Mastering priorities: choosing what’s important over what’s urgent

Chris Bolinger Oct. 4, 2024

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Faced with a choice between something that is urgent and something that is important, you're likely to do the urgent one. When you make that same choice over and over, you find that you rarely, if ever, have time for what's truly important.

The problem isn't a lack of time or even a lack of effort. The problem is priorities.

By setting the right priorities, you'll pursue what's truly important. But how do you know what that is?

This week's Bible passage: Philippians 3:12-16

Weekly Strength resource: 52 Weeks of Strength for Men (ebook, paperback, study guide)

This episode originally appeared as Weekly Strength 3.07: Big Topics — Priorities on Throwing Mountains.

Other resources:

• Chris Bolinger's other devotional: Daily Strength for Men
• Mike Hatch's book: Manhood: Empowered by the Light of the Gospel
• Relational men's discipleship programs: CLC

This episode originally appeared as Weekly Strength 3.07: Big Topics — Priorities on Throwing Mountains.

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Chris Bolinger is the author of three men’s devotionals – 52 Weeks of Strength for Men, Daily Strength for Men, and Fuerzas para Cada Día para el Hombre – and the co-host of the Throwing Mountains podcast. He splits his time between northeast Ohio and southwest Florida. Against the advice of medical professionals, he remains a die-hard fan of Cleveland pro sports teams. Find him at mensdevotionals.com. Learn More »

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