Posted by Jennifer on 7/15/2007, 2:36 pm Staying on Track in the Christian Life "Therefore, dear friends, since you already "Since, then, you have been raised with "Turn my heart toward your statutes
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A speeding train fails to negoiate a curve.
An investigation uncovers the cause of the resulting
wreck: a distracted engineer.
The Christian life has its own subtle--yet
dangerous--distractions, which can keep us from
"pressing toward the goal...in Christ Jesus."
A.B. Simpson shows what happens when focus is
lost in the Christian life...
"One of Satan's favorite employees is the switch-man.
He liked nothing better than to side track one of
God's express trains sent on a blessed mission.
Something wil come up in the pathway of the earnest
soul to attract its attention and occupy its strength and thought.
"Sometimes it is a little irritation or provocation.
Sometimes it is a pretty grievance. Sometimes it is
somebody else's business in which we become interested
and which we feel bound to rectify. "And before we know
it, we are absorbed in distracting cares that turn us
aside for the great purpose of our life. "
"Leave all these things alone. Let grievances come
and go, but press forward steadily and irresistibly,
crying as you hasten to the goal, 'One thing I do.' "
"Father, my goal is to be a Christlike person, to be
like Your Son. But the world has many
attractions. Deaden the attraction I feel for
the world with its gadgets and glamour. All day
today, Lord, get me aware if my gaze shifts to
anything other than Jesus Christ."
know this, be on your guard so that you may not
be carried away by the error of lawless men
and fall from your secure position.
But grow in the grace and knowledge of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory
both now and forever! Amen."~2 Peter 3:17-18~
Christ, set your hearts on things above, where
Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Set your minds on things above, not on
earthly things. For you died, and your life
is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ,
who is your life, appears, then you also
will appear with him in glory."
~Colossians 3:1-4~
and not toward selfish gain.
Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word."
~Psalm 119:36-37~
O God, You know my wayward heart,
So prone to choose an earthly part;
From vain affections set me free,
That I may always look to Thee. —Anon.
*The more attracted we are to Christ, the less we'll be
distracted by the world.*
We must fix our eyes on JesusIf we're
going to win the race—
Pressing on toward godly living,
Trusting in His saving grace. —Sper
*Winners never quit, and quitters never win.*
“We must allow the Word of God to confront
us, to disturb our security, to undermine our
complacency and to overthrow our patterns of
thought and behavior.” — John Stott
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