{"id":2655,"date":"2013-09-03T09:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T13:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=2655"},"modified":"2013-09-03T09:52:38","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T13:52:38","slug":"we-focus-our-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2013\/09\/we-focus-our-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"We Focus Our Attention"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2013\/09\/we-focus-our-attention\/identity-1_600w\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2656\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2656\" alt=\"identity-1_600w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/identity-1_600w.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/identity-1_600w.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/identity-1_600w-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h1>SERIES: Identity<\/h1>\n<h2>TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 We Focus Our Attention<\/h2>\n<h3>TEXT: Colossians 1 (p.983)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Begin with heightened intellectual prowess<\/li>\n<li>Add a pinch of mysticism<\/li>\n<li>Add a dash of man is inherently good<\/li>\n<li>A big dose of denying the deity of Jesus<\/li>\n<li>Mix ingredients, bake, and you get (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">heresy<\/span><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WE FOCUS ON GOD\u2019S WORK<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cIt is amazing how far a company or organization can go if no one cares who gets the credit.\u201d\u00a0 Ronald Reagan<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cLet someone else praise you, not your own mouth, a stranger and not your own lips.\u201d\u00a0 Pr.27:2<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What does Paul say we ought to pray for? [Verses 9-14]<\/p>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We ought to pray for (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">the knowledge of His will<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0\u00a0 [v.9]\u00a0\u00a0 This group under siege by Gnostics.<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We ought to pray about the (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">conduct<\/span><\/strong>) of the Colossian believers.\u00a0 [10-14]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We ought to walk (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">worthy<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We ought to walk (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">fruitfully<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We are to grow in our <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(<strong>faith<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We walk in His (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">strength<\/span><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>II.\u00a0\u00a0 WE FOCUS ON JESUS<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\u201cI\u2019m going to make Jesus so attractive that men will turn to Him.\u201d\u00a0 Moody<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What does it mean when we say \u201cThe Pre-eminent Christ?\u201d<\/p>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">He is supreme in (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">eternity<\/span><\/strong>). [v.15]<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">He is supreme in (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">creation<\/span><\/strong>). [v.16]<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">He is supreme in the (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">church<\/span><\/strong>). [18-20]<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT WEEK: \u00a0\u00a0New Series: Identity<\/p>\n<p>Title: We Affirm Our Uniqueness- Colossians 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIES: Identity TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 We Focus Our Attention TEXT: Colossians 1 (p.983) &nbsp; Begin with heightened intellectual prowess Add a pinch of mysticism Add a dash of man is inherently good A big dose of denying the deity of Jesus Mix ingredients, bake, and you get (heresy). &nbsp; I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 WE FOCUS ON GOD\u2019S WORK &nbsp; \u201cIt &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2013\/09\/we-focus-our-attention\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2658,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2655\/revisions\/2658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}