Focus, Detail, Compel and Complete.

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I have one of the nicest cameras in the world, I have traveled to some of the most beautiful places on earth and seen some of the most amazing things you could see… but if my camera is not in focus… it was all a waste of time taking pictures. 

 

October 25th, 26th 

 

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We all need focus. And we have probably all heard about the power of a magnifying glass and its ability to focus the rays of the sun into literally a laser beam that can burn ants, burn up dried grass, burn your skin.

But focus doesn’t always have such immediate results- 

Sometimes focus is like that simple little drip drip drip drip…

Just recently had a bathtub dripping, I wasn’t real worried to get it fixed… but after 1 1/2 days it filled the bathtub. That’s almost 40 gallons of water, that is 330 pounds.

 

But the point is - be it a magnifying glass and almost immediate results OR the drip of water and results that took a little longer…

THEY HAD RESULTS BECAUSE OF FOCUS! 

 

No one would pay for a cruise and then once on the ship find out the captain will just let it float along and if we get there we get there…. But how many of us do that in life?

 

Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.

 

Colossians 3:2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

 

 

Its not enough to say you are going to be a better man of God, focus on the specific details of how.

 - Church attendance

FOCUS: every Sunday, pick out my clothes Saturday night, invite someone every week.

 -  Be a better Dad. HOW? Focus: every Tuesday take my kids on a date, or play with them an hour, Every night read to them before bed, pray with them. 

  - Finances, Tithe, invest, save - Focus: Tithe 10% every check, Invest 3% every check, Save 3% every check. 

   - Health - go home and throw out all junk food. Cook my meals, pack my lunches, 

 

NOW here is the KEY: Match what you are focusing on with deep meaningful emotion. What EMOTION will compel you?

 

• Church attendance every Sunday, pick out my clothes Saturday night, invite someone every week.

COMPELLING: Over time see people I have invited to church now coming, knowing Christ, families change. Pastor knows he can call me to do anything - I am proven, Kids grow up becoming habitual church attenders and they raise my grandkids going to church! 

 

  -  Finances

COMPELLING: Build a vision of what you will do when you retire. Mission trips, vacations, service opportunities, time with grandkids and great grandkids. 

 

  -  Health:

COMPELLING: I want to take my shirt off and have my kids friends say “wow, your dad is Jacked”. I want my wife to say how much she appreciates me taking care of myself. I want to play basketball with my grandkids, and great grandkids. I want to have the energy to go on mission trips, to outwork the young guns! 

 

Focus is always easier when combined with elimination.

Eliminate and concentrate for a GREAT STATE. 

 

Test: People were given a huge bucket of coins. hundreds of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters. They were split up in to 2 groups. One group had to count the change as they picked coins out randomly one by one from the bucket. The group could first separate the coins and them count them. 

NOW YOU WOULD THINK THAT SEPARATING THEM WOULD SLOW YOU DOWN RIGHT?

Nope! Just the opposite. The team that took time to separate the coins and then count them finished more than 3 times faster.

 

Take time to focus and change your life! 

 

Pick a priority, Focus, get detailed on how to do it, grab a compelling emotional state (a heavenly mindset) that will push you and then eliminate a few things that will allow you to do this ASAP.