in case you're living in oblivion, our church has embarked on another church-wide series, 'Live like you were dying', inspired by the song(same title). like the 40 days of community series last year, our blog will serve the purposes of:
1. providing sermon notes for the extremely lazy/no-pen-on-sunday/whatever you call yourself. 2. being a resource of reference in future.
so here goes:
Introduction: DEATH: it's not a question of if, but WHEN. Scripture Reference: Eccelesiastes 8:8
1. Live with a sense of urgency Scripture Reference: Romans 13: 11-12 *Paul is speaking with a sense of urgency! Time is running out! -If you could know the exact day of your death, would you want to know it? FACT: More than 80% of the people surveyed declined. -Most people, chinese esp, do not wish to talk about DEATH. -Are we living in denial? Not talking about death doesnt change the fact that we ARE going to die someday. -SOMEDAY-syndrome: we often classify certain topics, i.e death, under 'SOMEDAY' thinking it won't happen. -Fact is, it only takes one MAJOR event to alter the course of decisions we take. *FRANTIC is NOT URGENCY! QUESTION: Do we allow our past to hinder us from living like we were dying? -We must always plan for the future! Scripture Reference: Matthew 6: 27-30 -God wants us to live today to the fullest! Scripture Reference: Psalms 118: 24
2. Live with a sense of eternity. FACT: Today is not all there is! Scripture Reference: Romans 13: 11-12 -Many of us hold the MISCONCEPTION that salvation is a ONE-TIME EVENT. -The bible decribes salvation in the past,present and future tense! -There is no chance after death! *Funerals, if you realise, are not catered to the person lying in the coffin but rather the people around the coffin! Scripture Reference: Hebrews 9:27
3. Live with a sense of priority Scripture Reference: Romans 13: 12 -Take off your frantic pace of life! -If we truly believe that we are dying, we would slow down to enjoy the things of life fully -yet, it only takes a loved one to falls eriously ill for our priorities to change Scripture Reference: Psalms 46:10
More about today, less about tomorrow More about people, less about possessions
happy reading the book guys! isaac
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