Gold

Focus

Gold

Lesson 2: Focus

August 13 & 14, 2016

 

WHAT YOU LIVE FOR IS WHAT YOU’LL LIVE WITH

1 Corinthians 9:24 In a race everyone runs, but only one person gets first prize. So run your race to win. The Living Bible

 

OUR RACE IS TO LOVE & LIVE FOR JESUS

 

1 Corinthians 9:25 To win the contest, you must deny yourselves many things that would keep you from doing your best. An athlete goes to all this trouble just to win a blue ribbon or a silver cup, but we do it for a heavenly reward that never disappears. The Living Bible

 

1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so we wouldn’t crave evil things, just as they did. Tree of Life Version

 

1 Corinthians 10:7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” Tree of Life Version

Colossians 3:5 Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. New International Version

 

1 John 5:21 Dear children, keep away from anything that might take God’s place in your hearts. Amen. The Living Bible

BIBLE READING & LISTENING

Mark 4:18 “The thorny ground represents the hearts of people who listen to the Good News and receive it, 19 but all too quickly the attractions of this world and the delights of wealth, and the search for success and lure of nice things come in and crowd out God’s message from their hearts, so that no crop is produced. The Living Bible 

Mark 4:20 “But the good soil represents the hearts of those who truly accept God’s message and produce a plentiful harvest for God - thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times as much as was planted in their hearts.” The Living Bible

2 Timothy 3:16 Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another - showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God’s way. 17 Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us. The Message Bible

 

Proverbs 4:20 Dear friend, listen well to my words; tune your ears to my voice. The Message Bible

Proverbs 4:21 Keep my message in plain view at all times. Concentrate! Learn it by heart! The Message Bible

Proverbs 4:22 Those who discover these words live, really live; body and soul, they’re bursting with health. The Message Bible