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WEEK 4 CHALLENGE - FOCUS
We are in the final seven days! This week we have to focus! The renewal Challenge this week is to unplug from all social media for 7 days (days 22-28). If you aren’t a social media person then consider unplugging from television. Find additional encouragement and instruction in this week’s devotional (below).
+ Finish Strong. An “all in” option is to consider doing all four of the challenges READ, PRAY, FAST, AND FOCUS during these final seven days! It can be a powerful week of devotion and surrender that you will be glad you did!
+ Read - Finish the 28 Day Luke Plan. ♥️ 📖
+ Pray - Do One Hour Prayer. Come to the Prayer Room (if possible) Reserve A Time 🙏
+ Fast- Do a food fast. See Week 3 for fasting instructions.
+ Focus - Do this week’s focus challenge by unplugging from media.
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WEEK 4 DEVOTIONAL - “Focus”
Have you ever had a hard time focusing?
Sure you have, we’ve all had times where we want to focus in on something that we are doing, but our mind drifts and struggles to concentrate. Sometimes that is completely normal and happens in life, but we must also acknowledge that our culture is becoming increasingly less focused. We are distracted more than ever!
We are distracted by things like the digital tethers of our phones, social media, and entertainment. Beyond those things we are also distracted by all of our freedom. We have more freedom to do whatever we want with our time than 99.9% of everyone who has ever lived. Think about it, we don’t have to wake up concerned about literally hunting down our next meal, or fending off predators, and protecting ourselves from enemies like nearly every people group throughout history has had to do. When one has to provide the basic staples of life it will definitely focus you. Today’s world offers so much freedom to explore, daydream, scroll, and drift that we can easily become distracted.
So how do we focus?
Focus is simply selective attention in action.🔥
It’s concentrating on a specific task, but also tuning out the countless other stimuli competing for your attention at that moment. Essentially this means that you choose to focus on something or someone even when you have the freedom to do something else.
This is incredibly important in our relationship with God. We have to choose to focus on God.
The world around us leads to distraction so easily with the endless freedoms at our fingertips, not to mention the pressure we feel to fit in with everyone around us who is choosing distraction over focus.
Hebrews 12:1-2 says, “let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.“ (NLT)
In other words, this scripture is saying, “Get distractions out of the way so you can run after God…and to do this you 👏must 👏focus 👏on 👏 Jesus!!
Remember, focus is simply selective attention in action. You can do that!
Focus on Christ!
Set your eyes on Jesus!
So this week’s 28 Day Renewal Challenge is to remove some of the distractions we have in our daily life by unplugging from social media for 7 days (days 22-28). If you aren’t a social media user then unplug from television (or you can even unplug from both if you want).
Imagine a week without social media (or television or both) and all the time you will gain and the more you will be able to focus!
So what should you do with all that extra time? Well.. enjoy it, rest, and of course fix your eyes on Jesus! We also suggest the “all in” option!👇
+ ALL IN — You are encouraged to finish strong in these final 7 days. As an “all in” option, consider doing all four of the renewal challenges during these 7 days! So go all in and READ, PRAY, FAST, AND FOCUS this week!
+ Read - Finish the 28 Day Luke Plan. ♥️ 📖
+ Pray - Do One Hour Prayer. Come to the Prayer Room (if possible) Reserve A Time 🙏
+ Fast- Do a food fast. See Week 3 for fasting instructions.
+ Focus - Focus by unplugging from social media for 7 days (or TV).
This week as you finish these 28 days the blessing from Numbers 6:24-26 is being prayed over you: May the Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. Amen. 🙏👊