SURVIVE and THRIVE TIME 4 COLLEGE Workshops
being booked for Fall 2008
If you are a Christian student, or a parent of one, learning to prioritize and choose your time expeditures wisely in college is critical. According to an article in The Christian Post, "Youth leaders estimate that 65 to 94 percent of their high school students stop attending church after they graduate. One danger that a college sophmore described in the study was that unlike high schhol, in college, 'every choice is up to you, and you set your own schedule. You can do whatever you want."*
TIME 4 COLLEGE Workshops are focused on Christian students, not only clock and calendar adjustments, but we take a serious look at how college can steal your walk with God. We look at God's purpose for you and your generation both on campus and in life. You'll learn some very practical ways to find time for prayer, and how to maintain your relationship with God in spite of the distractions and challenges college presents. Don't become one of the statistics! Prepare so college will be the best time of your life in every way!
*(Source: The Christian Post 11-12-06 by Liilian Kwon)
Liz is available to speak for your college or youth group as God leads!
Making Chronos time for a Kairos Time
Ecclesiastes 3 says there is a time for everything. Most people I encounter would disagree with the reality of that statement. For most, there never seems to be enough time for everything.
There are two kinds of time mentioned in the Bible: “chronos time” (referring to monitoring time as in calendars and clocks). There is also “kairos time”(a God- appointed time for something to happen.) A good example would be the end time harvest.
We can be in a “kairos time” of God but miss the window of opportunity unless we learn to take authority over our “chronos time”. Consider the farmer. He diligently prepares his field, fertilizes, plants his seed, and waters it. He is a good steward of the field during the growing season by keeping it free of weeds and insects. Each of those seasons of the gardening process involves and requires time, but there is not an urgency. Then comes the ripening harvest. Suddenly, the farmer’s entire life shifts to gather in the harvest he has been waiting for all season. The greatest labor, with the most narrow window of time, is harvest. When the crop is ripe- NOW is the time to pick it. If the farmer has his planner filled up and tries to pencil it in around his schedule, the harvest will over ripen or rot on the vine and be lost.
From every demonination I read of pastors praying for revival in our nation. However, if the “busy” church does not stop and redirect it’s time and energy in this season, we could miss a beautiful opportunity for a glorious harvest of souls. We have to prioritize time to spend seeking God, time to help in our churches, and time for the works God initiates us to do when He needs it done! Many of us feel the urgency of this season, but just haven’t adjusted our schedules to harvest time mode. It’s time to re-evaluate your schedule and agenda, and time to begin to live each day with a kingdom perspective of time.
It’s time to take a good, hard, long look at our resource of time- and how we are stewarding it. It’s harvest time for revival. It’s harvest time for your destiny. Will you make the necessary shift to harvest time mode in your schedule?
