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Use It or Lose It

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by Rick Warren and Lance Witt
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Delivered on 6/5/2005

Pastor Rick focuses this series on learning to be good managers of the talents and gifts God has given us. He looks at 7 principles of life management learned from the parable of the talents, Jesus model for time management, and God's model for fathering in a powerful Father's Day message. Lance Witt concludes the series with a message on faith and the intentional choices we can make to live life according to God's purposes.

Messages include:

  1. Using Whatever God Gives You (Rick Warren)
  2. Making the Most of Your Time (Rick Warren)
  3. Father's Day 2005: How to Be a Dad Your Kids Will Love (Rick Warren)
  4. Life Outside the Comfort Zone (Lance Witt)

This resource includes:

  • MP3 audio of each message
  • Transcripts
  • Outlines (blank and with fill-ins)

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Using Whatever God Gives You Download

By Rick Warren

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Part 1 of the series Use It or Lose It

Pastor Rick teaches that God expects us to use what he gives us for his glory. In this message he teaches seven principles of life management taken from the parable of the talents.

Making the Most of Your Time Download

By Rick Warren

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Part 2 of the series Use It or Lose It

Pastor Rick teaches that time management is life management and that it is our choices that control our calendar. Because time is the most precious thing that God has given us, it is imperative to use it wisely. Using the model that Jesus set forth in Luke 2:52, he encourages us to grow intellectually, physically, relationally, and spiritually, and asks his listeners to set an attainable goal in each area right there in the service.

Father's Day 2005: How to Be a Dad Your Kids Will Love Download

By Rick Warren

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Part 3 of the series Use It or Lose It

In this powerful message to fathers, Pastor Rick looks at the five foundations of fatherhood modeled throughout the Bible by how God treats us. In keeping with the theme of this series, he admonishes us that our window of opportunity as a parent is short and we don't get a second chance at parenting. We need to use it, or we'll lose it.

Life Outside the Comfort Zone Download

By Lance Witt

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Part 4 of the series Use It or Lose It

Lance Witt explores faith in this message. He explains that faith is belief in God's character and making an intentional choice to live life according to God's purposes. He looks at the story of the widow's encounter with Elisha in 2 Kings 4 and uses it to teach four important lessons of faith.