Wednesday Service | Re-New | Part 12: Resetting my FOCUS

[1] A war is being waged for your

John 1:29 (ESV)

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

[2] We need to be to what seeks to us

Genesis 4:6-7 (NCB)

⁶ The Lord therefore said to Cain, “Why are you angry and why has your countenance fallen? ⁷ If you do what is right, will you not be able to hold up your head? But if you do what is wrong, sin is crouching at your door. It seeks to dominate you, but you can overcome it.”

(NASB)

“… Sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

Matthew 26:41 (NIV)

⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

1 Peter 5:8 (NIRV)

⁸ Be watchful and control yourselves. Your enemy the devil is like a roaring lion. He prowls around looking for someone to swallow up.

[3] We must our capacity to

Matthew 26:37-44 (LB)

³⁷ He took Peter with him and Zebedee’s two sons James and John, and began to be filled with anguish and despair.

³⁸ Then he told them, “My soul is crushed with horror and sadness to the point of death . . . stay here . . . stay awake with me.”

³⁹ He went forward a little, and fell face downward on the ground, and prayed, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup be taken away from me. But I want your will, not mine.”

⁴⁰ Then he returned to the three disciples and found them asleep. “Peter,” he called, “couldn’t you even stay awake with me one hour? ⁴¹ Keep alert and pray. Otherwise temptation will overpower you. For the spirit indeed is willing, but how weak the body is!”

⁴² Again he left them and prayed, “My Father! If this cup cannot go away until I drink it all, your will be done.”

⁴³ He returned to them again and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy, ⁴⁴ so he went back to prayer the third time, saying the same things again.

[4] If we allow it… technology will our spiritual desires

Psalm 27:4 (AB)

⁴ One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord. And to meditate in His temple.

Hebrews 10:25 (LB)

²⁵ Let us not neglect our church meetings, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming back again is drawing near.

[5] 5 ways we can technology

• more
• less
• my prayer time
• Increase the of attention I give in conversations
• Intentionally spend time away from my