Matt 6:34 (MSG)
Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don't get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.
Everyone has distractions from God each and everyday. We need to focus each day on serving only the Lord God, our Father in Heaven. He is our Master. No one else deserves any glory, He deserves it all. He gifted us with His salvation and grace, He has saved us. We cannot lose the salvation He gave us, because we don't even deserve it. We need to focus on not having other "gods" before the Lord. Things like watching TV, playing video games, shopping, and any other thing that takes up more of your attention than you put on God can be considered an idol or a god that comes before the Lord. What we want can seem more important, but its not. It is worthless. We are worthless without God. He gives us the energy we have. We should not use that energy to follow what others are doing. He made us unique like we are, different from others because He knew we could handle it. He puts us through what we go through because He knows we can handle it. Some people can't handle things that others can. It is all part of God's plan. Therefore we shall serve only God. He has a plan for us, we should keep our focus on Him and following His word and path for us.
Eph 5:8-10 (MSG)
You groped your way through that murk once, but no longer. You're out in the open now. The bright light of Christ makes your way plain. So no more stumbling around. Get on with it! The good, the right, the true—these are the actions appropriate for daylight hours. Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it.
Matt 23:8-10 (MSG)
Don't let people do that to you, put you on a pedestal like that. You all have a single Teacher, and you are all classmates. Don't set people up as experts over your life, letting them tell you what to do. Save that authority for God; let him tell you what to do. No one else should carry the title of 'Father'; you have only one Father, and he's in heaven. And don't let people maneuver you into taking charge of them. There is only one Life-Leader for you and them—Christ.
Matt 6:1 (MSG)
Be especially careful when you are trying to be good so that you don't make a performance out of it. It might be good theater, but the God who made you won't be applauding.
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