First Time

Matthew 11:28-30 MSG
“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get
away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a
real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn
the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting
on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and
lightly.”
Top 3 Time Thieves:

1. Internet
2. Television
3. Busy schedules
   Average Time People Spend in a Lifetime:
   • 70% of our waking lives in front of digital media
   • 25 years sleeping
   • 10.3 years working
   • 4.3 years driving a car
   • 5 years waiting in line
   • 4 years eating
   • 2 years watching commercials
   • 2.5 years cooking
   • Women spend 17 years of life trying to lose weight
   • Women spend 1.5 years of life deciding what to wear
   • Women spend 8 years of life shopping
   • Women spend 1.5 years of life doing their hair
   • Men spend 1 year of life looking at women
   Famous Quotes on Time:
   • “He who lets time rule will live the life of a slave.” – John
   Arthorne
   • “Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else.” –
   Peter Drucker
   • “Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you
   value your time, you will not do anything with it.” – M. Scott
   Peck
   • “The bad news is that time flies; the good news is that you’re the
   pilot!” – Michael Atwater
   • “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – John
   Maxwell
   Ephesians 5:15-17 NKJ
   See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise,
   redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be
   unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
   Matthew 11:28-30 NKJ
   “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give
   you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle
   and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is
   easy and My burden is light.”

Principles of First Time:

1. First Day
   Exodus 20:8-11 NKJ
   “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor
   and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord
   your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your
   daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your
   cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the
   Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them,
   and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath
   day and hallowed it.”
   Mark 2:27 NKJ
   And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man
   for the Sabbath.”
   • First Day: Takes Faith
2. First Hour
   Mark 1:32-38 NKJ
   At evening, when the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were
   sick and those who were demon-possessed. And the whole city was
   gathered together at the door. Then He healed many who were sick
   with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He did not
   allow the demons to speak, because they knew Him.
   Psalm 63:1 NKJ
   O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for
   You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no
   water.
   “The first hour of the day is the rudder of the day.” – Henry Ward
   Beecher
   • First Hour: Takes Discipline
3. First Relationship
   Exodus 20:3 NKJ
   “You shall have no other gods before Me.”
   Mark 12:29-30 NKJ
   Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ’Hear, O
   Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord
   your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and
   with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.”
   Matthew 10:37 NKJ
   “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me.
   And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of
   Me.”
   • First Relationship: Takes Dedication