Stress Out Part 7 {Priorities}

Priorities 

It may be but it’s not .

Job 9:25 – “My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a
glimpse of joy.

Luke 21:34 -“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with
carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on
you suddenly like a trap.”

Why Are We So Busy?

1. We have unlimited .

• It is better to of what doesn’t matter so
that we can have of what does.

2. We live under relentless .

• It is better to say to some things,
so you can say to the things.

Ephesians 5:15-16 – Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but
as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.

3. We think we can .

Ecclesiastes 5:10 – Whoever loves money never has enough; whoever loves
wealth is never satisfied with their income.

Ecclesiastes 5:11-12 (NLT) – The more you have, the more people come to
help you spend it. So what good is wealth—except perhaps to watch it slip
through your fingers! But the rich seldom get a good night’s sleep.

• Better to have with fear for the Lord, than to have great and inner
– Proverbs 15:16

4. We think we can .
• It is better to do the , not just .

Proverbs 17:24 GN – An intelligent person aims at wise action, but a fool
starts off in many directions.

Practical Steps:

1.  the non-essentials.

Psalm 90:12 (LB) – Teach us to number our days and recognize how few
they are; help us to spend them as we should.

2. what matters

Matthew 6:31-33 – But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all
these things will be given to you as well.

What Really Matters:

1. Matter.

Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NLT) – A person standing alone can be attacked and
defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even
better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.

2. Matters.

Psalm 139:16 – All the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

3. Matters.

• The of my life determines the  of my life.

Matthew 11:28 (NLT) – Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are
weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.