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Ticket to Ride

Distraction, Distractions, Focus, Goals, Life

In the board game Ticket to Ride, each player selects a path from one city to another and works to build the railroad connecting…

“Florida or Bust”

Christian Walk, Focus, Mindfulness, Scripture

Ruthlessly keeping God in the center of our mind is like the “Florida or Bust” bumper stickers. Roadtrippers are known for declaring their destination…

Drum Majors

Discipline, Focus, Following God, God's Plan, Maturity

Drum majors are tasked with keeping an entire marching band in step and on the beat. Drum majors keep themselves visible to limit confusion….

Focal Points

Christ, Focus, Suffering Servant, The Gospel, The Gospel of Mark

In the world of image making (paintings, photography, etc.), focal points are necessary for successfully communicating the desire of the artist or photographer. “A…

Chasing Squirrels

Attention, Distractions, Focus, screens, Technology

In the Pixar film UP, Dug the dog is a lovable character. He is an eager-to-please dog, but Dug’s weakness is his distractibility anytime…

Keeping Our Eyes On Jesus

Children of God, Father, Focus, Hearing God, The Voice of God, Trusting God

When a young child visits the dentist for the first time, the dentist’s main goal is to help the child get used to the…

Eyes On Wisdom

Distractions, Focus, Proverbs, Wisdom, Wise

When we are walking or driving, we tend to drift in the direction we are looking. We get distracted by the latest fashions, the…

What Do You See?

Focus, Kingdom of God, Perspective, Seeing

Sometimes our inability to see the kingdom of God properly stems from an inability to look beyond the obvious. Once we get beyond the obvious,…

Pay Attention

Distracted, Distractions, Eyes on Jesus, Falling, Focus, God's Plan, God's Purpose, Pay Attention, Priorities, View

How many times have we done something clumsy while looking at our phone? If we’re not paying attention, we can fall off the track…

Eyes on the Prize

Distracted, Distractions, Endurance, Focus, Following Jesus, Priorities, Prize, Race, Running The Race

We fix our eyes on Jesus by doing the following: (1) Remembering Jesus; he has run and endured the most difficult race ever. (2)…

Focal Points

Christ, Focal Point, Focus, Mark, Perspective, The Book of Mark, The Gospel, The Gospel of Mark

In the world of image making (paintings, photography, etc.), focal points are necessary for successfully communicating the desire of the artist or photographer. “A…

Lifeguard at a Jacuzzi

Communion, Focus, Jim Carrey, Lifeguard, Lifeguard at a Jacuzzi, Rapture, SNL, Theology, Will Ferrell, Wisdom

In this sketch from SNL, Will Ferrell’s character tries to enjoy a soak in the jacuzzi only to be disrupted by an overzealous lifeguard…

Your Wonderful Life

1 Thessalonians 5:18, 1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:6-8, Contentment, Ephesians 5:20, Focus, Gifts, Gratitude, Life, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 4:11-12, Psalm 106:1, Thankfulness, Thanking God

At the end of the classic Christmas film, It’s a Wonderful Life, the main character, George, realizes that his dreams of living a different life…

Consumed

Colossians 3:2, Consumed, Ephesians 4:29, Focus, Hebrews 12:1-2, Identity, Matthew 6:33, Philippians 4:8-9, Priorities, Proverbs 4:25, Putting God First, Relationship with God, Romans 12:1-2, Thoughts

In the Bible, we read about how the Israelites were to love God wholeheartedly, in order to know him intimately, which we see is…

Eyes On The Road

1 Corinthians 7:32, Danger, Distractions, Focus, God's Plan, Hebrews 12:1-2, Marriage, Matthew 19:12, Matthew 6:33, Matthew 6:34, Philippians 4:8, Psalm 119:15, Seasons, Singleness

According to DMV.org, “26% of all car crashes in 2014 involved cell phone use” while driving. In the United States, at least 9 people…

All Eyes On Me

1 Peter 4:10, Attention, Colossians 3:23, Ephesians 2:10, Fasting, Focus, Giving, Matthew 20:28, Matthew 25:21, Matthew 5:16, Matthew 6:1-34, Ministry, Motivation, Philippians 2:1-11, Recognition, Reward, Service, Serving

Have you ever tried to draw attention to yourself? Like a child who acts out in order to get attention from their parents, or…

The Limits of Human Awareness

Attention, Colossians 3:2, Focus, God's Blessings, God's Greatness, Gratitude, Hebrews 12:1-2, Luke 10:41, Luke 21:36, Matthew 6:33, Possessions, Proverbs 4:25, Psalm 119:15, Romans 12:1-2, Romans 8:5-6

In 1999 psychologist Daniel Simmons conducted an experiment in which people watched a video with six volunteers divided into teams with black or white…