Self-Focus or Self-Awareness?
MELISSA–I want to mention one piece that is absolute necessity in the year to come. That piece is self-awareness. This may sound like a simple thing you would think comes naturally, but that is not so. We have become so self-focused that we tend to confuse the two. They are not the same. Self-focus is the Band-Aid that falls off with every raging flood. Self-awareness connects the dots, and raises a standard against the flood (Isa. 59:19). Let’s look at the literal definitions of the two words. Awareness means “informed, alert, knowledgeable, sophisticated”. Focus means “a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity”. As a geological term, focus means the point of origin of an earthquake. Focus is narrow, where as awareness is broad. I particularly love how focus is the point of origin of an earthquake. Well, if that doesn’t just say it! Self-focus leads to personal earthquakes, and self awareness keeps us from them.
January 31, 2025 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Apostle, Barbara Yoder, Bethel, Bible, Bill Johnson, Body of Christ, celebrate, CFNI, charismatic, Christian, Chuck Pierce, church, Cindy Jacobs, circumstances, comfort, destiny, dreams, Dutch Sheets, elderly, encouragement, faith, father, Five-Fold, FMCI, future, gifts of the Spirit, God, god speaks, grace, Grace Church, Haggin, happy, healing, Holy Spirit, hope, Identity, intercession, Isaiah 59, Isaiah 9:7, Israel, Jentezen Franklin, Jeremiah 29:11, Jesus, Jim Goll, Jim Hodges, John Eckhart, John Kelly, Joyce Meyer, Kathy Gabler, Kim Clement, Kingdom of God, Lakewood, Lance Wallnau, life, long life, manifestation, Marty Gabler, Matthew 6:33, Myles Munroe, obstacles, ORU, Osteen, power of god, prayer, Prince, problems, prophecy, prophesy, prophet, prophetic, prosperity, Psalm 91:14, Psalm 91:15, Psalm 91:16, psalms, purpose, rejoice, Rick Joyner, Rick Pino, righteousness, salvation, Savior, SEEC Ministries, self awarness, self focus, sons of God, spiritual warfare, success, victorious, victory, visions, Will of God, wisdom, word of god | Leave a comment
Big Picture
Melissa—We are talking about big picture and small picture here. Awareness is how you affect your surroundings, and focus is how your surroundings affect you. This simple statement shows the importance of the matter. We are built to affect, engage, take charge of, and permeate our surroundings, not let them do this to us. This point cannot be stressed enough: we hold the cure!
February 3, 2022 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Apostle, as in heaven, Bethel, Bible, Bill Johnson, Body of Christ, celebrate, CFNI, charismatic, Chuck Pierce, church, Cindy Jacobs, circumstances, comfort, cure, destiny, dreams, Dutch Sheets, elderly, encouragement, faith, father, Five-Fold, FMCI, future, gifts of the Spirit, god speaks, grace, Greg Crawford, Haggin, happy, healing, Holy Spirit, hope, Identity, intercession, Isaiah 9:7, Israel, Jentezen Franklin, Jeremiah 29:11, Jesus, Jim Goll, Jim Hodges, John Eckhart, John Kelly, Joyce Meyer, Kathy Gabler, Kim Clement, Kingdom of God, Lakewood, Lance Wallnau, life, long life, manifestation, Marty Gabler, Matthew 6:33, Myles Munroe, obstacles, Osteen, power of god, prayer, problems, prophecy, prophesy, prophet, prophetic, prosperity, Psalm 91:14, Psalm 91:15, Psalm 91:16, purpose, rejoice, Rick Joyner, Rick Pino, righteousness, salvation, Savior, SEEC Ministries, self aware, self focus, sons of God, spiritual warfare, success, TD Jakes, Texas, victorious, victory, visions, what do I do, what is coming, what is going on, what is happening, what is next, what will I do, what will the end be, what’s happening, what’s next, Will of God, wisdom, word of god | Leave a comment
martygabler 