No doubt, 2016 was a rough year for many and the turning of the New Year offers hope that better days will be ahead. Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, gives us an admonition in Ephesians 5:15-20 to help us see the truth about time, and a recipe for making the most of each day by recognizing the qualifiers of what a true Good day really is. So often, we get caught up in looking for the better days, we fail to see that sometimes the hardest of days were actually the good ones.

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2. Better Days“Making the best use of the time ,because the days are Evil”
Ephesians 5:15-20

4. Ephesians 5:15-20
15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but
as wise, 16 making the best use of the time,
because the days are evil. 17 Therefore do not be
foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord
is. 18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that
is debauchery, but be filled with the
Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the
Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for
everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ

5. Better Days
• Seek Better Knowledge
• “Do not be foolish , know the will of the Lord”
• Romans 12:2
• Romans 8:26-27
• John 7:17
• Psalm 37:23
• Micah 6:8
• Psalm 119:105 – “ Thy word ,is a lamp unto my
feet , and a light unto my path”

6. Better Days
• Seek Better Faith
• Daniel 6
• The story of Daniel in the lions' den tells how Daniel is raised
to high office by his royal master Darius the Mede, but jealous
rivals trick Darius into issuing a decree which condemns Daniel
to death.
• But the story is NOT that Daniel came out of the Lion’s
Den… The story – IS THAT HE WENT IN.
• Have faith that we will go in to the Lions Den

7. Better Days
• Seek Better Peace
• “Peace is not the absence of conflict, but safety in the
presence of God amidst the conflict”
• Psalm 34:14 “Seek Peace , and pursue it”
• Psalm 91:1 “He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to
the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.
• Romans 5:1 “ Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
• We will never find peace in Jesus, until we seek peace
IN NOTHING, AND NO ONE ELSE.

8. “I rest beneath the Almighty's shade,
My griefs expire, my troubles cease;
Thou, Lord, on whom my soul is stayed,
Wilt keep me still in perfect peace.”
- Charles Wesley

10. Better Days“Making the best use of the time ,because the days are Evil”
Ephesians 5:15-20