Keeping Your Focus on Christ

Psalms 25:15---Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Each of us has the ability to think and focus our thinking on given subjects or ideas. As a Christian, one of your obligations to Christ is to hold Him as the centerpiece of your life. Every minute of every day for the rest of your life should be devoted to holding Him as your reason and purpose for living. Christ should be your focus when you wage the many battles of life. He should be your focus when trying to make decisions about your family, your job or career, your friends, your church, or any other matter. Yet, we know in reality, we are distracted from holding Christ as the center of our life. Millions of thoughts, ideas, images, cares, worries, concerns, fears, anxieties, phobias, and doubts can assail you each day. Despite this attack upon you from outside your will, you can counter the distractions by willfully and purposely spending time in prayer and meditation each day. You can, each and every hour, pause for just a second to refocus your heart on Him.

Coffee ☕️ And Conversation Rays Of Hope From GABC, Adel Becoming More Like Jesus Acts 11 verse 26

 

Words Of Encouragement From GABC, Adel God’s Will Luke 22 verses 41 and 42

 

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Keep Your Eyes On Jesus

Matthew 14:30, ---But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’

Have you ever faced a storm in your life, one so big that you thought you’d never see the light of day again? Maybe you face one even now, and you feel threatened and dismayed by the waves crashing around you. Peter knew exactly how you feel. After a long, hard day of ministry, Christ had sent his disciples to sail across the Sea of Galilee while He climbed a mountain alone to commune with His Father. The disciples’ crossing was anything but smooth. The winds had whipped the sea into a frenzy, and the disciples struggled to control their boat. Unable to make headway, the disciples feared for their lives. Then, in the last watch of the night, Jesus came to them—walking on the water! When the disciples saw Jesus coming toward them, they were terrified. They thought they had seen a ghost, and they cried aloud. But Jesus said, “Take courage! It is I, don’t be afraid.” Peter responded, “Lord, if it’s you, tell me to come to you on the water.” Jesus replied, “Come.” As Peter began to walk on the surface of the water, he focused his sights on Jesus. Step after step, he walked on top of the water! But, as the sea continued to churn around him, Peter looked at the water, the storm and began to sink. He cried out in terror, “Lord, save me!” So Jesus reached out His hand and rescued him, saying, “You of little faith.”  As long as Peter kept his eyes trained on his Lord, he had safe passage in the midst of a raging storm. But when he focused on the churning waters, he lost sight of Jesus and lost his footing, too. As you face storms in your life, don’t look at the waves crashing around you. Instead, keep your eyes focused on Jesus. He can steady and sustain you through any storm. Look at Him and walk toward Him—He’ll give you safe passage through the raging seas.

Wednesday Evening 11/3 Great Words Of The Gospel Regeneration John 3 verses 1 thru 16

 

Words Of Encouragement From GABC, Adel Handling Temptation 1 Corinthians 10 verse 13

 

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Keep Your Balance

Proverbs 11:1---A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

The food of the heart is love. We thrive upon love. However, where is God's love when disaster strikes, or when we lose a loved one? Where is God's love when we are staring at death's door? Where is God's love when we and those we care about become innocent victims? Where is God and His love when we are alone in our private pain? Where is God and His love when we are besieged on every side by every spiritual enemy? We have all been in places in our life when these questions occur. The reality for most of us is we ask these questions because there are times when His love seems absent. There are times when God is silent when we talk with Him. There are times when it seems God has forgotten us. Many of us have wrestled with these questions for years. The Bible is full of answers for us and most of us know what the answers are. We know in our mind God is with us all the time. However, there are times when we need another way of looking at the way God works. Think of God's presence in your life like training wheels on a bicycle. Sometimes you lean to one side while you are learning to ride the bike and the training wheels keep you from falling over. At other times, when you have your balance the training wheels never touch the ground. In either case, if you are so busy just trying to keep your balance, you are never aware of the training wheels. Many times in our life, we are too busy trying to keep our balance to know or notice how Christ is still there supporting us.

Words Of Encouragement From GABC, Adel Unmerited Favor Ephesians 2 verse 8

 

Coffee ☕️ And Conversation Rays Of Hope From GABC, Adel There Are Struggles In This Life 1 Peter 2 verse 24

 

Just Passing Through—Our Real Home Is Waiting

1 Peter 2:11--- “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.”

God saved you out of this world and sent you back into this world to tell the world that Jesus saves. He is scattering you as precious seed. You are an ambassador upon foreign soil for the King of kings. You are not only scattered as a precious seed, you are also scattered as a persevering saint. You are a foreigner in a land where you march to a different drummer. You don’t settle down in this world. It’s not your home; you’re only passing through. You ought to pray, “Lord, if I am building a nest, put a thorn in it.” If you dabble and delight in this world, yet your citizenship is in heaven, you’re going to have one foot in the world and one in heaven—just enough religion to make you miserable in the world and just enough of the world to make you miserable in your spiritual life.

Words Of Encouragement From GABC, Adel Victory In Pain 2 Corinthians 12 verses 7 thru 10

 

Coffee ☕️ And Conversation Rays Of Hope From GABC, Adel The Sustaining Power Of God 1 Peter 4 verse 11

 

Jesus Understands

John 11:35---“Jesus wept”

When you’re going through a difficult time, nothing means more than having someone come alongside who understands what you’re going through. We can know He understands us because we know He has walked in our shoes as a person. Jesus understands us and knows what we go through each minute because He lives with us. He lives both within us and outside of us. In addition, no one can understand us like He understands. Even we cannot understand ourselves as He understands us. He knows more about us than we will ever know about ourselves until we see Him face to face. We have His spirit alive within us. When we recognize we have this person, Jesus, with us on the inside, this recognition is the most profound step in our journey on earth. The recognition that Christ by the Holy Spirit are alive within us is so profound the recognition is life-changing and life-altering. Jesus knew temptation: “He was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan” (Mark 1:13). Jesus knew poverty: “Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20). Jesus knew frustration: “He scattered the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.… ‘Get these out of here! How dare you turn my Father’s house into a market!’” (John 2:15-16). Jesus knew weariness: “Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well” (John 4:6). Jesus knew disappointment: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem…how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks,…but you were not willing” (Luke 13:34). Jesus knew rejection: “From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him” (John 6:66). Jesus knew sorrow: “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death” (Matthew 26:38). Jesus knew ridicule: “Again and again they struck him…and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid [mocking] homage to him” (Mark 15:19). Jesus knew loneliness: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46). Hebrews 4:15---For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.