Keep Your Eyes On Jesus

Main message: Keep your eyes on Jesus—by stripping off weights (sin), running with endurance, and fixing your focus on Christ you will grow spiritually, receive strength and peace, and fulfill the race God set before you.

Key points:

• Lay aside every weight and sin that hinders spiritual growth (anger, bitterness, addiction, pride, etc.).
• Run the Christian race with endurance so you can inculcate virtues (patience, love, longsuffering, courage).
• Keep your gaze on Jesus by meditating on Scripture (Psalm 1; Philippians 4:8) to get the right perspective and resist fleshly desires (Galatians 5:16).
• Fixing your eyes on Jesus secures you from fear, removes distractions (Peter walking on the water example), enables God to work miracles through you (Acts 3), and produces spiritual stamina.
• The choice to follow Jesus is yours (Deut. 30); Jesus is God-appointed, the perfect example, and has overcome the world, giving us peace (John 14:6; John 16:33).

Scriptures mentioned: Hebrews 12:1-2, James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-4, Psalm 1, Philippians 4:8, Galatians 5:16, John 14:6, Deuteronomy 30:19, Matthew 14:26-32, Acts 3:2-9, John 16:33