Sermon Tone Analysis

SF210

1st Dover 12~/90 - 1 prof

Mount Harmony 10~/95 - 1 prof

 

*IF I ONLY HAD ONE YEAR TO LIVE*

 

*Psalm 90:12*

 

*INTRODUCTION*

 

NUMBERED DAYS

"If you had a bank that credited your account each morning with $86,400, that carried over no balance from day to day, and every evening canceled whatever part of that amount you had failed to use, what would you do?  Common sense would tell you to draw out every cent!

Well, you have such a bank, and its name is 'Time'!

Every morning the Lord credits you with 86,400 seconds, and at night rules off as a loss whatever of this treasure you have failed to invest to a good purpose.

There is no going back.

There is no drawing against tomorrow.

You must live in the present ‑ on today's deposit; therefore invest your fleeting moments well so that in eternity you will have no regrets about time."

TIME AND ETERNITY

Thomas Lister placed these words on nearly every grandfather clock he made:

/"Lo!

Here I stand by thee upright/

/To give thee warning day and night;/

/For every tick that I do give/

/Cuts short the time thou has to live." /

 

*/If I only had One Year to Live I would.../*

\\ *1A        SETTLE MY SALVATION*

 

*/(2CO 6:2)/*/ For he says, "In the time of my favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you."

I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation./

*/GET RID OF.../*

 

1B.

Pride

 

2B.

Pet Sins

 

3B.

False Faith

 

*2A.

DEAL WITH MY UNBELIEF*

 

*/MAR 9:24/*/ Immediately the boy's father exclaimed, "I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"/

*/MAT 13:58/*/ And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith./

1B.

Live Closer To God

 

*1C.

In Sickness*

*2C.

In Adversity*

*3C.

In Burdens*

*4C.

In Danger*

 

2B.

Come Clean With God

*/PSA/**/ 139:23 /*/Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts./

*3A.

READ MY BIBLE MORE*

 

*/(Psalms 119:9‑11)  /*/How can a young man keep his way pure?

By living according to your word.

{10} I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

{11} I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you./

*4A.

BE A BETTER STEWARD OF MY MONEY*

*/1CO 4:2  Now/*/ it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful./

*/WASTEFULNESS/*

A lady fell out of a second‑story window and landed in a garbage truck that was slowly moving past the house.

Half buried in the litter, she tried without success to get the driver's attention.

A foreign diplomat standing on the sidewalk saw her and commented indignantly, "Another example of how wasteful Americans are!

That woman looks like she's good for at least another 10 years."

*5A.

BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY*

 

*1PE 3:10 */For, "Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech./

*6A.

MAKE RESTITUTION WITH OTHERS*

 

*/THE PRICE OF A GRUDGE/*

Some time ago a middle‑aged woman sought to be reunited in marriage with her former husband.

She told her pastor that they were both Christians when they established their home, and that they had been blessed with two sons.

Then one day they quarreled, and harsh words were spoken.

Each was too proud to ask the other's forgiveness, and the bitter feelings finally led to a divorce.

Neither had found a new mate; and now, 25 years later, with one son dead and the whereabouts of the other unknown, this woman learned that the only man she had ever loved was in the hospital.

She went to see him, and with tears they forgave one another.

At their request, the pastor gladly remarried them right there in the hospital room.

As he left after performing the ceremony, he thought of the price they had paid because of their unwillingness to forgive.

The prayers of both had been powerless, they could not experience the joy of their salvation and their sons had suffered because of a broken home.

Although the husband and the wife had been reunited, the wasted years could never be recalled.

*7A.

BE MORE THANKFUL*

 

1B.

For God's Simple Blessings

 

2B.

For My Family

 

3B.

For My Church

 

4B.

For My Country

 

*8A.

I WOULD WITNESS MORE*

 

*9A.

I WOULD PRAY MORE*

 

*10A.

I WOULD SEEK TO DO GOD'S WILL*

 

*/"RIGHT QUICK!"/*

Vance Havner illustrated obedience in his Devotional Treasury with this anecdote: "When I was a boy, my father had a habit of calling me to do things with the summons, 'Come, right quick!' I didn't mind the 'come,' but the 'right quick' irritated me sometimes.

He didn't mean, 'Take your time; think it over; come if you feel like it.'

I had the impression that I had better feel like it!

Father considered himself to be the head of the house, and the rest of us were inclined to agree with him."

Then Havner added, "The big word with God is 'now.'