Miracle Ephesians 5:15-17
The Inches You're Wasting
Herb Brooks
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Watch this. Three minutes. Then three questions below it.

Miracle The Inches You're Wasting 2004
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Herb Brooks
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How This Connects to Your Life

Herb Brooks runs his team until they collapse after a loss. Then he runs them again. He is not punishing them. He is redeeming wasted time.

You don't have a time problem. You have a priority problem. Your time goes exactly where your values actually are.

The real cost of wasted time is what should have been built in that time, in your marriage, your children, your faith.

Ephesians 5:15-17
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“Be very careful how you live, not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity.”
Time belongs to God. You are not managing your time. You are stewarding His.
Three Questions.
No wrong answers. Just honest ones.
1
What did your calendar from last week actually say about what you value?
2
What are you spending your best hours on?
3
What is the one thing you keep saying matters most but your time doesn't actually reflect?
The History Behind the Film

Miracle is the film at the center of this study. The scene is chosen because it captures something true about the specific challenge this study addresses. The filmmakers may not have intended a theological reading, but the truth they captured is there regardless of intention.

The History Behind the Scripture

Ephesians 5:15-17 sits inside a larger argument Paul or one of the other biblical authors is making about how the renewed life looks in practice. The verse is not a standalone principle. It is part of a sustained argument about what it looks like when a man actually believes what he says he believes on Sunday morning.

How It All Connects

The connection between this film and this Scripture is the same one that runs through every study in this series: what a man sees in the mirror when he watches that clip is exactly the gap this Scripture addresses. The film names the problem. The Scripture names the source and the solution.

This Week
1
Pull up your calendar from last week. Look at where your time actually went. Does it reflect what you say your priorities are?
2
Identify your three most important commitments and protect at least one meaningful block for each this week.
3
Say no to one thing this week that is not yours to do.
4
Give your best hours to God and your family. Let work get what is left.
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