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Anyone who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. James 4:17 (NIV)  

  

Do you put off doing (procrastinate) the things that you know you should do, especially those things that you need to change in your life?  Rick Warren (author of Purpose Drive Life) shares that the Bible says we procrastinate for one of five reasons.

1. Indecision. "A double minded man is unstable in all he does."  (James 1:8 LB)  Have you ever sent a waiter away at a restaurant because you couldn't make up your mind?  Indecision causes you to postpone buying a car, choosing a college, getting married, buying new clothes, changing a job.
2. Perfectionism. "If you wait for perfect conditions, you'll never get anything done!" (Ecclesiastes 11:4 LB) If you wait for things to be perfect, you're going to wait a long time. You don't have the time or the money for things to be perfect.
3. Fear. "The fear of man is a trap."  (Proverbs 29:25 LB) Have you been postponing going to the dentist?  Or having that needed surgery?  Or getting into marriage counseling?  Sharing your faith at work?  Ask yourself, "What am I afraid of?"  
4. Anger. "A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive." (Proverbs 18:9 GNT) Procrastination is a way to get back at people we don't like.  We delay.  Kids are great at procrastination.  You ask them to clean up their room.  They do it but they take so long doing it. One of the reasons may be that they're resisting your control. Procrastination is passive resistance.  I don't want to do it because I don't like you telling me to do what I have to do.  Anger causes us to put things off.
5. Laziness. "Lazy people want much but get little, while the diligent are prospering." (Proverbs 13:4 LB) One of the most popular words in America is "easy." If it's easy, we like it.  If it's hard, we don't like it.   Can you imagine a best seller titled, "Ten Difficult Steps to Change Your Life" or "Fifteen Difficult Ways to Get in Shape"?  If it's easy, we like it.  If it's hard, we don't like it. 

It's important to move forward, not to get stuck in a rut that keeps us from being all that God intends for us to be and needs us to be.  While getting out of the habit of putting things off may be difficult; if we don't press on all we'll leave behind is a legacy of good intentions.

Edgar Adam Guest (1881-1959), One of America's best loved poets summed it up well in his work "Tomorrow"

He was going to be all that a mortal should be - tomorrow.

No one would be braver and kinder than he - tomorrow.

A friend who was weary and troubled he knew,

Who would be glad of a lift, and needed it, too.

On him he would call and see what he could do - tomorrow.

Each morning he'd stack up the letters he'd write - tomorrow,

And thought of the folks he'd fill with delight - tomorrow.

It was too bad indeed he was busy today,

And hadn't a minute to stop on the way.

More time he'd have to give others, he'd say - tomorrow.

The greatest of wonders and workers this man would have been - tomorrow.

The world would have known him, if ever he'd seen tomorrow.

But the fact is he died, and he faded from view,

And all that was left, when living was through,

 

If you find yourself in the situation of putting off things that you should be doing, ask God to help you get started.  The journey of a thousand miles starts with one step,  don't let the enormity of the change you are facing keep you from starting.  

 

Blessings,

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OUT: Evangelism as sales pitch, as conquest, as warfare, as ultimatum, as threat, as proof, as argument, as entertainment, as show, as monologue, as something you have to do.

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Ever since Adam and Eve made their tragic choice in the Garden of Eden, the concept of woman as God's most beautiful creation has been gravely marred. History shows the sad consequences as the serpent continues to deceive regarding woman's role and purpose.

But as Kris Vallotton explains, that was not God's final answer. The drive to disempower and deface women was the devil's idea--not God's. Through the cross of Christ, the power of the curse in the Garden was broken forever.


Taking the reader by the hand for a walk through Scripture, this leader and bestselling author reveals:

• God's true plan for women
• simple steps for removing the ancient patterns of enslavement
• Jesus's care for women
• the true meaning of the apostle Paul's exhortations about women
• various examples of women in leadership as God intended

In the Garden, the woman was taken out of the man to stand by his side and co-reign with him. Now the world aches for this partnership to be brought into balance once more. This can be achieved, affirms Vallotton, and it begins with understanding God's most beautiful creation.

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