In what ways do you find yourself making decisions with eternity in mind? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
Read Philippians 3:7-8 How did Paul view things considered as earthly gains to him? In vs. 8 what word does he use to describe that which he had lost for Christ's sake? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ Read 2 Timothy 4:7-8 How do these verses help us to understand what Paul means when he says in Philippians 1:21, "To live is Christ, to die is gain"? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________
Alcorn compares our short lives on earth to a dot and our eternal lives in heaven as a never-ending line that extends from that dot. If God were to audit my finances, would He conclude that I live more for the "dot" or more for the "line"? What would some of His observations be? ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ |