We All Need Balance

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Eccl. 31
There is a time for everything, and a season for
every activity under heaven.
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1 Cor. 1433
God is not a God of disorder, but of peace.
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Proverbs 282
A man of understanding knowledge maintains
order.
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Proverbs 282
A man of understanding knowledge maintains
order.
If youre smart, youll make balance in life a
priority.
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Common Problem
Focus on public life, and let private life slide
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Common Problem
Focus on public life, and let private life slide
A lot of peoples lives are like poor
photographs over-exposed and under-developed.
Dr. Howard Hendricks
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Common Problem
Focus on public life, and let private life slide
Results guilt
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Common Problem
Focus on public life, and let private life slide
Results guilt frustration
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Common Problem
Focus on public life, and let private life slide
Results guilt frustration fatigue
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Common Problem
Focus on public life, and let private life slide
Results guilt frustration fatigue apathy
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Luke 240-52
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Balanced Life Model
JESUS
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Balanced Life Model
He grew intellectually
JESUS
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Balanced Life Model
He grew intellectually emotionally
JESUS
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Balanced Life Model
He grew intellectually emotionally physically
JESUS
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Balanced Life Model
He grew intellectually emotionally physically sp
iritually
JESUS
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Balanced Life Model
He grew intellectually emotionally physically sp
iritually relationally
JESUS
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Mark 12
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
1. SPIRITUAL Balance (v.30)
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
1. SPIRITUAL Balance
Ephesians 21-3 We were dead in your
transgressions and sinsgratifying the cravings
of our sinful natureby nature objects of (Gods)
wrath.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
1. SPIRITUAL Balance
1 John 419 We love, because He first loved us.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
1. SPIRITUAL Balance
James 117 Every good and perfect gift is from
above, coming down from the Father.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
1. SPIRITUAL Balance
John 112 To all who have received Him (Jesus),
to those who believed in His name, He gave the
right to become children of God.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
1. SPIRITUAL Balance
Love with all your heart your will.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
1. SPIRITUAL Balance
Love with all your heart your will.
Romans 1010 It is with your heart that you
believe and are justified.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life

• SPIRITUAL Balance
• EMOTIONAL Balance (v.30)

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EMOTIONAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life

• SOUL
• a soul
• body soul
• body, soul, spirit

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EMOTIONAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Gal. 522-23 The fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, and self-control.
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EMOTIONAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Gal. 522-23 The fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness,
faith, meekness, and self-control.
Together they form a picture of Jesus.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life

• SPIRITUAL Balance
• EMOTIONAL Balance
• MENTAL Balance (v.30)

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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
WHY?
Proverbs 237 (NASB) As a man thinks within
himself, so he is..
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
HOW?
By choosing what you wont think about
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
HOW?
By choosing what you wont think about
Romans 122 Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of this world (Dont let the world
squeeze you in its mold.)
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
HOW?
By choosing what you will think about
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
HOW?
By choosing what you will think about
Romans 122 Do not conform any longer to the
pattern of this world but be transformed by the
renewing of your mind.
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
HOW?
By choosing what you will think about
John 832 When you know the truth, the truth
will set you free.
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Caution Balance needed
2 Peter 318 Grow in the grace and knowledge of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Caution Balance needed

• Intellectual growthknow the Bible

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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Caution Balance needed

• Intellectual growthknow the Bible
• Growth in graceknowing the Lord

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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Caution Balance needed
John 424 God is Spirit, and His worshipers
must worship in spirit and in truth.
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Caution Balance needed
Worship must engage both the emotions and the mind
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Caution Balance needed
Worship must engage both the emotions and the
mind, including both celebrative songs
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MENTAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Caution Balance needed
Worship must engage both the emotions and the
mind, including both celebrative and meditative
songs.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life

• SPIRITUAL Balance
• EMOTIONAL Balance
• MENTAL Balance
• PHYSICAL Balance (v.30)

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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
PHYSICAL Balance
Means to do what He says with all youve got.
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PHYSICAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Includes taking care of your body.
1 Cor. 619-20 Dont you know that youre
bought with a price. Youre not your own.
Therefore glorify God in your body.
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5 Essentials for a Balanced Life

• SPIRITUAL Balance
• EMOTIONAL Balance
• MENTAL Balance
• PHYSICAL Balance
• RELATIONAL Balance (v.30)

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RELATIONAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Romans 1216,18 Live in harmony with one
anotherIf it is possible, as far as it depends
on you, live at peace with everybody.
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RELATIONAL Balance
5 Essentials for a Balanced Life
Primary characteristic of high achieversbalanced
life.
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Professional women have been told that life is a
choice between a career a satisfying personal
life, but my study found that to be hogwash. The
woman who pours herself into her career shelves
her personal life eventually suffers in her
careerAnytime, any one part of your life becomes
all important, everything, including that part,
eventually crumblesThat's an astonishing find
because ever since we were children, we've been
told to concentrate single-mindedly to keep
ourselves focused." Success Magazine, June 1985
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BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
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BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
Proverbs 148 The wisdom of the prudent is to
give thought to their ways, but the folly of
fools is deception.
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
Luke 1517 He came to his senses.
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area

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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area

_____spiritual?
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area

_____spiritual? _____emotional?
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area

_____spiritual? _____emotional? _____mental?
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area

_____spiritual? _____emotional? _____mental? _____
physical?
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area

_____spiritual? _____emotional? _____mental? _____
physical? _____relational?
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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area
• Get a second opinion (friend)

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Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory
BALANCE STARTUP STEPS

• Locate your primary imbalance area
• Get a second opinion (friend)
• Do a time audit

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RESOURCE Personal Time Manager Sheet
Brian
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Finished drinking 3rd cup of coffee
Read entire Bible
Bought Rogaine for baby Tyler
Crocheted doilies with the family
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BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
Step 2 Decide to Make Some Changes There
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BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
Step 2 Decide to Make Some Changes There
Proverbs 1415 A simple man believes anything
but a prudent man gives thought to his steps.
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BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
Step 3 Decide to Make Christ Central in Your
Life
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John 155 Apart from Me (Jesus) you can do
nothing. Phil. 413 I can do all things through
Christ who gives me strength. Luke 137 For
nothing is impossible with God.
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John 155 Apart from Me (Jesus) you can do
nothing. Phil. 413 I can do all things through
Christ who gives me strength. Luke 137 For
nothing is impossible with God. Col. 117 He
is before all things and in Him all things hold
(or pull) together.
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BALANCE STARTUP STEPS
Step 1 Take a Personal Inventory Step 3
Decide to Make Some Changes There Step 3
Decide to Make Christ Central in Your Life
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