One ThingOne Thing

James 4:13-17James 4:13-17

One last thing…One last thing…

For meFor meThe most important thingThe most important thing

Whatever you're going to doWhatever you're going to doFor the LordFor the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

Whatever you're going to doWhatever you're going to doIn the LordIn the LordDo it nowDo it now

PrinciplePrincipleBased on ScriptureBased on Scripture

Come now, you who say, Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town go into such and such a town and spend a year there and and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”trade and make a profit”

……yet you do not know what yet you do not know what tomorrow will bringtomorrow will bring

Point:Point:Bragging about plansBragging about plans

Point:Point:Bragging about plansBragging about plans

Principle:Principle:Uncertainty of your futureUncertainty of your futureIn this worldIn this world

Whatever you're going to doWhatever you're going to doFor the LordFor the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

What is your life? For you are What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishestime and then vanishes

Ok, then what…?Ok, then what…?

Instead you ought to say, Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live “If the Lord wills, we will live

and do this or that”and do this or that”

Time is shortTime is shortSeek God before planningSeek God before planning

And follow as he leadsAnd follow as he leads

Action rather than dreamingAction rather than dreaming

Seeking instead of Self-Seeking instead of Self-PlanningPlanning

Redeeming, not wastingRedeeming, not wasting

As it is, you boast in your As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is arrogance. All such boasting is evil. evil. So whoever knows the So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sinit, for him it is sin- James 4:13-17- James 4:13-17

I'm busy:I'm busy:

Building a businessBuilding a businessRaising a familyRaising a family

Making plans for kidsMaking plans for kidsBut I'll get around to it…But I'll get around to it…

Whatever you're going to doWhatever you're going to doFor the LordFor the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

Whatever you're going to doWhatever you're going to doIn the LordIn the LordDo it nowDo it now

What has heWhat has hePut in your heart?Put in your heart?

What has heWhat has hePut in your heart?Put in your heart?

What's your excuse?What's your excuse?

If you waitIf you waitUntil conditions are perfectUntil conditions are perfect

You'll never do anythingYou'll never do anything

If you waitIf you waitUntil conditions are perfectUntil conditions are perfect

You'll never do anythingYou'll never do anything(Hint: Faith is a risk…)(Hint: Faith is a risk…)

Pray! Read! Seek!Pray! Read! Seek!Make sure it's from God…Make sure it's from God…

God is never God is never Obligated to blessObligated to bless

Where God has not ledWhere God has not led

7 Sons get the snot7 Sons get the snotBeat of themBeat of them

We'll help God out!We'll help God out!

““I adjure you by the Jesus I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims…”whom Paul proclaims…”

……But the evil spirit answered But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but Paul I recognize, but who are you?”who are you?”

Then the man in whom the evil Then the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, spirit was leaped on them,

overpowered them, and overpowered them, and prevailed against themprevailed against them

……so that they fled out of that so that they fled out of that house naked house naked and woundedand wounded- Acts 19:15-16- Acts 19:15-16

What you do…What you do…Make sure it's from GodMake sure it's from God

And then And then get busyget busy

Whatever you're going to doWhatever you're going to doFor the LordFor the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

I got 99 excuses…I got 99 excuses…

Excuses aren't reasonsExcuses aren't reasons

Not settled yet…Not settled yet…

Just got married…Just got married…

When I get a good jobWhen I get a good job

I work too much right nowI work too much right now

When the kids get olderWhen the kids get older

When they leave the houseWhen they leave the house

I'm too old nowI'm too old now

““A man once gave a great A man once gave a great banquet and invited many…banquet and invited many…

And at the time for the And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to banquet he sent his servant to

say to those who say to those who had been invited, had been invited,

‘Come, for everything ‘Come, for everything is now ready’is now ready’

But they all alike began to But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please I must go out and see it. Please have me excused’have me excused’

And another said, ‘I have And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please go to examine them. Please have me excused’have me excused’

And another said, ‘I have And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore married a wife, and therefore

I cannot come’I cannot come’

So the servant came and So the servant came and reported these things to his reported these things to his master. master. Then the master of the house Then the master of the house became angry and said to his became angry and said to his servant,servant,

‘‘Go out quickly to the streets Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring and lanes of the city, and bring

in the poor and crippled and in the poor and crippled and blind and lame’blind and lame’

And the servant said, ‘Sir, what And the servant said, ‘Sir, what you commanded has been you commanded has been

done, and still there is room.’ done, and still there is room.’ And the master said And the master said

to the servant,to the servant,

‘‘Go out to the highways and Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be come in, that my house may be filled…filled…

For I tell you, none of those For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall men who were invited shall taste my banquet’”taste my banquet’”- Luke 14:16-24- Luke 14:16-24

When God callsWhen God callsThat's God's timeThat's God's time

Don't miss it!Don't miss it!

What you're going to doWhat you're going to doFor the LordFor the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

What you're going to doWhat you're going to doIn the LordIn the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

God will redeemGod will redeemBut why miss opportunitiesBut why miss opportunities

We'll never get back…?We'll never get back…?

Beau DuganBeau Dugan

Beau DuganBeau Dugan

Tiffany and paintingTiffany and paintingBeau's HouseBeau's House

God puts it in her heartGod puts it in her heart

And it makes no senseAnd it makes no senseIt's courting disasterIt's courting disaster

Let her alone. She has done a Let her alone. She has done a beautiful thing…She did what she beautiful thing…She did what she could. She poured perfume on could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to my body beforehand to prepare for my burialprepare for my burial- Mark 14- Mark 14

What she couldWhat she couldWhen she couldWhen she couldAs much as she couldAs much as she could

She didn't know it, but…She didn't know it, but…

And she'd never And she'd never Get that opportunity againGet that opportunity again

I might miss outI might miss outOn lots of fun…On lots of fun…

We plow with eyes forward We plow with eyes forward

The indicative precedesThe indicative precedesThe imperativeThe imperative

"Remember what I've done"Remember what I've doneYou can trust me…"You can trust me…"

Whatever you're Whatever you're Going to do for the LordGoing to do for the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

Even if it's Even if it's Simply being faithfulSimply being faithful

Where you areWhere you are

While God prepares youWhile God prepares you"King" David (in 15 years)"King" David (in 15 years)

Be careful of letting yourBe careful of letting yourTalent take you whereTalent take you where

Your character Your character Can't keep youCan't keep you

Waiting on the LordWaiting on the LordIs following the LordIs following the Lord

- It's not passive -- It's not passive -

When you're faithfulWhen you're faithful

Whatever you'reWhatever you'reGoing to do for the LordGoing to do for the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

Begin with growth in theBegin with growth in theDisciplines of godlinessDisciplines of godliness

No one stumbles intoNo one stumbles intoMaturity in ChristMaturity in Christ

Whatever you're Whatever you're Going to do in the LordGoing to do in the Lord

Do it nowDo it now

Outsmarting GodOutsmarting GodWith our plansWith our plans

To travel and enjoy lifeTo travel and enjoy life"One day…""One day…"

Outsmarting GodOutsmarting GodWith our plansWith our plans

To travel and enjoy lifeTo travel and enjoy life"One day…""One day…"

What has God putWhat has God putIn your heartIn your heart

That you've beenThat you've beenExcusing away?Excusing away?

Will you act?Will you act?Commit…nowCommit…now

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