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61. Keeping My Focus on God!

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In Ephesians 6:11, Paul tells us to put on the whole armor of God so that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

 That word wiles in that verse means mind games or schemes. The enemy is playing mind games with us to pull us away from God to where we feel distant from Him or where we don’t feel like we have a purpose or that we don’t measure up. Those are all lies…mind games that the enemy plays with us. 

 Have you ever seen the part of the cartoon Looney Tunes that has Wiley Cayote and Road Runner. Basically, Wiley Cayote is like the devil here. His number one tactic is to get Road Runner off of the right road and onto a road that will lead to destruction. So, he does these different things to get Road Runner to get off the right road. For example, the road that Road Runner is on ends in a cliff that could lead him to destruction. Wiley Cayote doesn’t want Road Runner to switch to the right road, so he takes a big canvas and paints a picture on it making it look like the road continues on. However, because Road Runner is on the right path, he avoids destruction every time. 

 This is the same game that the enemy is trying to play with us. He wants to try to pull us off of the right road and onto a road that leads to destruction. That is the whole reason he uses distractions. It is a mind game that he’s playing with us. 

 Now, last week, again, we talked about distractions, but this week, we’re going to talk about how to stay focused and in order to do so, we are going to look at the life of Nehemiah

5 Ways to Stay Focused

  1. Know that your victory comes from God! 
  2. Know that there was power in both praying and staying on guard.
  3. Know that God has a plan for your life and that your life is important. 
  4. Don't waste your time fighting battles you weren't meant to fight.  to do.
  5. Don't quit! 

To learn how to stay focused in the midst of challenges, in the midst of distractions or even in the midst of a lack of motivation, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast!

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