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Saturday... We need to carefully do this.

Saturday... We need to carefully do this. It is so very important. We flippantly do a lot of things. Oh, this is not really that important but this is. It really is. And we must carefully do it. Paul writes in Ephesians 5:10 (NLT), "Carefully determine what pleases the Lord." Is this really important to do? Do you really take time in your life to determine this? How much time do you spend reading God's Word? We do what really matters to us, what pleases us. We know that but what about what pleases the Lord?  He goes on in verses 11-14, "Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness instead expose them, for the light makes everything visible. This is why it is said, 'Awake, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will give you light.'" Paul then tells us in verses 15-17, "So be careful how you live. Don't live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don't act thoughtlessl...