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Archive for 17/06/2009
Stay F.O.C.U.S.E.D. 2
17/06/2009 by John Marsden.
Stay F.O.C.U.S.E.D 2
Observe the example of successful people.
Read Philippians 3:17
It’s the wise man or woman who finds successful people and hangs out with them. If you see someone who has reached a level spiritually that you’d like to attain, spend time with them, watch their example and put it into practice in your own life. I think that sometimes we enjoy hanging out with spiritual losers because it makes us feel better about ourselves. We find someone who’s a good role model for us but rather than watch and learn secretly despise them. We adopt the attitude of Mark Twain who said:
“Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.”
If there’s an improvement that you want to make find people who are living at the level you want to be and follow their example. It’s a guaranteed path to reaching your goal. I really enjoy being around the friends that God has put in my life. Men who have had success in their own lives, men who will challenge, correct and help me on my journey.
Have a great day John
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Stay F.O.C.U.S.E.D
17/06/2009 by John Marsden.
The requirement for attaining any goal is to stay F.O.C.U.S.E.D.
1. Fix your thoughts and actions on the goal.
Read Philippians 3:13-16
Determine your goal, otherwise you won’t accomplish anything. Find God’s target for you in the present and go after it.
It was a fog-shrouded morning, July 4, 1952, when a young woman named Florence Chadwick waded into the water off Catalina Island. She intended to swim the channel from the island to the California coast. Long-distance swimming was not new to her; she had been the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions.
The water was numbing cold that day. The fog was so thick she could hardly see the boats in her party. Several times sharks had to be driven away with rifle fire. She swam more than 15 hours before she asked to be taken out of the water. Her trainer tried to encourage her to swim on since they were so close to land, but when Florence looked, all she saw was fog. So she quit, only one-mile from her goal.
Later she said, “I’m not excusing myself, but if I could have seen the land I might have made it.” It wasn’t the cold or fear or exhaustion that caused Florence Chadwick to fail. It was the fog.
Many times we too fail, not because we’re afraid or because of the peer pressure or because of anything other than the fact that we lose sight of the goal. Maybe that’s why Paul said, “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil. 3:14).
Have great day
John
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