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1 Obstacles To Spiritual
Focus Hebrews 12:1-3 Image: By Jeff Dahl [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( or GFDL ( via Wikimedia Commons ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

2 The Pleasures Of Sin Obstacles To Spiritual Focus
Image: By Hackfish (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 ( GFDL ( CC BY-SA 2.5 ( GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons The Pleasures Of Sin Obstacles To Spiritual Focus ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

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The Pleasures Of Sin Sin can blind us 1 John 2:11 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

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The Pleasures Of Sin Remember how dark it was Titus 3:3 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

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The Pleasures Of Sin Satan and sin still blind many 2 Corinthians 4:4 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

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The Pleasures Of Sin If we give in, we will be blinded John 12:35 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

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The Pleasures Of Sin Love the truth and see clearly 2 Thessalonians 2:10 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

8 The Stress of Overcrowded Lives
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9 The Stress of Overcrowded Lives
Life can cause us to lose focus Matthew 13:22-23 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

10 The Stress of Overcrowded Lives
Life can become our master Matthew 6:24 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

11 The Stress of Overcrowded Lives
Resist becoming too entangled 2 Timothy 2:4 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

12 The Stress of Overcrowded Lives
This world is not our home Hebrews 11:13 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

13 The Stress of Overcrowded Lives
Be in the world, but not of it John 17:14-18 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

14 The Stress of Overcrowded Lives
Sent in the world to serve God Colossians 3:23-24 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

15 The Tendency To Forget Our Goal
Image: By Hackfish (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 ( GFDL ( CC BY-SA 2.5 ( GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons The Tendency To Forget Our Goal Obstacles To Spiritual Focus ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

16 The Tendency To Forget Our Goal
God’s desire is our salvation 1 Peter 1:3-5 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

17 The Tendency To Forget Our Goal
Salvation is our hope 1 Peter 1:9 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

18 The Tendency To Forget Our Goal
Easy to lose sight of the goal James 4:13-14 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

19 The Tendency To Forget Our Goal
Focus on the prize in Christ Philippians 3:13-14 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

20 The Tendency To Forget Our Goal
Focus on winning the race 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

21 The Problem of Emotional Distractions
Image: By Hackfish (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 ( GFDL ( CC BY-SA 2.5 ( GFDL ( or CC-BY-SA-3.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons The Problem of Emotional Distractions Obstacles To Spiritual Focus ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

22 The Problem of Emotional Distractions
Anxiety can overwhelm us Matthew 6:25 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

23 The Problem of Emotional Distractions
Fear can paralyze us Luke 12:32 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

24 The Problem of Emotional Distractions
Depression can end in faltering Hebrews 6:19 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

25 The Problem of Emotional Distractions
Focus on spiritual things 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

26 Obstacles To Spiritual
Focus Hebrews 12:1-3 Image: By Jeff Dahl [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( or GFDL ( via Wikimedia Commons ROBISON STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST- EDNACHURCHOFCHRIST.ORG

27 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law
Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. (Psalm 119:18 ESV)

28 Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. (Proverbs 4:25-27 ESV)

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