Transcript DISTRACTIONS Hebrews 12:1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every.

DISTRACTIONS
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore we also, since we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let
us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so
easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance
the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto
Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who
for the joy that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at
the right hand of the throne of God.
“If you’d just work a little
longer you could have a
new car.”
“If you put your children
in one more program, they
will be more popular and
successful in life.”
“Your family and your
friends need more of your
attention because they
cannot survive without
you.”
1 Peter 1:13 Therefore gird up the loins of your
mind, be sober, and rest your hope fully upon the
grace that is to be brought to you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ;
Matthew 6:19 " Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on
earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves
break in and steal; 20 "but lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys
and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 "For
where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 22 "
The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is
good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 "But if your
eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is
that darkness! 24 " No one can serve two masters; for
either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he
will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot
serve God and mammon.
25 " Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your
body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and
the body more than clothing? 26 "Look at the birds of the
air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns;
yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more
value than they? 27 "Which of you by worrying can add
one cubit to his stature? 28 "So why do you worry about
clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:
they neither toil nor spin; 29 "and yet I say to you that
even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of
these. 30 "Now if God so clothes the grass of the field,
which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will
He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall
we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall
we wear?' 32 "For after all these things the
Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows
that you need all these things. 33 "But seek first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and
all these things shall be added to you. 34
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for
tomorrow will worry about its own things.
Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For
what the law could not do in that it was weak through the
flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the
flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might
be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh
but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live
according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the
flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the
things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death,
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because
the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject
to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those
who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Philippians 3:20 For our citizenship is in heaven,
from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren,
by the mercies of God, that you present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God,
which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be
conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove
what is that good and acceptable and perfect will
of God.
Colossians 3:1 If then you were raised with
Christ, seek those things which are above, where
Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set
your mind on things above, not on things on the
earth.
2 Corinthians 4:17 For our light affliction, which
is but for a moment, is working for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while
we do not look at the things which are seen, but
at the things which are not seen. For the things
which are seen are temporary, but the things
which are not seen are eternal.
1 John 2:15 Do not love the world or the things in
the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of
the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the
world -- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes,
and the pride of life -- is not of the Father but is
of the world. 17 And the world is passing away,
and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God
abides forever.
1 Timothy 6:6 Now godliness with contentment is
great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this
world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
8 And having food and clothing, with these we
shall be content. 9 But those who desire to be
rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into
many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men
in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of
money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which
some have strayed from the faith in their
greediness, and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows.
2 Corinthians 5:17Therefore, if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creation; old things have
passed away; behold, all things have become
new.
Matthew 16:26 "For what profit is it to a man if
he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
Ephesians 4:20 But you have not so learned
Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have
been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22
that you put off, concerning your former conduct,
the old man which grows corrupt according to the
deceitful lusts, 23 and be renewed in the spirit of
your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man
which was created according to God, in true
righteousness and holiness.
25 Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one
of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are
members of one another. 26 "Be angry, and do
not sin": do not let the sun go down on your
wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil.
28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather
let him labor, working with his hands what is
good, that he may have something to give him
who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed
out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary
edification, that it may impart grace to the
hearers.
30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by
whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and
evil speaking be put away from you, with all
malice. 32 And be kind to one another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God
in Christ forgave you.
How often do you think about God during the
day?
What do you actually do for God each day?
Do you make time to study God’s Word and to
pray each day?
Do you spend more time running your kids
around to various worldly activities than you
spend time serving God?