1. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in Your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there were none of them Psalm 139:16

2. For all our days pass away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end like a sigh So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom Psalm 90:9,12

3. Making the Best Use of Your Time
Ephesians 5:15-18
December 30, 2018

4. Living Carefully Before the Lord Entails:
3 contrasts in Ephesians 5
not as unwise, but as wise
not foolish, but understanding what the Lord’s will is
not drunk, but instead filled with the Spirit

5. Make the best use of the time Avoid foolishness Pursue God
MAP out a Blessed 2019
Make the best use of the time
Avoid foolishness
Pursue God

6. Ephesians 1:23 (ESV)
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Ephes. 3:19 (ESV)
and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephes. 4:10 (ESV)
He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.
Ephes. 4:13 (ESV)
until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

7. Galatians 5:16, 25 (ESV)
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

8. Practical Aids to our Pursuit of God
Daily Bible reading/meditating

9. John 15:4-7 (ESV)
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in Me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

10. Practical Aids to our Pursuit of God
Daily Bible reading/meditating
Daily & frequent prayer

11. Luke 11:13 (ESV)
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!

12. Practical Aids to our Pursuit of God
Daily Bible reading/meditating
Daily & frequent prayer
Solitude
Sharing Him & serving others
Group study of God’s Word
Accountability

14. Make the best use of the time Avoid foolishness Pursue God
MAP out a Blessed 2019
Make the best use of the time
Avoid foolishness
Pursue God