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Time Is Precious!

“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” (Ephesians 5:16 KJV)

• How are you using the time God has given you?

• If you knew your time was limited, what would you do differently?

• Your time is limited!

Imagine. . . .

There is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out ALL OF IT, of course!!!!

Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds. Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.

Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow." You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success! The clock is running. Make the most of today.

To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed an exam.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE-SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
To realize the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal in the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have! And remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present!!!

We live in difficult times, so time can't be taken for granted. The last words written in Sir Walter Scott's diary were, "Tomorrow we shall...." But there was no tomorrow for him. He died with good intentions to accomplish a certain goal - a goal that he never attained.

Every thinking person has goals and dreams he longs for, plans for, and even begins to reach for. Yet there are many people who fall short of their goals simply because of limited time or opportunity. It is important that we get busy and do the right thing immediately. Never delay that which needs to be done today.

Prayer Points:

• Heavenly Father, I thank You for another new day.

• I thank You for a brand new dawning to sing Your praise.

• Thanks You for being good to me and giving me one more day.

• Thank You for my health and strength.

• Thank You for reminding me that it is important not to live in the past, or the future, but to live in the present.

• Help me not to waste the valuable time that You have given me.

• May I make the best of every opportunity You give me to sow into my future and eternity with You.

• Help me be the vessel You use to remind others not to take their time for granted or waste it.

In Jesus' Name

Amen