THE BIG IDEA:
If you want God to do the _____________,
you’ve got to do the _______________!
Two important words: _______________ & ________________
How to eat a frog?
Begin ___________________________________
Genesis 1:5 ESV
God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Start ________________________________
Psalm 5:3 NIV
In the morning, Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly.
Control ______________________________
1 Corinthians 9:27 HCSB
Instead, I discipline my body and bring it under strict control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
Leverage ________________________________
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 ESV
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
How to elevate the important above the urgent:
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- Create ___________________________
- Calculate _________________________
- Cultivate __________________________