Introduction

Welcome back to our second week of our new series, “Focus.” Last week, we started to lay the foundation for our focus when we talked about our thoughts. Are they positive or negative? Paul talks seriously about the things we are thinking about, and the importance of aligning our thoughts with Christ. Today, in week 2, we are going to be speaking about our eyes. Because out of all the things that tend to lose focus within us, our eyes often go first.

If I had only stayed focused, the situation would have turned out much, much better. Today, I want us to look at a story in scripture when one of Jesus’ disciples chose to focus on Him. This is, ultimately, where our focus should be. However, as we are going to see in this story, Peter lost focus. If you have a Bible with you, I would invite you to turn with me to Matthew Chapter 14, and we are going to be looking at verses 22-33. We are going to break this into different segments, but let's start in verse 22.

Because out of all the things that tend to lose focus within us, our eyes often go first.

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