Bending Time Quotes

“The kingdom of God is, among other stated virtues, joy in the Holy Spirit. When you enjoy yourself, you are experiencing a Kingdom reality regardless of whether you know God or not. Being swept up in a Kingdom reality releases an eternal perspective of time. Time moves both swiftly and with a greater and richer quality that makes each moment feel deep and timeless. These moments pass quickly but are etched deeply in your memory so that you can relive each moment. To “enjoy” is to be fully “in” a past or present “joy.” You can live in the joy of the moment and enjoy (in-joy, re-live) a memory. In this sense, time both flies (moves quickly) and stretches (stands still).”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“As I wrote earlier, prayer is not about how many words you say or how long you pray; prayer is honest conversation and connection with God. Seeking first the kingdom of God is choosing to include and acknowledge God’s wisdom and perspective in every part of our earthly journey.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“When you don’t know what to say, don’t say anything except perhaps, “God, I’m here waiting and listening in Your Presence.” Then, incline your heart to every impression or imagination that aligns with Scripture and His nature. That’s God speaking.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours. (Matthew 17:27) God’s wisdom bends time. What might have taken Peter days of toil and struggle took only an hour or two doing something Peter already loved—fishing. Wisdom is an accelerator, and heavenly wisdom is accessed through prayer.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“I like to compare giving my time to the principle of giving my finances. Giving to God through my local church is a confession of His lordship over my finances. I give as an expression of love and faith. My giving positions my finances in God’s supply rather than my salary. When I give, my finances are no longer bound by natural law. My income no longer equals my salary; it matches the measure of all of God’s means of provision. In the same way, investing my time in the Kingdom through prayer produces a return of both the multiplication of time and quality of life. Luther must have understood this principle.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“What did Luther understand about prayer, time, and productivity? Luther evidently knew that prayer serves as an exponential time multiplier. The great reformer understood that seeking first the kingdom of God made the benefits of that Kingdom accessible in everyday life. Prayer positions the heart and mind in the eternal realm. By positioning ourselves this way, we enjoy time in God’s presence as an investment with an additional expectation of return. Time multiplies when we seek first the King and His kingdom.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Martin Luther is reported to have said, “I have so much to do today that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Learning from others, listening, and applying truths are keys to accelerating and enjoying time. Applying what you learn and following through with what you discover keeps you moving within time. Refusing to be bored, dislodging your dogma, and celebrating a life of discovery and revelation accelerates time. With wisdom and understanding, you can learn in 20 minutes what took someone else 20 years to develop. Teachability bends time.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“If you are in a good season, practice enjoying it; if you are in a difficult season, find the joy of heaven both now and in front of you that propels you to a better future. In His presence is fullness of joy, and you are always in His presence.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Time bending is much more than time management because it includes the enjoyment of time and increased productivity within its borders. Time bending is not merely spending time; it is ransoming and redeeming every moment to be something more. Altering your time perception—changing your perception of time duration—is a great starting place for a more dynamic time stewardship. Let us not easily forget our earlier examples of how Jesus lived within the fixed position of time while attaining an unearthly productivity level within its duration. Altering your perception of time duration helps to renew your mind toward an increased level of productivity and allows you to joyfully live life to the fullest in and out of time. Joy is a time bender.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Since joy is the very description of the presence of God, it can rightly be defined as a primary atmosphere of heaven. As we discussed earlier, heaven is a place that is not bound by the constraints of time. When a person enjoys themselves, they are, in one sense, experiencing a heavenly reality not bound by time constraints. With this principle in mind, one could say that time is a measurement of duration relative to your level of enjoyment. The more joy you have in what you are doing or who you are with, the less time constrains you. You are, in this sense, experiencing “on earth as it is in heaven.”[29] You are pulling the atmosphere of heaven into the earthly realm, and this bends time perceptions.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Awareness of time as duration passes quickly when you are enjoying yourself. Through enjoyment, we often “lose track of time.” Time loses its grip when enjoyment takes over because joy alters your perception of time’s duration. Why does joy affect your time perception? I believe your perception of time’s duration is influenced by enjoyment because joy is a primary atmosphere of heaven.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“I believe that time as a perception of duration is relative to your awareness of God and His kingdom. The more of God’s presence you experience, the less time (as a perception of duration) rules the environment.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“God is into doing real-life with you. So, abiding or “giving your entire attention to what God is doing right now” is a real-life discipline that improves the quality (kairos) of life.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Trust God with your now. “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now.” When we choose to stay present to people and situations, we bend time by increasing its qualitative (kairos) nature. Look people in the eyes. Focus on what they are saying. Practice enjoying being with them. Give your attention to what is good about each and every moment. Keep an attitude of gratitude. These perspectives increase the quality of your life.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Worry and anxiety about time steals time away from you. Worry steals health which in turn sucks time. Worry steals joy which results in slowed time. Anxiety steals peace which corrupts the kairos quality of time. Worry is a time thief. So, do not worry about tomorrow!”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“(John 15:4-5, 9) This state of abiding is a time bender. Abiding means “to remain stable or fixed in a state and to continue in that place.”[26] In the same way that my earthly geographical position in relationship to the sun affected the laws of time during intercontinental travel, my awareness of the presence of God in any situation has the potential to pull on heaven and bend time. Worrying about time shifts your mind out of the heavenly reality of abiding in the eternal person of Christ and tethers you to earthly limitations.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“From my experience of doing these chores on a regular basis, there was no human way I could create that level of productivity in such a short time. I would love to watch a video replay of those thirty-five minutes to know if I was moving unusually fast or whether time slowed on my behalf. Either way, I know that my awareness of being seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus increased my earthly productivity.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Therefore, setting your mind on things above would include believing you are not limited by the earthly concepts of time. The ability to set our minds on things above is vitally linked to our current connection with the resurrection of Christ—since you are “raised up with Him and seated with Him in heavenly places.”[11]  As those seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus, we are participating in a reality not limited by the constructs of chronos time. This understanding of our heavenly position in Christ helps us live from a heavenly reality in the earthly realm. This mindset of living from heaven to earth bends time.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Jesus didn’t live this way. He brought a heavenly reality to earth. Scripture commands us to do the same by setting our minds on things above and not upon earthly things. That doesn’t merely mean to think about heaven; it means to learn to think the way heaven thinks.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“I’m the perfect age for everything God has for me right now.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“God, I thank you for the cross of Jesus Christ. Thank you for pouring out Your life to make peace with time for me. I make my peace with time through Your blood. Thank you that lost hours, days, and years are right now being restored and redeemed through Your sacrifice. I glory in Your goodness and fully embrace the benefits of what You have done for me by grace and in Your great love. AMEN”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“God, I thank you for the cross of Jesus Christ. Thank you for pouring out Your life to make peace with time for me. I make my peace with time through Your blood. Thank you”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“There are many other keys to time bending, but all things must start and end with Christ. He is the center of all things. By Him and through Him all things have their existence.[6] The redemption key is the beginning of our journey that empowers us to glory in the cross of Jesus Christ above all other things. God has rescued man from the frustration of kidnapped hours, days, and years. He has, through Christ, restored time to her original role as a good servant. Thank God for the gift of time. Let time serve you. Keep yourself in a friendship position with time. The cross is a time bender.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“You can be renewed in the attitude of your mind toward time.[5] First, believe in your heart that time is a created servant not an unforgiving master. If God created time to serve man, then thank God for time. Choose to believe that time is good. Thank God that you are the perfect age and that you have time to do everything God has put in your heart to do. Make your personal peace with time through the blood of the cross. Let time become your good friend rather than your mortal enemy.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“It remains that time is a gift to be stewarded and a treasure to be cherished, not something we should carelessly waste away or mismanage. However, you are not merely a time manager; you are a master of time. Time serves you. You serve the King of the Ages. You get to decide what to do with the twenty-four hours of your day.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Our lives can either be busy or full. Busyness is the quantitative occupation of time with activity; fullness of life is the qualitative fulfillment of Christ’s redemption of time.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“Therefore, time has been restored to her original position as helpful servant rather than cruel master. Through the cross of Jesus Christ, you also can make friends with time. Time can begin to serve you rather than rule over you. You can redeem time because of the redemption of Christ. You can rescue the kidnapped hours of your day (chronos) and live life to the fullest (kairos).”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“The word “redeem” in the Bible’s original language is  “exagorazo” which has the following definitions: “by ransom to avert evil from oneself, to buy oneself off or deliver oneself from evil, the purchase money by which we make the time our own, to seek, or gain time.”[2] One English definition for the word “ransom” is “the redemption of a kidnapped child (person).”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living

“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven. (Ecclesiastes 3:1) This scripture soothes my heart. It seems to shout, “You’ve got time; it doesn’t have you!” This Scripture reminds me of a quote from a wise friend of mine, David Crone, who says, “I’m the perfect age for everything God has for me right now.” You are not too young, too old, or too late. You are the perfect age. Time is your good friend not your mortal enemy; time is your helpful servant not your cruel master.”
― Dan McCollam, Bending Time: Accessing Heavenly Realities For Abundant Living