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Published: Oct. 10, 2011, 12:29 a.m.

Title of my message today is:\xa0 What\u2019s First?

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(Psalm 39:4-5) (NLT) \u201cLORD, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered, and that my life is fleeing away. My life is no longer than the width of my hand. An entire lifetime is just a moment to you; human existence is but a breath.\u201d

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(James 4:13-14) \u201cNow listen, you who say, \u02bbToday or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.\u02bc Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life?\xa0 You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.\u201d

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\n(Proverbs 4:23) (GNT) \u201cBe careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.\u201d\n

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(Psalm 90:12) \u201cTeach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.\u201d

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ORDER IS IMPORTANT! \xa0

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(Job 28:23-26) (NLT) \u201cGod alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found, for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens.\xa0 He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall. He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightning.\u201d

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(Job 28:27-28) (NLT) \u201cThen he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.\xa0 And this is what he says to all humanity: \u2018The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.\u2019\u201d

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2 Big Ideas

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1. Place first things

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2. Spend the rest of your life giving attention and energy to what\u2019s first.\xa0

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What\u2019s first?

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(2 Corinthians 6:2) \u201cI tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.\u201d

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(1 Peter 4:7) \u201cThe end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.\u201d

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