Better: Better Priorities
January 19th, 2025
Pastor Dustin Warford
1) Seek God First
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” – Matthew 6:33
“In 1958, I did something everyone who has been successful must do, I determined my priorities for my life — God, family, and then football.” – Tom Landry
– When I seek God, I am looking to do things in my life that shape me into someone who looks more and more like Jesus Christ
– Love Him more than anything else
“Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” – Matthew 22:34-40
2) Love God with all you have
– How we do our life reflects how we love God
– God actually meets our needs in our lives most fully when we prioritize His needs in our hearts – that is a result of love.
3) Focus on the eternal rather that the temporary
-Is this thing eternal, or temporary?
“So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” – 2 Corinthians 4:18
– What in your life could be reordered?
– What could be reprioritized?