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Distractions can come from all angles – in ways we least expect, from people we don’t expect, at times we aren’t expecting. And they can end up costing us time, happiness, peace, relationships, money and success. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT DISTRACTIONS? Distractions from everyday work, goals and life in general can be frustrating,
Distractions. “Be very careful, then, how you live – not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is” (Ephesians 5:15-17). God has given us the gift of life for His purposes, not ours.
Jan 12, 2016 · Distractions: Full Version. Talk about the world and distractions: The world is full of distractions. Moreover, the world is full of things that may distract us from following God. The devil appeals to every group of individuals differently.
- The Strange Purpose of Parableslink
- God’s Counterintuitive Wayslink
- Familiar, Affluent, and Distractedlink
- Pay Much Closer Attentionlink
Jesus issues this warning in the context of telling a series of parables. Parables were riddle-stories in which Jesus hid profound secrets of God’s kingdom in brief, often mundane-sounding metaphors. In the stories recorded in Mark 4, he uses a farmer’s soils (Mark 4:1–8), an oil lamp (Mark 4:21–25), and seeds (Mark 4:26–32). Read them. Do you unde...
If Jesus’s words here sound counterintuitive, they are. Jesus spoke and acted in ways consistent with God’s words and ways throughout the Bible, captured in this text: I’ve seen this passage, or some portion of it, quoted on Christian memes, calendars, and greeting cards, often with a beautiful inspirational landscape, seascape, or skyscape in the ...
The key qualifier is if we’re paying attention. Because, as Jesus said, if we’re not paying attention to what God says, we will miss what God is doing. That’s a costly distraction. By God’s grace, we do have an advantage over Jesus’s original hearers: we have God’s authoritative, written word. In fact, never have so many Christians had so much acce...
“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it” (Hebrews 2:1). If we’re not paying attention, we may not even realize we’re drifting. We can look around and see lots of other distracted, dull Christians who talk Jesus’s talk without walking Jesus’s walk, figure it must be normal, and assume we’re doin...
Jan 14, 2019 · God isn’t merely concerned with the most efficient way to free us from distraction. He’s concerned with what will produce the greatest and most enduring spiritual fruit in our life. So, prayerfully aim to defeat distraction through the slow, steady insurgency of building new habits, one at a time.
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Most of us have a difficult time slowing down and spending time with the Bible. Distractions seem to pop out of nowhere, stemming from any number of things: external chaos, internal stress, tiredness, or simply an undisciplined mind.
