“SQUIRREL”

 

Day in and day out we find ourselves facing challenges.  These challenges come in many forms and impact various aspects of our lives -- family, school, work, and spiritual.  Whether young or old, male or female, country folk or city folk, we each face daily challenges.  Some are the same, not all are the same, but    challenges to each of us nonetheless.  Oftentimes, these challenges result in us becoming distracted from our primary cares and priorities, and cause us to look for the “squirrels”.  (For those fans of the Disney movie “Up” you should understand the reference.)  Many times in our lives it is as though Satan yells SQUIRREL and just as Doug the Dog, we  easily become distracted, looking for the squirrel.  People,     businesses, schools, community organizations, and churches suffer every day because of a lack of focus –    taking the eye off the ball – losing sight of the finish line – by not having their priorities straight, going down rabbit holes, and looking for squirrels – just to state a few of the clichés.

The hope of this weeks’ devotional study is to provide you a way to help maintain focus.  In fact, we will use the word F.O.C.U.S. to highlight 5 ways to help us maintain focus.  By maintaining focus, it is my hope that you will find and/or maintain peace within.

Application: Discuss the kinds of challenges you face daily.

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