Don Duncan

Role at Tree of Life:

Senior Pastor

Date Spoken:

October 21, 2007

Notes:

Building a Great Life
10/21/07
I’m in a Hurry

I feel more ________.
Luke 21:34 NIV “Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap.”

I lose my __________.
Job 9:25 NCV “My days go by faster than a runner; they fly away without my seeing any joy.”

I am less ____________.
Proverbs 21:5 Message “Careful planning puts you ahead in the long run; hurry and scurry puts you further behind.”
Proverbs 19:2 GW “…a person in a hurry makes mistakes.”

I end up empty ___________.
Psalm 39:6 NLT “We are merely moving shadows, and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.”

I can’t hear __________.
Psalm 46:10 NIV “Be still, and know that I am God.”

Out of Balance
Daniel 5:26-27 NIV “This is what these words mean: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.”

Isaiah 26:7-8 Message “The path of right-living people is level. The Leveler evens the road for the right-living. We're in no hurry, God. We're content to linger in the path sign-posted with your decisions. Who you are and what you've done are all we'll ever want.”

Slowing Down

1. Stop _________________________________.
Ecclesiastes 4:6 GN “It is better to have only a little, with peace of mind, than be busy all the time…”
Proverbs 14:30 NIV “A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones.”

2. Learn ___________________.
Proverbs 20:25 NIV “It is a trap for a man to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider his vows.”

3. Obey _______________________________.
Exodus 20:9-10 GN “You have six days in which to do your work, but the seventh day is a day of rest dedicated to Me.”
Proverbs 10:27 LB “Reverence for God adds hours to each day…”

4. Wait _________________________.
Ecclesiastes 3:11 NCV “God does everything just right and on time. But people can never completely understand what He is doing.”
Habakkuk 2:3 NLT “These things I plan won’t happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.”
Matthew 11:28-29 NIV “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest… and you will find rest for your souls.”
Answers

• Stress
• Joy
• Productive
• Inside
• God


1. the constant push for more
2. to say no
3. the fourth commandment
4. for God’