Remain Focused on Good Things.

Focused people don't hide their weaknesses or excuse them; instead they focus on their strengths! Anthony Campolo says, "What you commit yourself to, will change what you are and make you into a completely different person. The future conditions you, not the past. What you commit yourself to become, determines what you are - more than anything that ever happened to you yesterday.

More on Staying Focused

Staying focused keeps you on target. We find ourselves pulled in a dozen different directions, spending much of our time and energy on things we don't really care about. Author Don Marquis put it this way: "Ours is a world where people don't know what they want, and are willing to go through hell to get it." The Bible says: "Let your eyes look straight ahead...Do not swerve to the right or the left" (Pr 4:25-27 NIV).
Attempting everything, like attempting nothing, will suck the life out of you. Focus gives you energy.
It's been said that "the world stands aside to let anyone pass, who knows where he or she is going."

It's a Sure Thing!

“Surely Goodness and Mercy Shall Follow Me All The Days Of My Life”

“SURELY”

David didn’t say, “ Maybe, possibly, or I’ve a hunch.” NO, he said, “Surely Goodness and Mercy.” With God it is a sure thing!

On our worst days you can still say, “Surely Goodness and Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.”

“All the days?” Think of the days ahead and what do you see? Days at home raising a family? Days in a dead-end job? Days of loneliness or poor health? Days spent caring for a sick loved one? “Surely Goodness and Mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” Goodness to provide, Mercy to pardon; you’ll never have a day without them!

Stay Focused!

You become effective by being selective. It's human nature to get distracted. We're like gyroscopes, spinning around at a frantic pace but not getting anywhere. Without a clear purpose you keep changing directions, jobs, relationships, churches, etc., hoping each change will settle the confusion or fill the emptiness in your heart. You think, "This time it will be different," but it doesn't solve your real problem - lack of focus.

Stop dabbling. Stop trying to do it all. Do less. Turn away from even good activities and do only that which matters most. Never confuse activity with productivity!

"There is only one way"

This quote offends many. But, if a cure for cancer was discovered, and it was the only sure cure, would we not take it? Or, would we be afraid of being insensitive and intollerant of "all the other cures?"

The truth is that there IS only one way. Do not be deceived, and do not be ashamed!

Please be careful about popular deception.

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The life builder

If you haven't found your life's purpose yet, talk to God. "Everything...finds its purpose in him" (Col 1:16 TM). Before you spoke your first word or took your first step, God had a plan for your life. You say, "But I have failed so badly." Maybe, but it's amazing what God can do with a broken life - when you give Him all the pieces!