Sometimes the most subtle messages pack the strongest punch. Just like the title of this episode "Time is Fleeting", its a short and quick message. Let's unpack what the Lord has reminded me these past few weeks.

All right everyone, welcome back

to episode 34 of I Can, he Can.

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A big thank you to all 13

of you that tuned in today.

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I see you guys.

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And according to my host website,

captivate fm, there were about

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13 faithful listeners who tuned

in expecting a new episode.

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But my sincerest apologies,

as I have mentioned many times

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before, I won't post an episode.

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I won't post anything new if I'm not

feeling it, if it's not right or if

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it's even rushed, I can't do that.

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I have to do things justice and.

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Having said that, as you know, I mentioned

an episode or two ago that I've been

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dealing with some health related issues.

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So in part, I have been

taking my time to rest.

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I've been taking family time and free

time in general a lot more seriously,

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and yesterday was just one of those days

where I had to do what I had to do and

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I wanted to just focus on other things,

which in fact brings me to today's

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topic of conversation, and that is time.

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So I'm going to read from James chapter

four, verse 13 through 17, and that says,

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come now.

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You who say, today or tomorrow, we will

go to such and such a city to spend a year

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there, buy and sell, and make a profit.

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Whereas you do not know what will

happen tomorrow for what is your life.

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It is even a vapor that appears for

a little time and then vanishes away.

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Instead, you ought to say, if the Lord

wills, we shall live and do this or that.

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But now you boast in your arrogance,

all such boasting as evil.

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Therefore, to him who knows to do good

and does not do it to him, it is sin.

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Have you noticed that time is

going by faster and faster?

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Not only does every year seem to

fly by faster than the one before,

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but in general, the older we get,

the faster it's just passing us by.

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A few weeks ago I was sitting at my

work desk listening to a sermon from

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Bishop Mar Mari, and if you haven't

heard of him, I highly recommend

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that you find him on YouTube.

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But in any case, as I was listening,

I'm not sure why it touched me so

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much, but one of the things that

he mentioned to summarize was.

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That all things that the

Lord created has two sides.

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Now, this is a very general summary of

his discussion, but one of the examples

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that he used was fire and water.

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You use water to drink to quench our

thirst, but water can also be dangerous.

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Someone can drown in a body of water.

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There are two sides.

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Another is fire.

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We can use fire to heat to warm things up.

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We can use fire to cook.

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And of course you know where the last one

is going and the burning of fire, even

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smoke from the fire can lead to death.

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But now back to our topic of

conversation and you guessed it.

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That is time and just like in time in

my last episode, I read about the moment

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where Jesus was being crucified and he was

beside two of the criminals on the cross.

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This was also a perfect example

of how one can use time wisely.

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So

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we can use the gift of time to draw closer

to Christ, or we can continue with our

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foolery and draw farther away from him.

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So if you recall one of the criminals that

was next to Jesus mocked him the other.

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In a way defended Jesus and showed

remorse and true repentance, the

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one that mock Jesus suffered not

only a physical death, but also had

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a spiritual and an eternal death.

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The criminal that repented used

that moment to seek the Lord in a

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matter of seconds, his eternal life

was saved because of the way that

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he used his last seconds on earth.

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As I finished Bishop Mars message that

day, I remember sitting at my work desk

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and I was wondering if the way that we

perceive time is not just a coincidence.

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We already know that God

is creator of all things.

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Literally everything we see,

feel, hear, touch, was created

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by him and has a purpose.

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So how about time itself?

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When we were kids, we didn't

really feel time fleeting.

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A single day in school

felt like an eternity.

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We couldn't wait to leave to get home

to do the things that we wanted to do.

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It felt like we were there for a

week instead of just eight hours.

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You didn't see the time passing

you by the way that you see it now.

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But of course now as we grow older and

we're adults, we know it all too well.

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There are not enough

hours in a single day.

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So ask yourself, what if

the quote time is fleeting?

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that feeling or realization is

a form or a type of message that

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we receive from the Holy Spirit.

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Could it be that when we become aware

of how time is in fact passing us

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by, that that is God trying to awaken

us through the spirit to show us

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that we don't have that much time.

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Now, I'm not trying to be morbid

but I don't want you guys to

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misinterpret what I'm trying to convey

here and this is just a thought.

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It's my opinion.

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However, this is how I felt the

spirit speaking to me and moving

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that day as I was watching Bishop Mar

and I truly think that the Lord was

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using him in that message to remind

me that this is a very real thing.

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We will all die.

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So, like I said earlier, there

are two sides to everything

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and that's also in death.

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there are only two options

of where you will go.

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And I'm not going to get into all of that,

but you know what those two options are.

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And with that said.

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Analyze the speed in which time

is passing by in your life.

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Where are you in your walk?

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What are you doing with your time?

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Have you heard of Jesus recently

more and more than ever before?

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Are you struggling with the

same things over and over and

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you feel like you're stuck?

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Sometimes these things could be signs

that the Lord is trying to call you

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by name, so stop being stubborn.

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and just analyze what it is

that you are doing and what it

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is that's happening around you.

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And so is the speed at which your life

is passing by you safe to where if you

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were gone tomorrow, you would be okay.

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We need to really ask ourselves

that because what we are doing now.

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It is going to truly matter

if we don't wake up tomorrow.

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And that's sometimes something

that not a lot of people wanna

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think about, but it's a reality.

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So if you ask yourself that question,

and if you're not going to be okay, then

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let this be your wake up call to seek the

Lord, to give your life to Christ with

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true repentance before it's too late.

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It's so easy to forget to

praise or even pray before bed.

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We need to have that realization

and be cognizant of how much

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time we spend with the Lord.

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Not just a few minutes before

we fall asleep and call it a

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day, nothing is guaranteed.

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Not even if we will arise in the morning.

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And side note, let this also serve

you as a reminder to not settle.

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Don't settle for the things

that don't bring you peace,

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that don't bring you happiness.

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Don't settle for things that are

going to keep you away from the Lord.

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Now let's read Psalm chapter

90, verse 12 through 15.

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So teach us to number our days that

we may gain a heart of wisdom return.

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Oh Lord, how long?

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And have compassion on your servants.

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Oh, satisfy.

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Us early with your mercy that

we may rejoice and be glad

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all our days make us glad.

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According to the days in which

you have afflicted us, the year

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in which we have seen evil,

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are you satisfied with your life?

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A lot of people are probably gonna

say yes, but truly, if you think

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about it, you're probably going to

say to yourself that you are not.

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And if you're not satisfied,

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it's probably because you haven't

made the most of the gift that

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you've been given, and that's time.

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Time is fleeting and it's not

something that should be looked over.

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Same thing goes for our faith

and our belief in the Lord.

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If you have seen the Lord move

in your life, just know that.

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He and Time are one.

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He and creation are one.

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As fast as he created the

world, he will return.

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So do not waste this precious gift

haste towards your Heavenly Father.

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The time is now.

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Thank you all for listening.

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I know this was a short episode, but

sometimes it's better to keep it concise.

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And straight to the point.

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I hope you guys stay tuned next week

'cause we'll be diving into the book of

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Ecclesiastes in the Sound Mind series.

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God bless you and take care

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I.