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Romans 13:11<\/span><\/strong>
You must understand the urgency and context of time; it is most certainly now the hour to wake up at once out of the hypnotic state of slumber and unbelief. Salvation has come. (Mirror Bible)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you taking advantage of the time?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever decided you were going to witness to a person and heard these or similar statements in your head: \u201cI\u2019ll do it later.\u201d, \u201cI don\u2019t want to seem pushy.\u201d Or \u201cI have to get myself together first.\u201d? What did you do? If you did nothing, then you know you were being disobedient, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James 4:17 So if you know of an opportunity to do the right thing today, yet you refrain from doing it, you\u2019re guilty of sin. (The Passion Translation TPT)<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may have called it procrastinating. Actually, you put off witnessing until a later time, as if time was in your hands. Maybe you didn\u2019t obey because you didn\u2019t feel comfortable, or you didn\u2019t want to do it, or because you found something else to do, etc. The next time God calls you to fulfill your assignment as a witness (it is not an opportunity), here are some statements you might want to say to yourself, out loud, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n