Take Time To

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Take Time To
• Be Holy
• 1 Peter 113-16

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Introductory Thoughts
• Let us remember that through our singing we
  give instruction to one another and offer
  praise to God
• Tonight a look at another of the songs we sing
• Certainly as children of God we realize the
  importance of Holiness
• 1 Peter 113-16
• Hebrews 1214

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Background Information
• Words penned by W. D. Longstaff
• Only song he wrote
• Written after hearing a sermon on based on
  our text for tonight
• Written in the late 19th century
• His goal was to put Leviticus 207 into
  action
• 3 Thoughts tonight based on the words of this
  great song

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• The Need to Take Time
• The world rushes on
• Life is lived today at a hectic pace
• So many things to do yet seemingly not
  enough time to do them all
• We need to be mindful of what our life is
• James 413-14
• It takes time to be Holy
• Holiness must be pursued Hebrews 1214
• Holiness is the fruit of service to God
• Holiness must be perfected
• 2 Corinthians 71

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• The Way to Take Time
• Spend time with the Lord
• Abide in him always
• Spend time in secret with Jesus
• How do we do spend time with Him?
• Prayer - Hebrews 414-16
• Meditating on His word 1 Peter 21-3
• Spend time with others
• In fellowship with other Christians
• Acts 242
• In service to our fellowman
• Galatians 610

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• The Benefits of Taking Time
• You will be blessed
• Inner peace and happiness
• Philippians 46-7
• Renewed strength
• Philippians 413
• Increasing realization of Gods love
• You will become more like Christ
• This is the ultimate goal of Christianity
• Will be noticed by your friends
• Prepared for greater service

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Comunicación y Gerencia

• Concluding Thoughts
• We will sing Take Time to Be Holy, yet many
  folks complain that the worship service is
  too long
• We will sit for 2-3 hours watching a movie,
  yet we cant Take Time to Be Holy for more
  than 1 hour
• Lets be reminded that being holy requires
  time and effort