What time is your appointment?

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to "Try Jesus!" If this is your first time joining us, it’s great to have you with us. I would like to thank all the new members for joining "Try Jesus."

I would also like to welcome those in Texas, Louisiana, Main, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Tennessee. It is a pleasure to have you with us today. The Lord continues to expand his word!

"I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD."  (Psalm 122:1 KJV). The Lord is indescribable and uncontainable. We gather to seek him above all today. He is an amazing God!

Our Lord continues to pave the way for the righteous. Authentic born-again believers shall not be moved from his mighty guiding hand! The Lord is our rock and our salvation this morning! He is our defense against ungodliness.

Have you been able to rejoice because Jesus has given you newness of life? Saul's life was so impacted by the Lord's presence that he counted all things as rubbish compared to his relationship with the Lord.

His Jewish name from Tarsus began to somewhat fade as he preached the gospel to the Gentiles under his Roman name Paul. This was more appropriate for his mission to the Gentile world. Our Lord is still making us new today.

Sometimes that newness comes with the possibility of receiving a name change. Last week's message was an encouraging word to those who feel they have acquired a lifestyle name that is stained on them forever.

But praise God for those who have surrendered all to Jesus and allowed him to touch their lives and be completely transformed forever. We serve an amazing God who came to give us all things new and improved.

Let's pray. "Heavenly Father, we thank you for providing all our needs when life seems to be confusing. All resources of the earth are held in your hands. The whole earth is yours, and all the souls that dwell upon the earth.

Once again you have proven yourself to be our faithful redeemer. Great is your faithfulness! We bless your awesome name this morning! May our lives today be an act of worship to your glorious name. You alone are our strength and shield.

Lord, as many gather online, searching for truth in this confusing world of pain and darkness, I pray you would draw them by your loving presence and your divine guidance. Remove distractions and open their minds to your word.

Help those trying to figure out their purpose in life to trust you, to learn, and to grow together as your people. Lord, you see every heart represented on this site near and far. Help them to connect to you in spirit and in truth.

Your word is living and heavenly mana for those who hunger and thirst after righteousness. Once again Lord, I thank you for preserving our children from the indoctrinated traps they face each day when stepping out the door.

Please continue to help parents recapture the hearts of their children and lead them in righteousness to learn of you. Father, help families to keep you in the center of lives, free from hurtful distractions.

Lord, you have set all things according to your appointed time to come to pass. Help us to stay occupied in through your labor of love. Father, illuminate your church through the Spirit today so it can reflect your holiness in our nation.

Please shine your light through every social media trap the enemy tries to ensnare our youth with. Help loving parents to keep boundaries around their children today. Lord, we pray for your peace and grace to abound, Amen."

How many of you keep some kind of journal, itinerary, calendar, sticky notes, and other items that still require you to write down important events? How many of you still use the old scrap paper and pencil method to schedule events?

Today's technology allows people to have digital trip planners, wanderlog, tripIt, smart phone calendar notebooks, and apps that will keep those important scheduled dates for you in one place. So, should we ever miss appointments?

With help at our fingertips like Calendly, Google Calendar, Acuity Scheduling, and Setmore, along with other appointment scheduling apps, we should never be concerned about missing those family schedules throughout the year.

These extra helps can keep you informed about crucial events without cluttering up your mind and causing confusion about missed special events. Or at least we think. I've met many individuals who struggle with this.

Do you know what the percentage of people who reschedule appointments around various areas is? Do you think fear, anxiety, worry, or just too much on their living plate contributes to this high rate of missing appointments?

Just a few statistical numbers around your daily mismanagement of everyday average appointment scheduling. The numbers show that many people reschedule appointments. About 19% of patients frequently miss appointments.

Of course, these numbers fluctuate between issues like work conflicts, anxiety, and scheduling hassles. But there are a smaller core group around 3-4% that are frequent cancelers who repeatedly reschedule.

Who do you think reschedule more frequently, men, or women? The numbers say women because many times children become involved in the rescheduling process.

There are a small number that consistently live under the title name called "No Show Rates." The younger generations (Gen X,Z) find themselves missing important appointments like job interview appointments.

Many health providers, about (70%) reschedule (1-10) appointments monthly, showing it's a common issue. 
Again, women and younger adults (18-44, 45-64) show higher rates of frequent rescheduling.

What are your reasons for missing important appointments? The top reason involves employers rescheduling appointments (work conflicts 40%), scheduling hassles (61%) because of online waits.

Another 16% cite anxiety about the appointment. Along with transportation issues (28%) and personal/family emergencies (26%). Missed appointments significantly lead to a cycle of delays and frustration.

With all the advantages of staying on top of meeting your appointment goals, people continue to struggle. Yes, there are legitimate reasons for rescheduling, but a negative habit of canceling can leave many of you giving hope.

What does God have to say about appointments? Many of you may have heard the phrase, "God may not show up at your appointed time, but he's always right on time." Do you think God values all the time that surrounds your life?

God loves you and understands your timetable of life better than you do. He knows you’re lying down and you’re rising up. He knows your beginning and your ending. He is more aware of appointments in your life than you do.

He just wants you to allow him to come in and be a part of the appointment process he has for you. As you open God's love letter and personal appointment book for your life, please read these verses aloud in your spirit.

1} O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. 2} Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3} Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. 4} For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. (Psalm 139:1-4 KJV).

God is aware of the whole you. He has appointed your time of life and arrival on this earth. He has scheduled your life according to his perfect plan and purpose for your life. (Jeremiah 29:11). His living presence comforts us.

God's loving appointments for those who love him with all their heart and mind means he will stay with us through every situation, trial, issue, and unseen conflict. His divine guidance never fails.

Isn't it better that God's timing isn't like our human timetable? Our timing is filled with blunders and missteps, but his divine plan always unfolds perfectly. God's delays may sometimes seem as though he has forgotten us.

But that is so not the case with our Lord. You just have to get to know him. His delays aren't denial, but preparation. Please read these verses aloud to your spirit, family, or study group.

2} "And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.

3} For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry." (Habakkuk 2:2-3 KJV).

"He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end." (Ecclesiastes 3:11 KJV).

27} "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28} So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation." (Hebrews 9:27-28 KJV).

You see beloved, God is not held by time as we are. The word "time" in the Hebrew language (moed) in (Habakkuk 2:3) meaning a specific moment determined by God for a significant event.

Therefore, God's appointments are never filled with inconsistencies.