Thanks to everyone for your participation in the class. I sincerely hope you took away both new thinking and some practical suggestions for living life in the present tense.
Because we may offer the class again in future months, I would welcome your suggestions/comments/ideas for how I can make it better next time. Email me anytime at dlcorts@gmail.com.
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CLASS NOTES
The Principles of Present Tense Living
1. God CREATED time.
2. God exists OUTSIDE of time. (Exodus 3:14; 2 Timothy 1:9)
3. When time doesn’t MATTER , then TODAY is all you have.
The River Raft Trip
Whitewater vs. Float
The difference: WHAT I FOCUS ON
How are you traveling down the stream of life???
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HOW TO LIVE LIFE IN THE PRESENT TENSE
1. CONTAIN your field of vision.
This is the DAY .
Take up your cross DAILY .
Give us this DAY our DAILY bread.
Ecclesiastes 6:3-6: ENJOY WHAT YOU HAVE NOW--TODAY
HOW: practice an ATTITUDE of _ GRATITUDE .
2. Be DELIBERATE .
Phillipians 4:8: Choose what you FOCUS on. Slow down!
Ephesians 5:14-16: Make the _ MOST of every _
HOW: Live in the PRESENT --start for just five minutes at a time.
a. PICK AN ACTIVITY YOU LIKE TO DO AND UPGRADE IT
b. PICK AN ACTIVITY YOU DON’T LIKE AND UPGRADE IT
c. DO AN ACTIVITY THAT YOU NORMALLY DO WITH TECHNOLOGY AND DO IT WITHOUT THE TECHNOLOGY
3. Pursue REM
R ELATIONSHIPS
LOVE is the one thing we have that has no limits!
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