Part 4: Seize Your Schedule!
Everyday Matters . . . Because Every Day Matters • Sermon • Submitted
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· 4 viewsA message in the series "Everyday Matters" focusing upon seizing time by knowing their priorities in life and scheduling them accordingly.
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“My life can be described as either overstressed, overcommitted, overwhelmed (or all the above).”
The president of the United States has exactly as many hours in a day as I do. No more, nor less.
“I’d be a disastrous president. Headline: Nation Grinds to Halt as President Suffers from Overwhelm, Unable to Finish Anything or Decide What to Eat for Breakfast.”
How do some people get so much accomplished and seem to make every day matter?
“Because of his extraordinary spirit, Daniel soon surpassed the other officers and the chief administrators—so much so that the king had plans to set him over the entire kingdom.”
Daniel 6:3, CEB
“The prophet was high in command in the kingdom, and evil angels feared that his influence would weaken their control over its rulers. It was these satanic agencies who had stirred the princes to envy …” E. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, pg .
“… they couldn’t find any problem or corruption at all because Daniel was trustworthy. He wasn’t guilty of any negligence or corruption.”
Daniel 6:4, CEB
Powerful Practice Number One - Seize a Schedule.
You and your time are far less controlled by other people than you think. So how much better can you do with the hours you do control?
But he who did not know, yet committed things deserving of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more.
Seizing a schedule is not about managing time [chronos].
Seizing a schedule is about creating opportunities [kairos] by using our time according to our energy and for our top priorities.
Powerful Practice Number Two – Seize a Sagacious Schedule.
Most people only have three to five deeply productive hours in a day at their peak performance . . then their energy begins to wane.