Distractions

8/17/2019 Distractions

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Common Distractions from ourWalk with GOD

The main text that encompasses my topic is from (Matthew 6:33 (!"#

$%ut seek ye &rst the kin'om of Go) an his ri'hteousness* an all these

thin's shall +e ae unto you,- We all shoul ha.e some iea of what a

istraction is, /s accorin' to the Collins Co+uil 0n'lish Dictionary) /

istraction is somethin' that turns your attention away from somethin' you

want to concentrate on,

12m sure* we ha.e trie so har throu'hout our life to stay focuse on

Go, We may so often say $this time 1 won2t fail-) +ut at one point or another)somethin' always clips us from +ehin) an keeps us from succeein'

Why4

Well) 1 think it has to o with what we allow into our li.es that

can istract us from Go, 5ot all of these thin's are $+a- in their naturein

fact) a lot aren2t) +ut they +ecome a pro+lem when we allow them to istract

us from lookin' at) an to Go, 7ou know those thin's 12m talkin' a+out* they

can +e anythin' from a 8o+) school) car) or mo.ie) to fantasy foot+all) 9+ox

i.e) ;lay


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?@$ay not up for yoursel.es treasures upon earth) where moth an rust othcorrupt) an where thie.es +reak throu'h an steal, %ut lay up foryoursel.es treasures in hea.en) where neither moth nor rust oth corrupt)an where thie.es o not +reak throu'h nor steal, ?Eor where your treasureis) there your heart will +e also,- (!"#

1t2s not that it2s sayin' that if we ha.e a few .alua+les here on earth) weshouln2t take care of an ha.e any likin' for them) +ut we shouln2t allow itto take o.er our time with Go) it also must not ha.e us lose si'ht of the true'oal) the true pri=e) the true treasure) which is to o Go2s work to +rin' him'lory, We shoul take prie an put our +est into oin' Go2s will) so we canshow Go a heart that is focuse on him an our home in the skies,

MeiaWell here2s another +i' one* the meia, This is pro+a+ly one of the

+i''est istractions for may+e all of us , 1 mean) how many of us ha.ereali=e $1 ha.en2t spent that much time prayin' this week- +ut instea of'oin' an prayin') We say to oursel.es) $12ll o it later +ecause the Golenstate warriors are playin') or Mari is 'oin' to +low out %arca) or lemme 'oon 7ouTu+e 1 nee to learn how to Da+ correctly) or !ushi comes on in anhour,-

1t is so easy to 'et cau'ht up in the meia, /n when 1 say meia) 12mreferrin' to the 1nternet) T#) mo.ies) music) .ieo 'ames) newspapers)ma'a=inesall of it, ike 1 sai +efore) the meia is so an'erous +ecause it

is so easy to 'et consume in, 0.erywhere we turn) some sort of meia isri'ht in our face, /n the worst part* it2s littere with &lth, /lmost e.erycommercial on T# an all the a.ertisements on the 1nternet are tryin' tocon.ince us that we are missin' somethin') an they are the ones that can&ll the nee, Our youn' 'irls an women are +om+ar +y the meia with howthey shoul look) feel) an actmo.ies) music) T# showsthey all arehorri+le inFuences on us +ecause they can su+liminally tell us how to li.e)what2s ri'ht an wron') etc, /n .ieo 'amesah) .ieo 'ames,'i.e methe ri'ht one on the ri'ht week) an 1 won2t spen a free secon with Go(sa,+ut true, 1 coul literally 'o on an on a+out the meia) an howistractin' it is, The key to o.ercomin' the meia is to +e wise in what we

watch) rea) play) +rowse an in how much time we spen with it, We shoulalways +e willin' to 'i.e it up) an >uite honestly) some of the thin's weinul'e in (in the meia) we nee to 'i.e up, 1f a somethin' is pure &lth) weshouln2t +e 'i.in' it any time to inFuence us) no matter how funny) sexy) or$cool-) it is,

Matt 6:A3 (!"#: $ The li'ht of the +oy is the eye: if thereforethine eye +e sin'le) thy whole +oy shall +e full of li'ht, 3%ut if thine eye +ee.il) thy whole +oy shall +e full of arkness, 1f therefore the li'ht that is inthee +e arkness) how 'reat isH that arkness-

1n this %i+le passa'e) "esus is tellin' us that where our eyes areirecte our +oy will follow, 1t is true that what we see has a 'reat eIect on


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us, We literally walk in the irection our eyes are lookin', The eye re'ulatesthe motion of the +oy, The same principle is also true in a spiritual sense)an we are aIecte 'reatly +y what we allow our eyes to see,

Church Church) %elie.e it or not) this can +e JKG0 interference in our walk

with Go, Church oes not o this intentionally) +ut we can easily let ithiner our relationship with Go, Why4 The main reason is that it can +e soeasy to pursue church) an +eliefs a+out Go) +ut for'et to pursue GoJimself, 1t is so easy to 'o to church to 8ust to) well 'o to church) whenthe real reason we shoul +e 'oin' church is to refuel for our week of trialsan e.an'eli=in') +y comin' to'ether with fellow +elie.ers to worship anmeitate on Go,

/lso) somewhere alon' the way) at so many churches) people ha.e'otten the iea that we nee to preten to +e perfect at church, That if weshow our weaknesses an stru''les) we2ll +ecome outcastsan since somany people parae aroun in this staine 'lass mas>uerae) if one personoes re.eal their weaknesses) they2re so easily looke own upon, This isopposite of what church is suppose to +e, Church is really the +oy of+elie.ers in Christ "esus our sa.iour, We are suppose to help each other)hol each other accounta+le) pray for each other) an lo.e one another

/s spoken to the Galatian +y ;aul in Galatians 6:?A (!"#

$?%rethren) if a man +e o.ertaken in a fault) ye which are spiritual)restore such an one in the spirit of meekness* consierin' thyself) lest thou

also +e tempte, %ear ye one anotherLs +urens) an so ful&l the law ofChrist,-

(5T $?Dear +rothers an sisters) if another +elie.er is o.ercome +ysome sin) you who are 'oly shoul 'ently an hum+ly help that person +ackonto the ri'ht path, /n +e careful not to fall into the same temptationyourself,


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us than Gowell) they +ecome a istraction, emem+er) Go calls us tolo.e one another

(? "ohn 3:??) $Eor this is the messa'e that ye hear from the+e'innin') that we shoul lo.e one another,- (!"#

uences,

1n a atin' relationship) on2t compromise your morals,

1n a nut shell) relationships are .ery important) +ut our relationshipwith Go is of the utmost importance, emem+er that

outine outine,,, This is a common thin' 1 allow myself to 'et istracte +y all

the time, The most important thin' is that spenin' time with Go shoul +ein your routine Ear too often o we 8ust s>uee=e Go in when we ha.e owntime (1 am extremely 'uilty of this, 1t2s so easy to 'et cau'ht up in all thethin's we ha.e to o) like work) eat) sleep) etc, 1 often &n sleep 'ettin' in

the way 1 mean) if 1 in2t spen that extra hour sleepin' in) 1 woul ha.e awhole hour with nothin' to o +ut seek Go


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+i her therefore that she help me, B?/n "esus answere an sai unto her)

Martha) Martha) thou art careful an trou+le a+out many thin's: B%ut one

thin' is neeful: an Mary hath chosen that 'oo part) which shall not +e

taken away from her, (uke ?:3AB (!"#

/n 1 know 1 on2t ha.e to +rin' up Matthew 6:33

33 %ut seek ye &rst the kin'om of Go) an his ri'hteousness* an all

these thin's shall +e ae unto you,

1t is so easy to 'et cau'ht up on our uties) +ut the most important thin'

is that we o it entirely for the or, They are to 'lorify Go) not oursel.es,

That +ein' sai) sometimes the uty we ha.e is not as important as oin'somethin' else, We always nee to +e Fexi+le This falls in line with routines

as well, We can ha.e 'reat moti.es +ehin our work) +ut sometimes we let

the work +ecome more important than $listenin' to "esus-, isten an +e

Fexi+le

Desirin' a +less in' from Go) more than Go Jimself,1 ha.e to +e honest* this is easy to fall into) at least for myself, 1t

can +e so easy to pray for a speci&c thin' o.er an o.er a'ain) +utfor'et a+out spenin' time with Go, This woul +e like a hus+anwantin' that special $perk- he 'ets from his wife) without wantin' to'i.e any time to other parts of their relationship,

emem+er) its $seek ye &rst the kin'om of Go) an his

ri'hteousness* an all these thin's shall +e ae unto you,- (Matthew

6:33) it2s not $&rst seek all these other thin's-, /lso in omans : $/n

we know that all thin's work to'ether for 'oo to them that lo.e Go) to

them who are the calle accorin' to hisH purpose,-(!"#

Our ;astorsOur ;astors What4 What2s this oin' on the list4Well) to yourrelief) 1 on2t mean our or your pastor exactly (at least 1 hope not,What 12m referrin' to is +ecomin' epenent upon your pastor, Thiscan +e a really ealy interference in our walk with Go, 1t is not ourpastors responsi+i lity to fee us all we nee to +e spirituallyhealthyit is our responsi+ility, / lot of people fall into the ha+it of only 'i.in' Go


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saly) this is the case for many spiritually, Our pastor is a) or shoul+e) 'reat leaer) +ut heNshe shoul only +e thatnothin' more,

Oursel.esOursel.es… Ks .., The last one on the l ist of istractions) is

possi+ly the most likely to istract us, We are) +y nature) sinful) an

if we li.e +y our nature) we will not 'et close to Go, That is why wenee to ie to oursel.es) an li.e in Christ,(omans 6:??$??

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