(Built large letters saying "NOW". The "O" was a clock)
("Now" series can been seen on www.gwafamily.com)
How many of you are wearing watches today?
How many of you use only your phone for a clock?
How many of you wake up to soothing music?
How many wake up to that old school alarm?
We have clocks everywhere: nightstands, phone, microwave, vehicles
HOW MANY ARE STILL LATE never on time for anything
ILL: I keep my clock 30 minutes ahead
ILL: (Turn the dial and set the time on the clock)
Every clock is ticking at the same second around the entire world.
We all move by it - IT’S UNIVERSAL
VIDEO – PLANET EARTH
CUE - UNIVERSAL
A. Even though we’re all TICKING AT THE SAME TIME
1. We’re all in a DIFFERENT PLACE OF TIME.
CHINA – 11 hours ahead
Sydney – 14 hrs ahead
Cape Town Africa – 7 hours ahead
VIDEO – SOLAR SYSTEM
CUE - PLANETS
B. God has set the PLANETS to cycle with TIME
1. The earth spins once EVERY 24 hours, 365 days to go around the sun.
VENUS – 243 days to complete one turn to our 24 hrs - 224.7 days/SUN
JUPITER – 10 hrs to complete one turn to our 24 hrs - 12 years/SUN
MARS – 24.6 hours - 687 days/SUN
NEPTUNE – 16 hours - 165 days/SUN poor NEPTUNE people
TO PEOPLE IT’S ALL ABOUT TIME – NOT ENOUGH
Do I have time to get the kids from the Soccer, Tommys party, to Groceries
TO US ITS ALL ABOUT TIME
BUT TO GOD IT’S ALL ABOUT “NOW” TIME
C. God looks at TIME SO DIFFERENT then we do.
1. God is OUTSIDE OF TIME because He is the creator of time.
D. HOW MANY DAYS DID GOD CREATE THE HEAVENS & EARTH?
1. Was it 6 days or 6000 years
2 Peter 3:8 NIV
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
E. TIME is IRRELEVANT to GOD
1. Because Everything to HIM is NOW TIME
2. 5 YEARS OR 10 YEARS from now for us, IS RIGHT NOW FOR GOD.
3. God is in the PAST, PRESENT and is already in the FUTURE with us.
Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and
the End.
ILL: Once Upon A Time – They’re stuck in a TOWN, No time outside town
F. Because of the FALL OF MAN – SIN CAME UPON the world
1. WE’RE STUCK IN a DIFFERENT TIME ZONE THEN GOD’s
2. And GOD’S SAYING, “How Are You Using TIME NOW”
SOME ARE STUCK IN PAST TIME
A. TIME IS SOMETHING SO VALUABLE TO EACH OF US.
1. WE LET TIME DICTATE OUR LIFE in ways it’s not supposed to.
2. We HOLD ON to the PAST.
3. Maybe the GLORY DAYS or WRONG CHOICES that have been made
WE TEND TO LIVE THERE
Philippians 3:13 ESV
Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead
SOME ARE STUCK IN FUTURE TIME
A. STUCK IN THE FUTURE preparing, planning, worrying for things ahead
James 4:13-14
Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city,
spend a year there, carry on business and make money.” Why, you do not
even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist
that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
B. THE WAY TO BUILD YOUR FUTURE IS NOW.
1. It’s the NOW that BUILDS your HOUSE. It’s the NOW that Builds your vision.
2. You Don’t Want To Live in the PAST or in the FUTURE
3. We want to live in GODS NOW.
KEY THOUGHT
WHEN YOU CLING TO A GOD THAT IS NOW, YOUR PAST IS FORGIVEN,
YOUR PRESENT IS POWERFUL AND YOUR FUTURE IS ALL TAKEN CARE OF
HOW DO PEOPLE SPEND THEIR NOW TIME
Average American 24 hour breakdown:
8:46 Sleeping 0:39 Personal grooming 0:35 Housework 7:24 Working
0:38 Commuting 0:07 Religious activities 5:18 Leisure 0:16 Thinking/relaxing
2:49 Watching television 0:18 Reading 0:12 Using the computer
IN 2014 HOW DID GATEWAY SPEND GOD’S NOW TIME
(Share a Few stats)
GAVE OUT little over 200 Bibles away
-THIS HEART LOVES FESTIVAL, saw over 700 people being ministered to:
-50 Car Oil changes & maintenance, Hair cuts, basic Health check up, 180 backpacks, school supplies, Clothing, Car Washes, lunches
-Released 2 MUSIC SINGLES this last year
-Movie REAL is still going strong – BOTH are reaching 1000s
-READY to release 2nd movie – PREMIERE MARCH 6th
-IGNITION – Over 500 Young People were ministered too
-THE New Years EVE LAUNCH – Over 200 Young people -
-THL’s FOOD PANTRY in the last 6 months GAVE away 12000 pounds of food
THANKSGIVING – over 50 family meals - CHRISTMAS – 272 toys
-CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE Little over 800 - many hands for SALVATION
-2014 RIGHT at 800 SALVATION In the name of Jesus Christ
GATEWAY IF WE FOCUS ON GOD’S NOW TIME
2015 CAN BE GREATER & BETTER FOR HIS KINGDOM
A. WHEN JESUS COMES INTO YOUR HEART THERE IS A NOW MOMENT:
1. NOW YOU have PURPOSE
2. NOW YOU have VISION
3. NOW YOU have HOPE
4. NOW YOU have LIFE
5. NOW YOU have PASSION
6. NOW YOU'RE LIVING FOR HIS GLORY
THE BIG QUESTION IS:
TODAY IS YOUR LIFE IN GOD’S NOW TIME
