2. SCHEDULE
MARGIN

3. MARGIN:
The amount
available beyond
what is necessary.

4. EPHESIANS 5:15-
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.
17 Therefore do not be
foolish, but understand
what the Lord's will is.

5. ASK YOURSELF:
In the light of (insert
number of years), is it
wise?

6. HOW DO WE
SCHEDULE
WISELY

7. SAY “NO” TO MANY
GOOD THINGS TO SAY
“YES” TO THE BEST
THINGS.

8. ROMANS 12:2
Do not conform any longer
to the pattern of this world,
but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind.
Then you will be able to
test and approve what
God's will is — his good,
pleasing and perfect will.

9. WHAT
MATTERS ARE
MISSING?

10. 1.Intimate
time with
God.

11. MATTHEW 6:33
But seek first his
kingdom and his
righteousness, and all
these things will be
given to you as well.

12. 2.Intentional
time of
rest.

13. ISAIAH 40:1
Comfort, comfort my
people, says your God.
(NIV)

14. a.Rest from
work or
toil

15. GENESIS 3:17
To Adam he said,
"Because you listened to
your wife and ate from
the tree about which I
commanded you, `You
must not eat of it,'
"Cursed is the ground
because of you; through
painful toil you will eat of
it all the days of your life.
(NIV)

16. ECCLESIASTES 2:22
What does a man get
for all the toil and
anxious striving with
which he labors under
the sun?(NIV)

17. b.Rest from
rest

18. 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6-
8
In the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ, we
command you, brothers,
to keep away from every
brother who is idle and
does not live according
to the teaching you
received from us.

19. 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6-
8
For you yourselves know
how you ought to follow
our example. We were not
idle when we were with
you, nor did we eat
anyone's food without
paying for it.

20. 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6-
8
On the contrary, we
worked night and day,
laboring and toiling so that
we would not be a burden
to any of you.(NIV)

21. c.Rest from
vexation/
distress/
annoyance

22. PROVERBS 19:13
A foolish son is his
father's ruin, and a
quarrelsome wife is like a
constant dripping.(NIV)

23. EPHESIANS 6:4
Fathers, do not
exasperate your children;
instead, bring them up in
the training and
instruction of the Lord.
(NIV)

24. d.Rest from
fears/
worries

25. MATTHEW 13:22
The one who received
the seed that fell among
the thorns is the man who
hears the word, but the
worries of this life and the
deceitfulness of wealth
choke it, making it
unfruitful.(NIV)

26. MATTHEW 6:27
Who of you by worrying
can add a single hour to
his life?(NIV)

27. e.Rest from
pressures

28. f.Rest from
enemies

29. PSALM 31:13
For I hear the slander of
many; there is terror on
every side; they conspire
against me and plot to
take my life.(NIV)

30. g.Rest from
sin/
sinfulness

31. PSALM 51:3
For I know my
transgressions, and my
sin is always before me.
(NIV)

32. MATTHEW 11:28-
Come to me, all you
who are weary and
burdened, and I will give
you rest. 29 Take my
yoke upon you and learn
from me, for I am gentle
and humble in heart,
and you will find rest for
your souls