2. “… Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. ” (Matt
“… Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.” (Matt. 6:9) “… Beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defile- ment of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.” (2 Cor. 7:1) “For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification.” (1 Thess. 4:7) “Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord.” (Heb. 12:14) “And put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.” (Eph. 4:24)

3. “But like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior.” (1 Pet. 1:15) “You also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” (1 Pet. 2:5) “But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.” (Rom. 6:22)

4. PRIORITIZE HOLINESS!

5. Prioritize priorities.
Something or someone having precedence in time, place, order, importance and/or attention.
Jesus calls and expects believers to prioritize spiritual matters.

6. Prioritize priorities.
“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness,…” (Matt. 6:33) “… You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” (Matt. 22:37) “Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.” (2 Cor. 5:9) “But whatever things were gain to me, those things I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.” (Phil. 3:7)

7. Prioritize priorities.
“For bodily discipline is only a little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.” (1 Tim. 4:8) “Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.” (Eph. 6:13)

8. Prioritize priorities.
Something or someone having precedence in time, place, order, importance and/or attention.
Jesus calls and expects believers to prioritize spiritual matters.
Holiness is a God-ordained priority.
“… be holy yourselves in all your behavior” (1 Pet. 1:15)
“… perfecting holiness in the fear of God” (1 Cor. 7:1)
“… the sanctification without which no one will see
the Lord” (Heb. 12:14)

9. Steadfastly seek holy priorities.
Purity of mind and body…
1 Thessalonians 4:3-5; Philippians 4:8
Saints’ fellowships of worship…
Philippians 2:1-3; 1 Peter 2:9; Hebrews 13:15
Devotion to prayer…
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; 1 Timothy 2:1-2, 8
Attention to learning truth…
2 Timothy 2:15; 2 Peter 1:5; Ephesians 3:4; 6:14

10. Steadfastly seek holy priorities.
Purity of mind and body…
Saints’ fellowship of worship…
Devotion to prayer…
Attention to learning truth…
Manage your time wisely!
Ephesians 5:15-17