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TOPUCU Adult Faith-Based Workbook Lesson 6: Part 1

LESSON 6: PART 1
every week to use at your own discretion. of his mother and his own choices, he
HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR 168? Unfortunately, the vast majority of people decided to turn off the television and started
waste most of those hours. You need to learn
reading. As a result he gave more value to
how to maximize those hours. his time. It was time invested, rather than
time wasted. This transformation from idle
Time may be the most valuable asset you time to constructive time transformed his life
have in your toolbox for success. But unlike
Today’s lesson is titled, “How Do You Spend sounds like a lot. To some of you it doesn’t and enabled him to become one of the most
Your 168?” Actually, it could have been sound like nearly enough. Either way, you other tools – and this can be said with a well-known surgeons in the world.
titled, “How Do You Spend Your 700,000.” have to learn how to maximize your time. As great degree of certainty - once it’s gone
If you haven’t figured it out by now, we’re an illustration, let’s examine the amount of you can never get it back. Proverbs 27:1 says Let’s also look at this parable that Jesus
talking about time. 168 is the number of time you spend sleeping. If you sleep eight very plainly, “Do not boast about tomorrow, told. He spoke of a man who was going
hours in a week. The 700,000 number is hours a night that adds up to 56 hours a for you do not know what a day may bring.” on a journey and had decided to leave his
the approximate amount of hours a person week, leaving you with 112 hours to get stuff (NIV) There’s no way to tell whether or not servants in charge of his estate. To the first
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is given if they lived 46 days past their 80 done. And if you’re a person who sleeps late any of us will hit that 700,000 hour and servant he gave 5 talents (a representation
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birthday. What will transform your life is at every given opportunity then you have make it to 80. Maybe your life will be shorter; of an amount of money). To the second
how you spend them. even less hours. On the flipside, not many maybe it will be longer. But one thing is for servant he gave 2 talents and to the third

"Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best "Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know
use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but what a day may bring." — Proverbs 27:1 (NIV)
understand what the will of the Lord is." — Ephesians 5:15-17 (ESV)

sure; you’ll eventually get to that last hour he gave one. When the master returned, he
champions are known to sleep a full eight
In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, during a hours. When you’re a growing child you need and breathe that last breath. To give you a found that the first and second servants had
lengthy passage detailing several points on all the sleep you can get. But when you’re an further understanding of the value of time, taken the money, invested it and doubled
how the church should behave as children adult you need less. Champions understand let’s look at it this way. Let’s say you’ve their original amounts. The third servant
of the Light, the apostle writes, “Look this principle and by giving themselves a struggled your entire life financially and however, had taken his portion and buried it.
carefully then how you walk, not as unwise couple extra hours per day, they can gain suddenly you win the lottery. Wow, you’re a He thought his master would be happy, but
but as wise, making the best use of the time, 14 hours a week which equals an extra 728 a millionaire, just like that! Then the next day instead his master was disappointed because
because the days are evil. Therefore do not year. That adds up to 30 extra days. Imagine as you’re on your way to deposit that check, the servant had failed to optimize his time
be foolish, but understand what the will of what you could do with 30 extra days. Two your heart stops and you die right then and and his opportunity.
the Lord is.” Ephesians 5:15-17 (ESV) This hours a day doesn’t seem like much, but it’s there. All that money, and you never get the
concept of using your time wisely is repeated literally one-twelfth of your lifetime. Are you time to spend a single dollar of it. You can’t We all struggle with spending our hours
throughout scripture. In this lesson we are starting to understand the value of time? get time back. There is story after story of doing unfruitful, idle things. We all want
going to learn how champions take charge of millionaires who tried to buy more time. pleasure and self-gratification. You’re now
this principle. We are also going to learn how Let’s dive deeper. Now after your eight hours They would have given up their fortunes for in Lesson Six and from the previous lessons
most people have no understanding of how of sleep, you have to factor in your weekly more hours. But no matter how hard they you’ve learned that this is unacceptable. You
valuable each hour is. As with the previous routines and responsibilities - if you have a tried the clock still ran out. By now, you’re must do the things you don’t want to do if
lessons, part one will serve to give you an job or you’re a student then subtract another probably thinking, “Geez, what an uplifting you really want to become the person you
understanding regarding the concept of time. 40 to 60 hours. So now you’re down to message.” Believe it or not, the goal of want to become. You have to be the one in
The second part will give you the secrets approximately 50 hours in your week. That’s this message is not to depress you, but to your group who does things differently. You
and tools you will need to accomplish a already more than 100 fewer hours than you emphasize the importance of time. Once it’s have to break the mold. When your friend
transformation in this area of your life. began with, but it’s still a lot. Now sure, some gone, you can’t get it back. say let’s mess around or hang out, you have
of that is going to be dedicated to family to say, no, I’ve got something better to do.
So let’s get to it. As mentioned earlier, there responsibilities and obligations, but in the In an earlier lesson we spoke about Dr. I’m going to do something constructive.
are 168 hours in a week. To some of you, it Benjamin Carson. Because of the decisions I’m going to do something that will lead to
end you have approximately 30 or so hours

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