There are 31,173 verses in the Bible. If you read the Bible straight through it takes 76 hours.
So over the course of a year I spent 76 hours reading the Bible, that sounds pretty good, until I actually evaluate how much time I’ve spent doing other things.
Going back through my Netflix, xbox, comic orders, and rental profile. These are the numbers I came up with on how I spent the rest of my time throughout the year.
172 hours of Battle Star Galactica
39 Hours of Sons of Anarchy
33 Hours of Breaking Bad
42 Hours of American Pickers
60 Hours of Buffy The Vampire Slayer
30 Hours of Big Bang Theory
52 Hours of Mad Men
260 Hours of Movies
275 Comic Books
25 Video Games = Approximately 328 Hours
30,000 + Miles Driven
There are
168 Hours in week, 8 765.8 Hours in a year. What would your life look like if you blocked out how you spent the last year of your time? So often we do stuff to waste time, and that’s just what is happening, we are wasting the time we have.
Ephesians 5:15-16 15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, 16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
TowardsPsalm 90:12
12 Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
12 Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
We need to be aware that
(1) Life on earth is brief and temporary
James 4:1414 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
(2) The Eternal Outweighs The Temporal
Romans 13:11
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
2 Corinthians 4:18
18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
(3) Our time is owned by God
Psalm 31:15
15 My times are in your hands;
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
15 My times are in your hands;
deliver me from the hands of my enemies,
from those who pursue me.
Psalm 139:13-16
13 For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
(4) We need to be sensitive to what God wants from our time
Ecclesiastes 8:5
5 Whoever obeys his command will come to no harm,
and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
and the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure.
Colossians 4:5
5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity.
(5) Our use of time shows our heart
Matthew 6:19-21
19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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