(Ephesians 5:15-16 NIV) Be very careful, then, how you live–not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
(Colossians 4:5-6 NIV) Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
(Romans 13:11-12 MSG) ‘But make sure that you don’t get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. . . . God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed. We can’t afford to waste a minute, must not squander these precious daylight hours
√ INADEQUACY
(1 Peter 2:9 NLT) But you are not like that, for you are a chosen people. You are royal priests, a holy nation, God’s very own possession. – – – – – As a result, you can show others the goodness of God, for he called you out of the darkness into his wonderful light.
√ UNEQUIPPED
(Isaiah 45:5-6 NLT) I am the LORD; there is no other God. I have equipped you for battle, though you don’t even know me, so all the world from east to west will know there is no other God. …
(2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV) All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
(Hebrews 13:20-21 NLT) Now may the God of peace–who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood– may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. . .
√ Your MANNER.
(Colossians 4:5-6 NIV) Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
(1 Thessalonians 4:12 NIV) so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders …
√ Your MOMENT.
(Psalm 139:16 NLT) You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
(Proverbs 16:9 NLT) We can make our plans, but the LORD determines our steps.
√ Your MESSAGE.
(1 Peter 3:15 NIV) … Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. …
*You don’t have to know the answer. . . You just have to know HIS NAME.
(2 Corinthians 5:17-19 NLT) This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. . . And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
