Now and Then
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Where ever we are we start thinking about whats next.
Where ever we are we start thinking about whats next.
I have trouble enjoying myself because I am hardly in the moment.
I have trouble enjoying myself because I am hardly in the moment.
I constantly planing and planning for whats next
I constantly planing and planning for whats next
This is a how to series....
How to prepare to get to where you want to get from where you currently are that you just got to from where you recently were.
Moving on, How to prepare for what’s next.
Moving on, How to prepare for what’s next.
graduation
wedding
baby
new job
retirement
Next, Transition, Change, Stress
Next, Transition, Change, Stress
Are there things we can do now to prepare for whats next?
Are there things we can do now to prepare for whats next?
2 things to consider
2 things to consider
1. Along with everything else you pack for whats next…you pack you.
1. Along with everything else you pack for whats next…you pack you.
Where ever you go, there you are.
Where ever you go, there you are.
2. There is no necessary correlation between knowing whats next and being prepared for whats next.
2. There is no necessary correlation between knowing whats next and being prepared for whats next.
We fool ourselves in to thinking that once we get more money, older, married, schooled or move to a new place we will be different or better or know better.
H3 shoelaces example
H3 shoelaces example
Preparation for whats next beats a plan and beats a promise every single time.
Preparation for whats next beats a plan and beats a promise every single time.
But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.
You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.
A mirror requires a response
A mirror requires a response
I know how long each of you stand in front of the mirror…until it gets better
I know how long each of you stand in front of the mirror…until it gets better
No one gets credit for looking in the mirror
No one gets credit for looking in the mirror
Seeing something but not doing something.
Seeing something but not doing something.
Seeing something but doing nothing.
Seeing something but doing nothing.
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
Give, Save, Live - Live, Save, Give
Give, Save, Live - Live, Save, Give
This leads to financial freed
We are called to be generous because generosity helps others
Forgiveness
Forgiveness
Forgiveness only helps you when you do it not when you know about it
Sexual Purity
Sexual Purity
purity is for the benefit of others
purity is for the benefit of others
Sexual purity paves the way to intimacy
Sexual purity paves the way to intimacy
Exclusivity leads to romance, not experience
Exclusivity leads to romance, not experience
The seasons of life are connected
The seasons of life are connected
But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.
James is not saying the thing will be blessed but that YOU will be blessed
James is not saying the thing will be blessed but that YOU will be blessed
Blessed, Happy, Full-filled, Satisfied
Blessed, Happy, Full-filled, Satisfied
The Habit of doing will make you happy
The Habit of doing will make you happy
Being a doer now is preparation for being a doer later
Being a doer now is preparation for being a doer later
My greatest regrets in life are all tied to hearing and not doing.
My greatest regrets in life are all tied to hearing and not doing.
Somebody tried to tell you and you didn’t want to hear it so you would have to do it.
Somebody tried to tell you and you didn’t want to hear it so you would have to do it.
If you are not doing now, you probably won’t do later.
If you are not doing now, you probably won’t do later.
“Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
The way we lay a solid foundation in life, is by being a doer not just a hearer
The way we lay a solid foundation in life, is by being a doer not just a hearer
If we are a doer now, we will be doing later
If we are a doer now, we will be doing later
What are you doing now that you tell yourself, “I won’t do that later”?
What are you doing now that you tell yourself, “I won’t do that later”?
What do you need to be doing now that you tell yourself, “I’ll start later when...”?
What do you need to be doing now that you tell yourself, “I’ll start later when...”?
James says we are deceiving ourselves
James says we are deceiving ourselves
Jesus says that area of our lives will come tumbling down.
Jesus says that area of our lives will come tumbling down.
Doing not hearing makes the difference.
Doing not hearing makes the difference.
What do you need to do?
What do you need to do?