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PROCRASTINATION, THE THIEF OF THE SOUL
PROCRASTINATION, THE THIEF OF THE SOUL
“Like He’s Coming Tomorrow” — what a great title for the gospel meeting that begins today with Kenny Moorer! In this article I simply want to list ten famous quotes about procrastination followed by ten Bible verses on the same topic. Although the secular quotes apply to life in general, we can make application to our spiritual life. These quotes and verses should motivate us to eliminate spiritual procrastination and live like Jesus is coming tomorrow . . . or today!
Quotes:
1. “My advice is to never do tomorrow what you can do today. Procrastination is the thief of time.” – Charles Dickens
2. “You may delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.” — Benjamin Franklin
3. “Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill
4. “You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.” – Abraham Lincoln
5. “The two rules of procrastination: 1) Do it today. 2) Tomorrow will be today tomorrow.” – Unknown
6. “What may be done at any time will be done at no time.” – Scottish Proverb
7. “One of these days, is none of these days.” – Unknown
8. “How soon not now, becomes never.” – Martin Luther
9. “It takes more to plow a field than merely turning it over in your mind.” —The Speaker’s Quote Book
10. “Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment” – Robert Benchley
Bible verses:
1. “For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:2
2. “You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” – Luke 12:40
3. “Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning.” – Luke 12:35
4. “We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.” – John 9:4
5. “And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, ‘Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you.’” – Acts 24:25
6. “He who observes the wind will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap.” – Ecclesiastes 11:4
7. “I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments.” -Psalm 119:60
8. “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” – Galatians 6:9
9. “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” – Ephesians 5:15-17
10. “We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.” – Hebrews 6:12
