11-13-2016
"Keeping Our Focus"
Philippians 3. 7-14

Keeping Our Focus Philippians 3.7-14;  1 John 2. 15-17 I.  _______ Is it Important to Keep Our Focus? A.  We Get Distracted- B. We Get ___________ -  Jesus warned us, ”you         cannot serve 2 masters.”  *When we lose our Spiritual Focus IT AFFECTS OUR SOUL!  C.  We Get ________________ - we lose the race, we crash and burn. *There are Spiritual crashes looming ahead for many people.  *They are not focused on the goal II.  _______ Can We Keep Our Focus? A.  Make sure you are running towards a goal that’s ______   ____! *Jesus’ advice-  Seek 1st- The Kingdom of God…(Matt 6.33) *Paul’s goal: “I want to know Christ” (Phil 3. 10)” *WHAT’S THE MAIN GOAL FOR YOU?  B.  Let ______ Of Some things: *“Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead…” *WHAT DO YOU NEED TO LET GO OF? C.  Put some _________ into the journey you are on. *“straining towards what is ahead, I press on” *What effort are you putting into YOUR spiritual race? *What do you do daily to run a good race for Jesus?  What do you do weekly to Press-on?  III.  The Results of Keeping Our Focus in our Life’s Journey: A.  We _______Well- there will be some joy in the journey, and sense of doing something significant. B.  We  _______ Well- there is a sense of having some your best at something worthwhile.  C.  We will hear: “Well _______!”