A very nice topic to share!

1. “Lord, Make My
Life Count!”

2. Make Your Work Count,
Make Your Rest Count, Make
Your Faith Count, Make Your
Prayers Count, and Make
Your Money Count. So work,
rest, faith, prayers, money
and time.
Job 14:5 “Your days are numbered,
so number your days”

3. Before God created the
heavens and the earth
there was no time. God is
eternal, and therefore he is
outside of time. And yet
God entered time when
Jesus Christ took on
human flesh and was born
into our world as a baby.

4. We even have atomic
clocks these days to
measure time out
precisely to the
nano-second. But we
don’t really understand
time.

5. There are times when
time seems to go rushing
by, and other times when
the clock seems to stand
still. There are times when
we are very much aware
of time, such as when we
are working on a project
with a deadline, racing the
clock, fighting against
time.

6. And then there are
those wonderful times
when we let go of our
watches and clocks
and enjoy a day of
leisure and rest and
hardly notice the time
passing at all.

7. Benjamin Franklin wrote:
“Dost thou love life? Then
do not squander time, for
time is the stuff life is made
of.”

8. Your days are numbered, so
number your days (Psalm 90:12)
There are only so many
hours in the day, and there
are only so many days in
your life. Time is a limited
resource, and so as with all
limited resources, you need
to treat it with care if you
are going to make your time
count.
Your days are numbered, so
number your days (Psalm 90:12)
Time is Limited

9. How many hours in the day?
When God created the world,
he created the earth, the sun,
the moon and the stars. We
learned to trace the movements
of the sun across the sky to
measure time throughout the
day. And so we have twenty-
four hours each day to work,
sleep, rest, and play, to worship
and pray, to take care of
business, to enjoy family and
friends, and to pursue our
personal projects.

10. It doesn’t matter how rich
or poor you are. It doesn’t
matter how young or old
you are. It doesn’t matter
what continent you live on
or whether you live in the
city or the country. Each
person on planet earth
gets the exact same
amount of time each day.

11. Ben Franklin said, “Lost
time is never found again.”

12. Each of us only gets a
certain amount of time on
this earth, and that time is
ordained by God. Some
people live long, healthy
lives, while others’ lives
are cut short. That may
seem like a lot, but
compared to eternity it is
but a breath.

13. “Show me, O LORD, my
life’s end and the number of
my days; let me know how
fleeting is my life.” (Psalm
39:4) Or as we read earlier
in (Psalm 90:12) “Teach us to
number our days aright, that
we may gain a heart of
wisdom.”

14. “There is a time for
everything, so manage your
time well”

15. “There is a time for
everything, and a season
for every activity under
heaven: a time to be born
and a time to die, a time to
plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to
heal, a time to tear down
and a time to build, a time
to weep and a time to
laugh, a time to mourn and
a time to dance.”
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-4)

16. “Seek God’s kingdom first”
You need to make God’s
priorities your priorities. As
Jesus said in Matthew 6:33:
“Seek first the kingdom of
God and his righteousness,
and all these things will be
given to you as well.”
(Matthew 6:33)

17. You need to make sure the
tasks on your calendar line up
with God’s overall purpose for
your life. Are you loving God
and serving others? Are you
working hard to provide for
your family? Are you getting
adequate rest and exercise?
Do you make personal time
each day for the word of God
and prayer? Do you worship
regularly with your church
family on a weekly basis?

18. “The days are evil, so be
careful how you live”
The days are evil, so be
careful how you live. Look
at Ephesians 5:15-17 with me:
“Be very careful, then, how
you live – not as unwise but
as wise, making the most of
every opportunity, because
the days are evil. 17
Therefore do not be foolish,
but understand what the
Lord’s will is.”

19. “Make the most of
every opportunity”

20. There’s a reason why they
say that. It’s because it’s true!
And your children need you in
their lives.
Dr. Anthony Witham said
“children spell love…T-I-M-E.”
There is no better way to
communicate your love to
your child than to spend time
with him or her.

21. Secondly, learn to live in the
present. Don’t waste time
worrying about the future or
regretting the past.
You only have each moment
as it comes, so make the
most of each one. When you
worry about the future or
regret the past, you are
wasting the present.

22. There’s an old Family Circle
comic strip which says:
“Yesterday’s the past,
tomorrow’s the future, but today
is a gift. That’s why it’s called the
present.”
(Bil Keane, Family Circle,
8/31/1994) Receive every
moment, every minute as a gift
from God, and you will learn to
live in the present.

23. Thirdly, enjoy the good things
God has given you on this
planet while you
can. Ecclesiastes 9:10 says,
“Whatever your hand finds to do,
do it with all your might, for in
the grave, where you are going,
there is neither working nor
planning nor knowledge nor
wisdom.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

24. “Only one life, ’twill
soon be past; Only
what’s done for
Christ will last.” Time
is a precious gift from
God. Don’t waste the
time you’ve been
given. Make your
time count, both for
now and eternity.