Living

Beyond Yourself

Living

Beyond Yourself

Don’t Waste Your Life!

“And every night I get on my knees

and thank the lord above …

I just want to live until I die.”

“Does my relationship with Jesus help me in my quest of really living life?”

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us…

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us…

Ephesians 5:1 Ephesians 5:1

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord.

Ephesians 5:8-10 Ephesians 5:8-10

15 Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

15 Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

Ephesians 5:15-16 Ephesians 5:15-16

17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is. 18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

Ephesians 5:17-18 Ephesians 5:17-18

15 Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity…

15 Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity…

Ephesians 5:15-16 Ephesians 5:15-16

1. Handle Life With Care1. Handle Life With Care

“How we spend our days is,

of course, how we spend

our lives.”

“How we spend our days is,

of course, how we spend

our lives.”

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.

C. S. LewisC. S. Lewis

15 Be careful, then how you live … because the days are evil.

15 Be careful, then how you live … because the days are evil.

Is Christianity

optimistic

or

pessimistic?

Christianity

Is

Realistic

1. Decay

We live in a fallen world

1. Decay

We live in a fallen world

How are these days evil?

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. 19 The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.

Romans 8:18-21Romans 8:18-21

20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

20 For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

2. Darkness

We live in the enemy’s world

2. Darkness

We live in the enemy’s world

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 6:12-13Ephesians 6:12-13

The Evil Without

The age is evil because God

allows so much

pride and wickedness

in the human heart

to go unrestrained for now.

The age is evil because God

allows so much

pride and wickedness

in the human heart

to go unrestrained for now.

The Evil Within

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light.

Ephesians 5:8Ephesians 5:8

3. Death

We live in a dying world

3. Death

We live in a dying world

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned…

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned…

Romans 5:12Romans 5:12

Christ gave himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age.

Christ gave himself for our sins to deliver us from this present evil age.

Galatians 1:4Galatians 1:4

15 Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

15 Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

...we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

...we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10Ephesians 2:10

I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling

you have received.

I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling

you have received.Ephesians 4:1Ephesians 4:1

Teach us to number our

days, that we may gain a

heart of wisdom.

Teach us to number our

days, that we may gain a

heart of wisdom.

Psalm 90:12Psalm 90:12

2. Live within your limits

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is

Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is

Ephesians 5:17Ephesians 5:17

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery, but be filled with the Holy Spirit.

18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery, but be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 5:18Ephesians 5:18

Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise

Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise

Proverbs 20:1 Proverbs 20:1

Wine makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome — a staggering drunk is not

much fun.

Wine makes you mean, beer makes you quarrelsome — a staggering drunk is not

much fun.

Proverbs 20:1 (The Message)

Proverbs 20:1 (The Message)

The Christian’s source of joy

The Christian’s source of joy

. . . be filled with the Spirit

. . . be filled with the Spirit

The work of the Spirit is to impart life, to implant hope, to give liberty, to testify of Christ, to guide us into all truth, to teach us all things, to comfort the believer, and to convict the world of sin.

    Dwight L. Moody

Do not pray for more of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Trinity and is not in pieces. Every child of God has all of Him, but does He have more of us?

F.B. Meyer

Don’t Waste Your

Life!