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How you spend this is more 
important than how you spend 

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your money. 
What is it? 

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I'll explain on today's edition 
of Liberty at Home. 

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Hello, friends. 
Welcome to our latest episode of

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Liberty at Home, the weekly 
devotional series brought to you

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by the Liberty Baptist Church, a
congregation that was started 

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here in Easton 12 years ago. 
I'm your host, Adam Rivera, and 

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I've been the pastor of Liberty 
all the way back since we met at

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Parkview School back in 2013 and
make Parkview School rest in 

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peace. 
Today, as always, we're 

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broadcasting for me Cat Studios 
in beautiful Easton, MA, home of

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four Duncans, three Starbucks 
and Aroma Joe's and the Beanery,

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all for 25,000 people. 
And with all that caffeine, no 

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wonder everyone's on edge around
here. 

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On this episode, we're going to 
continue our chapter by chapter 

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study of the book of Proverbs by
stopping in chapter 27. 

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And I'll admit we've got several
places that would be easy for us

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to study and talk about for a 
while. 

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But I can't get past the first 
verse, so read it along with me.

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If you have your Bible and 
Proverbs 27 verse one says boast

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not thyself of tomorrow, for 
thou knowest not what a day may 

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bring forth. 
How we spend our money is one of

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the most important issues of 
life. 

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Having a budget and living 
within your means are all, well,

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part of being an adult, right? 
That doesn't mean that we always

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do it well, but I would dare say
that the issue of how we spend 

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our money is never far from our 
mind, and with good reason. 

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Right? 
But remember during the intro I 

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mentioned that how you spend 
this is more important than how 

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you spend your money. 
What on earth could I possibly 

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be talking about? 
Well, according to the verse we 

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just read, how we spend our time
is more important than how we 

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spend your money. 
Why? 

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Well, think about time as a 
currency for a moment, and 

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perhaps you'll understand 
better. 

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Our verse tells us to boast not 
thyself of tomorrow, for thou 

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knowest not what a day may bring
forth. 

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When it comes to your life. 
The only currency you can spend 

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is today. 
Yesterday has already been 

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spent, and tomorrow hasn't been 
placed into your account yet, 

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and we have no guarantee that it
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Yes friend, King Solomon is 
begging us to make today count. 

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It was Ben Franklin who said 
don't put off until tomorrow 

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what you can do today. 
So what's the best thing you can

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do with today you may ask? 
Well, I'd argue that the best 

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thing you can do with today is 
to call upon Jesus Christ to 

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save you. 
Second Corinthians chapter 6 

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verse 2 says behold, now is the 
accepted time. 

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Behold, now is the day of 
salvation. 

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The Apostle Paul says that when 
it comes the issues of salvation

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and your eternity, don't wait 
until tomorrow for what should 

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be done today. 
James put it this way in his 

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epistle and James chapter 4 
verses 13 and 14 go to now. 

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You either say today or tomorrow
we will go into such a city and 

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continue their year and buy and 
sell and get gain, whereas you 

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know not what shall be on the 
Morrow. 

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For what is your life? 
It is even a vapor that 

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appeareth for a little time and 
then vanisheth away. 

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Friend, the Bible is clear. 
All have sinned and come short 

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of the glory of God. 
This sin has a cost according to

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the scriptures and that's death 
and hell. 

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But thanks be to God, that cost 
has already been paid by Jesus 

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Christ. 
Which is why Romans chapter 5 

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verse 8 says, But God commendeth
his love toward us in that while

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we were yet sinners, Christ died
for us. 

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The next chapter further 
continues that the wages of sin 

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is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus 

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Christ our Lord. 
Then in chapter 10 of Romans, 

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Paul sums up what you must do by
saying in verses 9 and 10 that 

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if thou shalt confess with thy 
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt 

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believe in thine heart, that God
hath raised him from the dead, 

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thou shalt be saved. 
For with the heart man believeth

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unto righteousness, and with the
mouth confession is made unto 

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salvation. 
Do not wait tomorrow. 

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It's a currency you can't spend 
today, and to be honest, you may

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never get to spend it. 
I urge you to call upon Jesus 

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and Jesus alone to save you 
today. 

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I promise you, it will make 
today the best day you've ever 

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spent. 
As we draw to a close for this 

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week's episode of Liberty at 
Home, I want to remind you that 

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we'd love to have you visit us 
at one of our services at 800 

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Washington St. here in Easton. 
You can join us at 10 AM, 11 AM 

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or 5:00 PM on Sundays, and we 
also meet at 7:00 PM on 

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Wednesdays. 
To learn more, visit us on 

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social media, watch a service on
YouTube or visit us at 

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mylibertybaptist.org. 
Speaking of time, time's up for 

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today. 
So I'll leave you by reminding 

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you that we're the spirit of the
Lord is there is liberty. 

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This is Pastor Adam Rivero 
signing off. 

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Until next time, on liberty at 
home.