Right now, you’re still SPEAKING into the dash, but someday the dash will SPEAK for you.
You get to DETERMINE the DASH.
“Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.” – C.T. Studd
Invest your DASH into things that LAST.
Colossians 3:1-4 (NLT)
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 2 Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth. 3 For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world, you will share in all his glory.
Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 (NLT)
Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies—so the living should take this to heart. 3 Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us. 4 A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only about having a good time.
Live with the END in MIND.
It’s what we DO with what we BELIEVE that makes the DIFFERENCE.
James 1:22,25 (NIV)
Do not merely LISTEN to the word, and so deceive yourselves. DO what it says. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but DOING it—they will be BLESSED in what they DO.
James 2:14,17 (NLT)
What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? 17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.
It’s not enough to BELIEVE it PRIVATELY you must BEHAVE it PUBLICLY.
Hebrews 10:23 (NLT)
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Hebrews 10:24 (NLT)
Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.
Who’s going to make sure your BEHAVIORS line up with your BELIEFS?
Hebrews 10:25 (NLT)
And let us not neglect our meeting TOGETHER, as some people do, but ENCOURAGE one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
ISOLATION leads to DEVASTATION.
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (NLT)
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.
Who encourages you when you NEED it and when you don’t WANT it?
James 5:19-20 (NLT)
My dear brothers and sisters, if someone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back, 20 you can be sure that whoever brings the sinner back from wandering will save that person from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.
A meaningful LIFE is found in meaningful RELATIONSHIPS.
Mark 2:1-5 (NLT)
When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that he was back home. 2 Soon the house where he was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While he was preaching God’s word to them, 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4 They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above his head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. 5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, “My child, your sins are forgiven.”
Where will your CIRCLE CARRY you?