

• Loneliness– Introspection

• Guilt– Acceptance

• Worry– Shame

• Temptation– Cowardice

• Anger– Burning

• Resentment– Mortality

• Doubt– Testing

• Failure– Difficulty

• Jealousy– Blessing

• Procrastination– FIRE!

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NMost Dangerous Word

• A Bible scholar searched the scriptures to find thematic words based on how they’re framed in the verses. He came up with words for happiness, sorrow, deliverance, etc.

• The most “dangerous” word in the Bible?– TOMORROW

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NWhat is it?

• Dictionary:– To put off intentionally or habitually– To put off doing something that should be

done.– Latin – pro (forward) crastinus (of tomorrow)

• Three Manifestations:– Head-in-the-sand– Ooh! Shiny light!– Priority Inversion/Myopia

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N Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way, adjourned the proceedings. “When Lysias the

commander comes,” he said, “I will decide your case.” He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but

to give him some freedom and permit his friends to take care of his needs.

Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he

spoke about faith in Christ Jesus.

Acts 24:22-27

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NAs Paul discoursed on righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s

enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.” At the same time he was hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe, so he sent for

him frequently and talked with him.

When two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, but because Felix wanted to grant a favor

to the Jews, he left Paul in prison.

Acts 24:22-27

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NWhat does it do to me?

• Procrastination robs you of opportunities for SERVICE.– Failing to follow Jesus (Luke 9)• Let me bury my father.• Let me say goodbye to my family.

– Failing to serve Jesus (Matthew 26)• Keeping watch with Jesus• …but caught sleeping three times.

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• Procrastination robs you of the opportunity to be SUCCESSFUL.– From a secular/business perspective,

procrastination is about as dirty a word as they come.

– Opportunities are finite.– Like broccoli, the harder tasks sure know how

to move around on the plate.– Ye Olde 20/80 – 80/20 rule.

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“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose

sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing fork is in his

hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with

unquenchable fire.”

Matthew 3:11-12

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…his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each man’s work. If what he

has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss; he himself will be saved,

but only as one escaping through the flames.

I Corinthians 3:13-15

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NHow do I kill it?

• Remove “tomorrow” from the equation.– It is a perpetual measure of time.– It is not among your possessions.– Even as tomorrow comes, what of:• Opportunity• Circumstances• Health• New Priorities

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Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little

while and then vanishes.

James 4:14

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But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s

deceitfulness.

Hebrews 3:13

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NHow do I kill it?

• Center in on conviction.– ‘Cmon! You know what it is.– If not, you know how to find out what it is.

• Starting “today” on everything you can think of cycles its way right back into de facto procrastination.

• Where does God want you today?

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NMilk or Solid Food?

• Powerful study?• At best, it leaves us at the doorstep of the

spiritual rank of “toddler.”• A “milk” Christian must return to doctrinal

basics for self-preservation and maintenance.

• A “red meat” Christian eagerly seeks to work toward the service and advancement of God’s kingdom.

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NLesson within a Lesson

• APPLICATION ONE:– Which of the Giant(s) in this series do you

need to slay?– Why would he be alive by the setting of the

sun?• APPLICATION TWO:– With the Giant(s) slain, WHAT IS NEXT?– Why would you be standing on an empty

battlefield by the setting of the sun?