| Today, it is hard to open an e-mail
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| | our priorities lip service, than we do to
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| newsletter, a website, or an offline
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| | finding the strength, determination, and
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| magazine and not see someone talking up
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| | integrity toward defining and then
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| the importance of time management.
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| | honoring any real priorities in our
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| The time management gurus are going out
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| | lives.
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| of their way to teach us how to set
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| | The Christian knows to place his
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| priorities in our work week, how to
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| | priorities in the order of God, spouse,
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| organize those priorities, and then
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| | family, job and then finally hobbies. Yet
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| finally stick to our priorities to get
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| | human nature guides him down the road
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| more done. I applaud their efforts.
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| | that lays waste to any priority he may
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| Yet in all of the dozens of articles that
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| | set for himself while in church on Sunday
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| I have read that speak of the importance
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| | mornings. Most of the other religions of
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| and power of priorities in our work day,
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| | the world teach these same principles as
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| I have yet to see one person apply this
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| | well, and still people of all faiths
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| principle to our lives outside of our
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| | stumble down this same road without fail.
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| jobs.
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| | Priorities, like God, require a
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| Let me show you how this is important.
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| | commitment in our lives. We must commit
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| There are in fact 168 hours in a week. Of
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| | ourselves to establishing our priorities
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| those 168 hours, we spend about 40 of
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| | and then to meeting them one at a time.
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| them working, and we spend about 4 hours
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| | God, of course, should be the number one
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| a week in transit to and from our jobs.
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| | commitment you make to yourself. As
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| As a result, we are spending just over
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| | through God, you will find the strength
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| one quarter of our lives taking care of
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| | and fortitude to establish and meet each
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| business.
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| | of your other priorities in life;
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| We spend approximately another 56 hours
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| | priorities of spouse, family, and job,
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| each week sleeping and another 7 hours
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| | each in their proper order.
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| grooming ourselves each week. Add to this
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| | Romans 12:2 NIV
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| the 7 hours we spend eating, and we are
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| | Do not conform any longer to the pattern
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| left with 54 hours in our week that no
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| | of this world, but be transformed by the
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| one is talking about.
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| | renewing of your mind. Then you will be
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| I find it truly startling that people
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| | able to test and approve what God's will
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| fill volumes talking about how to manage
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| | is--his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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| just over 25% of our week, and completely
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| | It is not enough to sit in church on
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| ignore another 33% of our week that is
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| | Sunday mornings and pledge to make God
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| left to our free time pursuits.
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| | the priority in your life. You must go to
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| Most times when I count down these
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| | the further extreme. You must make a
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| numbers for people, they are dumbfounded
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| | commitment in your life to make God the
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| to realize that they have more free time
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| | number one priority in your life. And
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| available to them than they spend
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| | then you must follow through on that
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| actually working! Work seems such a
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| | commitment. Then and only then, will you
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| prevalent portion of our lives that we
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| | find the abilities within yourself to
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| fail to realize that we have lives beyond
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| | reach beyond what you ever thought you
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| work.
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| | were capable of doing, to commit yourself
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| So let me ask you a question. One third
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| | to setting priorities in your life, even
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| of your life is devoted to non-work
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| | outside of the work place, and to follow
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| related activities. What priorities have
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| | the commitment to your priorities with
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| you set for yourself during these 54
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| | the fulfillment of your goals.
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| non-work hours available each week? Okay,
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| | If you do not have God in your life, I
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| now let me take that same question one
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| | encourage you to meet Him so that you to
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| step further. Are you acting on these
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| | may experience the joy and fulfillment of
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| priorities each day? If I asked your
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| | the renewing of your mind, as so many of
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| children what priorities you have set for
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| | us have experienced. If God is only in
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| your own life, how would THEY respond?
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| | your life on Sunday mornings, I encourage
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| So many people recognize a need to set
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| | you to reach into your heart, past the
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| priorities on the job. Yet most of these
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| | lip service that you are offering, and
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| same people fail to place priorities on
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| | finally make the commitment to put God as
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| their lives. Why do people recognize the
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| | the top priority in your life.
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| need for one and not the other? Some
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| | In conclusion, I applaud each of you who
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| would say that the problem is rooted in
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| | make the commitment to manage your time
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| not having God in their lives. But, even
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| | and priorities in the work place. It is
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| that falls far short of the truth.
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| | my hope that this article has opened your
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| Even Christians fall into this same rut.
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| | eyes to the part of your life that is
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| That seems to cancel out the argument
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| | bigger than work, the 33% of your life
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| about a lack of God in our lives.
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| | that is spent doing non-work related
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| The only argument that bears out in fact
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| | activities. Spend them well.
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| is that we pay more attention to giving
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