- Develop the holy habit of spiritual DEVOTION

- Develop the holy habit of self CONTROL

- Develop the holy habit of spiritual DEVELOPMENT

- Jesus demonstrated iconic humility in his monumental STEP DOWN

- Jesus demonstrated iconic humility in his full surrender to God's divine PROCESS

- The iconic humility of Jesus is not just to BEHOLD but to BECOME

- Jesus is the image of the invisible God to us, for us to see and know

- Jesus is the image of the invisible God with us, to be incarnational among us

- Jesus is the image of the invisible God for us, for us to become like

- God won't answer every prayer with a "yes"

- God wants us to know the "no"

- We can soften or stiffen our hearts after the "no"

- How do you get strong?

- Live in the present

- Live with conviction

- Understanding where your strength comes from

- Live by faith

- Was Jesus really talking about heaven and hell?

- Is there anything I can do to "earn" my salvation?

- Is there anything I can do to lose my salvation?

- Who really are the sheep and who are the goats?

- What does this parable actually mean for me today?

- Notice the SEPARATION

- Foolishness = Having FORM without FUEL

- Wisdom = Being prepared with FORM and FUEL

- Your meeting time could be inconvenient / unexpected

- We are out of TIME once it is TIME

- Your readiness has a divine REWARD

- Suddenness should foster READINESS

- The mandate is clear: Be PRODUCTIVE

- Some are given more, and others less, but all have been given MUCH

- Characteristics of a productive servant: URGENCY, EFFORT and INCREASE

- Characteristics of an unproductive servant: RESENTMENT, LAZINESS, and FEAR

- The master will settle our ACCOUNTS

- Idleness will receive its RECKONING

- Productivity will receive its REWARD