Mar 20, 2019
By Sarina Villalpando
Maranatha Community
Church, Colton, CA
Focus is vital in our Christian walk, but most of the time it is the hardest thing to do. Lately I’ve been very bad at focusing on pretty much everything, but most importantly my walk in faith and putting everything to God. When you get caught up in life, it’s hard—you forget the important and to put a majority of your focus onto God. My keyword lately is focus. I am not here to tell you how to focus or how to bring your focus back to your walk with God because I am still working it out myself. In a sense I am here to say you need to work on your focus just like me because it most likely isn’t at the level God wants. It’s tough, but we’re in this together and with the guidance of God we will come out achieving it.
I wanted to bring forward a resource of what focus is, what God says about it, and some sermons I found. I sure need it and I know there’s someone else out there who needs it as well.
Definitions of FOCUS:
• Focus (noun) — the central point of attention
• Focus (verb) — to concentrate on something in particular
Bible verses on FOCUS:
• “Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with
shame.” (Psalm 34:5)
• “…we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where
righteousness dwells.” (2 Peter 3:13)
• “Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” (Colossians 3:2)
• “My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.” (Psalm 119:112)
• “Fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high
priest.” (Hebrews 3:1)
• “Set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is
revealed at his coming.” (1 Peter 1:13)
• “Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” (Hebrews 12:2)
• “Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.”
(Proverbs 4:25)
• “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the
other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve
God and mammon.” (Matthew 6:24)
• “Commit thy works unto the Lord, thy thoughts shall be established.”
(Proverbs 16:3)
• “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of
the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the
things of the Spirit.” (Romans 8:5)
• “For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for
doing evil.” (I Peter 3:17)
Sermons/Articles on FOCUS:
• “What does the Bible say about focus? A Christian Study“
by Crystal McDowell
• “Keep Your Focus” by Jeffery Anselmi (sermoncentral.com)
• “Fine-tune Your Focus — 2 Corinthians 4” by Andy Cook (lifeway.com)
• “Fix Your Focus” by Pastor Steven Furtick (Elevation Church)
• Sermon Illustration.com: “Focus”
