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Time is Passive
Time got away _____ ___. Time heals ____
______. Waiting for the right ______.
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Time is a Predator
I never have enough _______. Time sneaks up ___
_____. Time waits for ___ _____.
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Time is an Endless Pursuit...
Time is _________. I wish there were more hours
___ ____ _____. I wish I could find ____
____. I lost track ___ ________.
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How Does God View Time?
Ephesians 515-16  (New King James Version) See
then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools
but as wise, redeeming the time. Ephesians
515-16 (New Living Translation) So be careful
how you live. Dont live like fools, but like
those who are wise. Make the most of every
opportunity...
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Foolish People Forget to Plan for the Future
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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When Lou Gerstner took the helm of IBM in '93
amid turmoil and a record 8 billion in losses
he said, "The last thing IBM needs is a vision."
Just two years later, he conceded that IBM had
lost the war for the desktop operating system,
acknowledging that they had failed to plan
properly for the future. Gerstner said he and his
team "now spend a lot of time thinking ahead."
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Wise People Turn Hours Into Opportunities
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Wise People Turn Hours Into Opportunities
I felt segregation was just wrong. I never
hesitated to straighten this out right away."
Haas extended his attention to opportunity into
all aspects of the company. "I never caused a
person to lose a day of work because I hadnt
scheduled the cloth deliveries properly!"
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
Peter Haas
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Luke 161 (New King James Version) "There was a
rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his
possessions. So he asked him, 'What is this I
hear? Give an account of your management,
because you cannot be manager any longer. "The
manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now?
My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong
enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg. I know
what I'll do so that, when I lose my job, people
will welcome me into their houses.'
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Luke 165-7 (New King James Version)
"So he called in each one of his master's
debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe
my master?' " '800 gallons of olive oil,' he
replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill,
sit down quickly, and make it 400.' "Then he
asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?'
"'1000 bushels of wheat,' he replied. "He told
him, 'Take your bill and make it 800.'
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Take My Little Bit of Time and My Little Bit of
Opportunity to Secure My Future
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Luke 168 (New King James Version)
"The master commended the dishonest manager
because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of
this world are more shrewd in dealing with their
own kind than are the people of the light.
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Stuff is a Tool
Luke 169 (New King James Version)
"I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends
for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will
be welcomed into eternal dwellings."
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Stuff is a Tool, So Use it Before You Lose It
Overheard to an estate planner, "After all this
work, if I die before we finish this, Im really
going to be angry!"
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Stuff is a Tool, So Use it Before You Lose It
John D. Rockefellers accountant was asked, "How
much money did John leave?" His classic reply
"He left ... all of it."
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PRELIMINARY SKETCHES SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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"Don't wanna wait 'til tomorrow, Why put it off
another day? Make future plans, Don't dream
about yesterday, Come on, turn this thing
around... Right now, hey, it's your
tomorrow, Right now, it's everything. Right now,
catch a magic moment And do it right here and
now."
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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Stuff is a Test
Luke 1610-11 (New King James Version)
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also
be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest
with very little will also be dishonest with
much. So if you have not been trustworthy in
handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with
true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy
with someone else's property, who will give you
property of your own?
c Deut. 208 d 1 Sam. 146
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