THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE (2 OF 6)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
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The Time of Your Life (2 of 6)
Life Under the Sunday
Jeff Schreve
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
In the book, Living on the Ragged Edge, Chuck Swindoll proposes a game. He starts out one chapter, and he says, "Let's pretend that you get a call from your bank, and your banker tells you there's a very wealthy donor who wishes to remain anonymous, and he wants to make a deposit in your account every single day for the rest of your life." He wants to give a deposit of 86,400 pennies every day into your account. That's kind of strange. When you do the math on 86,400 pennies, you find out that's $864.00 per day, a little over $6,000 a week, about $314,000 a year. And this anonymous, generous donor is going to give that to you. And you say, "Man, that is awesome." And the banker says, "But there's one caveat. The $864.00 that you get every day can't be stored or saved. You have to use every penny. And at the end of the day, whatever you haven't used is gone. Use it or lose it. Nothing carries over." Well, from "Let's Pretend," Chuck Swindoll says, "Now, let's get real." He said, "Here's the reality: We have a God in heaven who is marvelously wealthy - He owns the cattle on a thousand hills - who loves you and loves me. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...." we read in Scripture. And He has given us a gift of 86,400 seconds every day. Eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds equates to 1440 minutes, which equates to 24 hours per day. Twenty-four hours in a day, and God gives that to you, and He gives it to me. But here's the caveat: Just like the "Let's Pretend" game, you can't store it. You can't save it. You use it or lose it. Nothing carries over. Somebody has made this statement: "Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you want to, but you can only spend it once."
Now, we're in a series we started last week on the Book of Ecclesiastes, a very strange, odd book. It's in the wisdom literature, the writi ...
Life Under the Sunday
Jeff Schreve
Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
In the book, Living on the Ragged Edge, Chuck Swindoll proposes a game. He starts out one chapter, and he says, "Let's pretend that you get a call from your bank, and your banker tells you there's a very wealthy donor who wishes to remain anonymous, and he wants to make a deposit in your account every single day for the rest of your life." He wants to give a deposit of 86,400 pennies every day into your account. That's kind of strange. When you do the math on 86,400 pennies, you find out that's $864.00 per day, a little over $6,000 a week, about $314,000 a year. And this anonymous, generous donor is going to give that to you. And you say, "Man, that is awesome." And the banker says, "But there's one caveat. The $864.00 that you get every day can't be stored or saved. You have to use every penny. And at the end of the day, whatever you haven't used is gone. Use it or lose it. Nothing carries over." Well, from "Let's Pretend," Chuck Swindoll says, "Now, let's get real." He said, "Here's the reality: We have a God in heaven who is marvelously wealthy - He owns the cattle on a thousand hills - who loves you and loves me. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...." we read in Scripture. And He has given us a gift of 86,400 seconds every day. Eighty-six thousand, four hundred seconds equates to 1440 minutes, which equates to 24 hours per day. Twenty-four hours in a day, and God gives that to you, and He gives it to me. But here's the caveat: Just like the "Let's Pretend" game, you can't store it. You can't save it. You use it or lose it. Nothing carries over. Somebody has made this statement: "Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you want to, but you can only spend it once."
Now, we're in a series we started last week on the Book of Ecclesiastes, a very strange, odd book. It's in the wisdom literature, the writi ...
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