The Challenge to Excel: Priorities (Part One) 1 Thessalonians 4 by Dr. Rod Mattoon

Scripture

• 1 Thessalonians 4

About this sermon

Priorities! It is the word that governs what choices and decisions we are going to make day after day. Whatever is labeled as your priority identifies to you, as well as to others, what you consider to be vitally important or what you dearly love. Your priorities tend to be your master. They highly influence your plans and schedule. What we love to do we find time to do. Your priorities reveal the direction you are taking in your life. You may claim to believe or verbalize your devotion to someone or to some thing, but your priorities remove the camouflage. They bring out into the open what grips your heart by what consumes your time. Priorities can change and many times they do. What may be important to you when you are young may change as you get older. This happens many times to people as they age because the sands of time have a way of removing the film that distorts our reasoning and vision. If we are not careful, our priorities can become warped by what is considered to be important to this world in contrast to what is important to God. Earthly priorities and eternal priorities tend to clash all the time in most people's lives. Paul urged us to choose eternal priorities. In this message, we address a number of priorities that we are to pursue in our Christian lives that will help us to excel and be the best Christians we can be for the Lord Jesus Christ. This message was preached on Sunday night, April 4, 2021 at Lincoln Land Baptist Church.