Welcome to Apostolic Life in the 21st Century, a podcast dedicated to helping modern day believers live out the teachings of the First Century Church.

This podcast is part of the teaching ministry of Dr. David K. Bernard.

Dr. Bernard has dedicated his life to studying the Bible and helping believers apply its message to their daily lives.

In Apostolic Life in the 21st century,

Dr. Bernard answers your questions about what the Bible teaches and how those teachings apply to everyday life.

Thank you for joining us for this broadcast. Anybody who's ever picked up a copy of one of your books and read the author's bio knows that you've got a pretty extensive resume you're currently the general superintendent of the united panacostal church

but prior to to this position you were the founding pastor of new life church in austin texas and then

not only did you help establish that church, but that church

then planted 16 other churches, if I have my numbers correctly. In the midst of all that,

you've also been the founding president of both Urchin College, Urchin Graduate School of Theology,

and along the way, you managed to pick up your master's degree and your doctorate degree in theology.

So I think that the question maybe on everybody's mind is, how did you accomplish all of that?

I think it's maybe a fair observation to say that somewhere along the line you've picked up some time management and task management skills that have helped make you so effective for the kingdom. What advice would you give

to somebody who's maybe, maybe they're looking towards 2022 and they want to know, how can I be

more effective for the kingdom? I can give you a brief answer, but if you want a little bit more,

my book, Spiritual Leadership in the 21st century has a chapter on time management. So let's talk about

several important principles. The first thing is having a daily and weekly schedule. Everybody has

the same amount of time. It's how you use that time. And I mentioned when we were talking about

reading that many people spend two, four, six, eight hours a day on screen time. So whether it's

TV, movies, social media, you know, and so forth. Now, I do use the computer for work and I use it

for checking news and so forth. But I don't spend a lot of

entertainment time on those passive activities. I like to do things that will benefit me, such as reading,

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