Timing Is Everything
Audio sermon by Gordon D. Venturella | 27:42 min
Sermons From the Edge Podcast
TOPIC: Faith
REFERENCES: Esther, Esther 4:9-16, Matthew 7:21, 1 Corinthians 4:20
SERIES: Driving Down the Road of Life | Part 4
SERMON SUMMARY
We come to forks in the journey of our life when the reading is finished, the praying is prayed, the counsel has been received and it’s time to decide. Today, in the last sermon in this series, we’re going to learn from the model of Esther that making better decisions means that timing really is everything.
We find along life there are some road signs that present us with choices. The road signs we encounter are labeled:
Excuses or Example
When I am faced with these kind of decisions in my life will I give in to excuses or will I choose to be an example in the decisions that I have before me.
Random or Purpose
Making difficult decisions always involves questions, many of which include answers that we will not see this side of eternity.
Cowardice or Courage
Esther resolved what we all have to resolve in making difficult decisions and it’s this question: “What is the worst thing that could happen to me?” The worst thing I suppose that could happen to me in any decision that I have to make is...I could die.
When you decide what’s worth dying for in your life, decision-making gets easier.
REFERENCES: Esther, Esther 4:9-16, Matthew 7:21, 1 Corinthians 4:20
SERIES: Driving Down the Road of Life | Part 4
SERMON SUMMARY
We come to forks in the journey of our life when the reading is finished, the praying is prayed, the counsel has been received and it’s time to decide. Today, in the last sermon in this series, we’re going to learn from the model of Esther that making better decisions means that timing really is everything.
We find along life there are some road signs that present us with choices. The road signs we encounter are labeled:
Excuses or Example
When I am faced with these kind of decisions in my life will I give in to excuses or will I choose to be an example in the decisions that I have before me.
Random or Purpose
Making difficult decisions always involves questions, many of which include answers that we will not see this side of eternity.
Cowardice or Courage
Esther resolved what we all have to resolve in making difficult decisions and it’s this question: “What is the worst thing that could happen to me?” The worst thing I suppose that could happen to me in any decision that I have to make is...I could die.
When you decide what’s worth dying for in your life, decision-making gets easier.
Also, be sure to listen to these two original spoken word music productions by bleedbeat featuring clips taken from this sermon by Gordon Venturella.
Live By Faith (original mix) | 7:30 min | 6.88 MB
Live By Faith (extended chill mix) | 13:13 min | 12.1 MB
"What is the worst thing that can happen to me?...I could die...You can do nothing all of your life and still lose your life. I've decided that I want to die for something that counts. I've already decided that I want my life to make a difference. I want to finish well. I want to live by faith."



