Time Management - Matthew 6:8-13

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it is not the same river and he is not the same man.

Heraclitus

people struggle with time!

There are things that people would like to change from their past.

The future is often scary and can give us anxiety

Neil DeGrass Tyson says we are prisoners of the present. We can not leave the now.

raise you hand if you know someone who is not content with where they are in life.

raise you hand if you are not content with where you are presently in life.

Yes, time is

2 Peter 3:8 ESV

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

Have you ever considered what Jesus teaches us about prayer in the Lord’s Prayer.

You don’t have to be a prisoner of time.

Prayer is a conversation that transcends time.

You are talking to the One is created time.

the approach of the present (give us this day our daily bread)

The Gospel according to Matthew b. Prayer, 6:5–15

“for the coming day” has essentially the same meaning. The prayer prayed in the morning seeks bread for the day opening out before the praying person, while prayed at night it seeks bread for the coming day. Both ways of taking the word see it as looking to God for the supply of one’s immediate needs, not those of the indefinite future. Jesus says that we should do no more than ask for food sufficient for the day on the day. Give recognizes that our basic food is not the result of our unaided endeavor; it is the gift of God, while today is important as pointing to a day-by-day reliance on God. The prayer encourages a continuing dependence on God; it does not countenance a situation in which the disciple asks God for a supply for a lengthy period, after which prayer he can go on for some time in forgetfulness of God. He depends on God constantly, and this dependence is expressed in this prayer.

The approach of the past (forgive us our debt)

the approach of the future (do not lead us into temptation & Your Kingdom come!)

Don’t worry about the future . . . you get there you will discover that God is already there.

God is the same God and His Kingdom is forever.

Luke