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Attention Deficit Disorder
The Principle of the Path Direction - not intention - determines destination
Attention Determines Direction
Grab Attention! The things that grab my attention OFTEN are the things I should avoid. Animate 1 points
Give Attention! Emotions fuel the things that grab our attention Direction fuels the things that we give our attention Animate 2 points
Pay Attention! Animate 1 point Problem: pay implies cost
Attention ➔ Direction ➔ Destination
New International Version Deuteronomy 7: 12 12 If you pay attention to these laws and are careful to follow them, then the LORD your God will keep his covenant of love with you, as he swore to your forefathers. Deuteronomy 7: 12
35 Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. New International Version Psalm 119:35 35 Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight. Psalm 119:35
New International Version Psalm 119:37 37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things; preserve my life according to your word. Psalm 119:37
New International Version Proverbs 4:25 25 Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Proverbs 4:25
New International Version Matthew 6:22-23 22 "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. Matthew 6:22-23
If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! New International Version Matthew 6:22-23 If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! Matthew 6:22-23
New International Version Hebrews 2:1 1 We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. Hebrews 2:1
Application: Things and people I should pay LESS attention to... Things and people I should pay MORE attention to... Animate 2 points
Attention ➔ Direction ➔ Destination
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