Quotes about Focus

Today is mine. Tomorrow is none of my business. If I peer anxiously into the fog of the future, I will strain my spiritual eyes so that I will not see clearly what is required of me now.

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.

Do the next thing." I don't know any simpler formula for peace, for relief from stress and anxiety than that very practical, very down-to-earth word of wisdom. Do the next thing. That has gotten me through more agonies than anything else I could recommend.

It was typical of Jim that, once sure of God's leading, he did not turn aside easily. The "leading" was to Ecuador, so every thought and action was bent in that direction. Jim practiced what he preached when he wrote in his diary: "Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

If a duty is clear, the dangers surrounding it are irrelevant.

One of the greatest advantages of singleness is the potential for greater focus on Christ and accomplishing work for Him.

Like completing a run, living today begins with preparation, planning, and prayer.

When you delight yourself in the Lord, His Word and His ways become the focus and foundation of your life.

The most important thing you must decide to do every day is put the Lord first.

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in; put second things first and we lose both first and second things.

Whatsoever things are true...think on these things.

The main things are the plain things, and the plain things are the main things.