2. “Take time to be holy. Speak oft with thy Lord; Abide in Him always, and feed on His word. Make friends of God’s children. Help those who are weak. Forgetting in nothing, His blessings to seek.”

3. “Take time to be holy. The world rushes on. Spend much time in secret with Jesus alone. Abiding in Jesus, like Him thou shalt be; Thy friends in thy conduct His likeness shall see.

4. “Take time to be holy. Be calm in thy soul. Each thought and each motive, beneath His control. Thus led by His Spirit, to fountains of love. Thou soon shall be fitted for service above.

5. TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY God wants (demands) that we be holy!!

6. “Living your life with God and for God, and loving every minute of it!”

7. TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY God wants (demands) that we be holy!! 1. A passion to be like God 2. Want to spend time listening to Him and talking to Him. 3. Wanting to hate sin as He hates it.

8. TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY God wants (demands) that we be holy!! 4. Want to have an influence on those outside of Christ. 5. Want to build up the church.

9. TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY God wants (demands) that we be holy!! Heb. 12:14 “Make every effort to be holy” 1 st Pet. 1:15-16 “Be holy in all you do.”

10. TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY God wants (demands) that we be holy!! They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again. And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods

11. TAKE TIME TO BE HOLY Holiness Takes Time Ephesians 5:15-16 A challenge here to “buy back” some time.

12. “The World Rushes On” OR “Be Calm In Thy Soul”

13. “Be Calm In Thy Soul” Both husband and wife working full-time. Dad, mom and children in extra-curricular activities.

14. Jesus: Portrait of Calmness in the Soul He went to sleep each night when there was always more He could have done. He understands human limits.

15. Jesus: Portrait of Calmness in the Soul He left margin for time with God. It’s okay to spend time Jesus alone. Burnout Margin

16. Jesus: Portrait of Calmness in the Soul Watch Him on His second most stressful day: Matt. 4:1-12; 14:13; Mark 6:30; 6:31-34; Matthew 14:23

17. Jesus: Portrait of Calmness in the Soul “Jesus went from place of prayer to place of prayer with miracles & teaching in between.”

18. What will you do?