Tuesday, February 19, 2013

4 Parts of Effective Focus

Focus is important. What we focus on helps make us into who we are.
 
Here are 4 parts of the Christian walk that we need focus on to be effective members of the body of Christ.
 
 
 

1. Love Jesus:

"And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength."
Deut. 6:5
 
It all starts with us responding to His love with our love. Falling deeper and deeper in love with Jesus is what our entire Christian life is to come from. Without love from God and an increasing love for God, we will surely be a hotter mess than we already are.
 
 

2. Share Jesus:

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere--in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 1:8
 
When you fall in love, you can't keep it to yourself. When Taylor and I got engaged last September, I wanted to tell everyone. We ought to feel the same way when we experience God's love for us. How could we ever keep a love that saves a secret. We must focus on sharing Jesus and His love with our community and our world.
 

3. Make Disciples of Jesus:

"Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit."
Matthew 28:19
 
A love that saves is a love that changes. Focus on making an investment in the lives of others in order to see Jesus change them and make them more like Him. In the process, He'll be changing you too.
 

 

4. Celebrate Jesus Together:

"And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near"
Hebrews 10:25
 
A love that saves and changes ties those who have been saved and changed together. Focus on hanging out with other followers of Jesus to encourage each other and make much of Jesus. Don't get bogged down with routine. Just focus on Jesus and grow together. It's that simple.
 
 
See the common factor in all of these?
 
Jesus.
 
Focus on Jesus. He is Life, and our source for being who He has created and saved us to be. It's...
 

ALL ABOUT JESUS!



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