Tuesday, January 7, 2014

365 Day Challenge (Day 7) : Focus!


This past Sunday, one of the pastors of my church, Mosaic Church Charlotte, gave a sermon on "Focus".

I'm not always the best at listening to sermons.  It reminds me of attending classes in school.  I can't focus.  And yet, this sermon is about focus!  But, Pastor Todd wasn't talking about that.  He was talking about focus in our life journey.

Honestly, this year, I have no resolution.  Besides "focusing" on this blog, to blog something once a day, I have no real set goals to do anything.  Except maybe just be a better person than last year and improve on my fitness.

However from that sermon since Sunday, I realize I have a spiritual "hole" (if you will) that needs to be filled some more.  Not that I have fell off the bandwagon entirely.  I realize there are many things in my life I need to pray about.  It seems to be fitting to say I should make it my focus to pray more.  I know in Scripture, it tells us to pray continuously, without ceasing:

"Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus." ~1 Thessalonians 5:16-18~

You might think if I'm a Christian, I should pray.  And I do pray.  Sometimes.  But to pray continually, like this verse says, I haven't been praying continually in a long time.  As this verse says, this (prayer) is God's will for us in Christ. 

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