Quotes About Focus

In God's economy, vision should move from the fringes to the middle.

Worship is God's way of giving us an opportunity to shift our focus from our own concerns, problems, and circumstances to the way things are in heaven.

The only cure from sin is by maintaining a vision of God.

We must never get into the habit of being preoccupied with the future. There is no reason to do so. God is there.

There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them.

Having the reality of God's presence is not dependent on our being in a particular circumstance or place, but is only dependent on our determination to keep the Lord before us continually.

In the midst of chaos, you've gotta be able to slow it down. That's one of the things that God's gifted me with, it's one of the things that I've trained for, and train for now.

It would hardly benefit me to hold anything back unnecessarily, when I know what I'm asking. For you to find a needle in--God, not even a haystack. A needle in a tower full of other needles.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The shortcut to closing a door is to bury yourself in the details. This is how we must look to God. As if everything's fine.

Every rep I did on chin-ups, on squats with 500 pounds, I never said, to myself, 'Oh, my God, another rep.' I said, 'Yes, another rep, because that will make my dream turn into a reality.'

God was in the details.

The turning of the charkha in a lifeless way will be like the turning of the beads of the rosary with a wandering mind turned away from God.

A mind not set on God is given to wandering and lacks the quality of a temple of worship.

Whatever we make the most of is our God.

I wish I would have kept the big picture in my mind at all times - what it most important? That my kids seek to please God and learn about their Creator.

Waiting is a sustained effort to stay focused on God through prayer and belief.

Worry is just about the worst form of mental activity there is.

We have a choice of focusing on our problems or focusing on God, who holds the solution.

The bandstand is an incredible space. It is really a sacred space. One of the things that is really sacred about it is that you have no opportunity to think about the future, or the past.

Priority number one for too many of us is not the glory of God but the blessing of ourselves.

God is not a diversion.

You will find out that in the measure you have allowed yourself to look back you have missed that which God has for you.

Some of you could be worshipping God but you're playing with a video game.

Let us endeavor to commence every enterprise with a pure view to the glory of God, continue it without distraction, and finish it without impatience.