The Tyranny of the Everything 09-11-16

Back in 1967, a little booklet was written called, The Tyranny of the Urgent by Charles Hummel.

The book had 2 points: 1.) Everyone only has 24 hours in a day. 2.) Our greatest danger is in letting the urgent things in our day crowd out the important things.

Sometimes urgent things are i______________________ things.

But most of the time, urgent things are n___________ the important things.

Alliance Shared Prayer:O’ God, with all our hearts we long for you. Come, transform us to be Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered, mission-focused people

multiplying disciples everywhere.

Mark 1:35-38 NIV Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 36 Simon and his companions went to look for him, 37 and when they found him, they exclaimed: "Everyone is looking for you!" 38 Jesus replied, "Let us go somewhere else — to the nearby villages — so I can preach there also. That is why I have come."

1. The Urgent crowds out the I_______________ because we haven’t d____________ what’s i_________________ to us.

Have you defined what important to you?

Mark 1:38 NIV Jesus replied, "Let us go somewhere else — to the nearby villages — so I can preach there also. That is why I have come."

What is your “That is why I have come?”

2. The Urgent crowds out the I_______________ because our Important isn’t i______________ E_______________.

Mark 1:35-38 NIV Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

What is your “That is why I have come?”

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 NIVDo you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

John 5:19-20 NIVI tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does.

John 12:49-50 NIVThe Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say."

John 1:14-18 TLB14 And Christ became a human being and lived here on earth among us and was full of loving forgiveness and truth. And we have seen his glory - the glory of the only Son of the heavenly Father! 18 No one has ever actually seen God, but, of course, his only Son has, for he is the companion of the Father and has told us all about him.