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Livin g Wisel y! “So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do.”
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Living Wisely!. “So be very careful how you live. Do not live like those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do.” Ephesians 5:15-17. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Living Wisely
!“So be very careful how you live. Do not live like
those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So do not be foolish but learn what the
Lord wants you to do.” Ephesians 5:15-17
Sometimes we can be so
heavenly minded that we are no earthly good!
Ephesians 5:15-17 NCV
15 So be very careful how you live.
Do not live like those who are not
wise, but live wisely. 16 Use every chance
you…
…have for doing good because these are evil times. 17 So do not be foolish but learn what the Lord wants you to do.”
Ephesians 5:15-17 NCV
We are Urged toLive ‘carefully’
Akribos
‘exactly, accurately, diligently’
Life is not be lived by mere happenstance!
The Goal!
To understand‘what the Lord
wants you to do’
To Live Wisely!
Step Out of Yourself!
Do a‘Selfie’!
“Look into your own hearts before you eat the bread and drink the cup...”
1 Corinthians 11:28 NCV
“Look closely at yourselves. Test
yourselves to see if you are living in the faith. You know that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the
test.”2 Corinthians 13:5 NCV
Step Out of Yourself!
What area of your life has the greatest need right now for evaluation?
Redig the Old Wells!
One smalldiscovery!
7 “So Isaac left that place and camped in the Valley of Gerar and lived there. 18
Long before this time Abraham had
dug many wells, but after he died, the Philistines filled
them…
…with dirt. So Isaac dug those wells again and gave them the same
names his father had given them. 19 Isaac’s servants dug a well in the valley, from which a spring
of water flowed.”Genesis 26:17-19 NCV
Redig the Old Wells!
What action or standard do I
needto ‘redig’ or
rediscover in my life?
“This is what the Lord says: ‘Stand where the roads
cross and look. Ask where the old way is, where the good way is, and walk on it. If you do, you will
find rest…
“…for yourselves.’ But they have said, ‘We will not walk on
the good way.’”Jeremiah 6:16 NCV
Make a Course Correction!
The SpiritualHabits of Scripture
The SpiritualHabits of Scripture
Sabbath Keeping
The SpiritualHabits of Scripture
Retreat
The SpiritualHabits of Scripture
Fasting
The SpiritualHabits of Scripture
Prayer
The SpiritualHabits of Scripture
Meditation
Today, this day, I will wisely take this one step to walk carefully, redeeming this day, uncovering the will of God in
my life!
Living Wisely
!“So be very careful how you live. Do not live like
those who are not wise, but live wisely. Use every chance you have for doing good, because these are evil times. So do not be foolish but learn what the
Lord wants you to do.” Ephesians 5:15-17
