December 29 2013 Mistakes To Avoid In 2014
/Mistakes To Avoid In 2014
"Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow." Joshua 7:13 (NIV)
FOOLISH MISTAKES TO AVOID
1. USELESS WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE
Matthew 6:27 (NIV)"Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"
Matthew 6:30b-33 (NCV)"... Don't have so little faith! Don't worry and say, `What will we eat... or drink...or wear?' The people who don't know God keep trying to get these things, and your Father in heaven knows you need them. The thing you should want most is God's kingdom and doing what God wants. Then all these other things you need will be given to you."
Matthew 6:3 (LB)"So don't be anxious about tomorrow -- God will take care of your tomorrow, too. Live one day at a time."
THE WISE WAY: TRUST GOD
2. ARROGANT ASSUMING.
Proverbs 27:1 (NIV)"Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth."
Isaiah 56:12"’Come,’ each one cries, ‘... Let us drink our fill of beer! And tomorrow will be like today, or even better!’"
James 4:14 & 16 (NIV)"Why, you don't even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil."
Proverbs 22:3 (LB) "A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
THE WISE WAY: PREPARE
3. FAULTY PLANNING.
James 4:13 (NIV)"Now listen, you who say, `Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make money.’"
Ecclesiastes 8:7 (NIV) "Since no man knows the future, who can tell him what is to come?"
James 4:15 (NIV) "Instead, you ought to say, IF it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."
THE WISE WAY: PRAY AS YOU PLAN
Proverbs 16:1 (GN) "We may make our plans, but God has the last word."
Proverbs 16:9 (LB) "We should make plans – counting on God to direct us."
4. LAZY PROCRASTINATING.
James 4:17 (NIV) "Anyone then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it sins."
Proverbs 3:27-28 (NIV)"Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, `Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow' -- when you now have it with you."
THE WISE WAY: DO IT NOW
1 John 2:3-4 (NIV)"We can be sure we know Christ if we obey His commands. The one who says `I know Him' but doesn't do what He commands is a liar."
2 Corinthians 6:2 (LB)"RIGHT NOW God is ready to welcome you. TODAY He is ready to save you!
