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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Playing with FOCUS</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Playing Through the Pain
Pt 1</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2.27.11
Integrity Bud Wrenn</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Disciples
have great Confusion brought on by </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1)
the strong opposition Jesus is drawing, and ….</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2)
Jesus’ own statement that they would betray and desert Jesus. </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>A
major reason Christ-followers are such underachievers is that we don’t trust….
<em><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>Others
and how they may see us</span></u></em></span></b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Vulnerability-Based
Trust: Ability to admit weaknesses & mistakes, to apologize and to make
amends.</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+12%3A37"><span
style='color:black'>John 12:37</span></a> (NLT)</span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>But despite all the
miraculous signs Jesus had done, most of the people still did not believe in
him. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+12%3A42-43"><span
style='color:black'>John 12:42-43</span></a> (NLT) </span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>42 </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Many people did believe in
him, however, including some of the Jewish leaders. But they wouldn’t admit it
for fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue. <sup>43 </sup>For
they loved human praise more than the praise of God. </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Questions
to get at our uncertainty, hurts and fears of other’s perceptions:</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Is
there a person for whom my first thought about them is what they did to me?</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Is
there a ‘common’ excuse I use to keep from doing multiple things that I could
do?</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>-</span></b><b><span
style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Is
there a certain person, or group of people, that come to my mind when I am
trying to decide whether or note to do something?</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.2in'><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Gaining and maintaining FOCUS:</span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>1) Start with </span></strong><em><b><u><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>the end in mind</span></u></b></em><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A1-2"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:1-2</span></a> (NLT) </span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1 </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>“Don’t let your hearts be
troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me. <sup>2 </sup>There is more than
enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you
that I am going to prepare a place for you? <br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2) Trust that it's not
all 'on me' but is </span></strong><em><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
font-style:normal'>'on God'</span></u></b></em><strong><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A3"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:3</span></a> (NLT) </span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3 </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>When everything is ready,
I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. </span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
</span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3)
Remember the</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <strong><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>'little
things'</span></u></strong> <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I've
learned along the way.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A4-5"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:4-5</span></a> (NLT) </span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4 </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>And you know the way to
where I am going.” <sup>5 </sup>“No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We
have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?” <br>
<br>
<br>
</span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4) Adopt
a </span></strong><em><b><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black;font-style:normal'>'Please Jesus Only'</span></u></b></em><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> mindset.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A6"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:6</span></a> (NLT) </span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>6 </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Jesus told him, “I am the
way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. </span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>5) Work
to continuously widen your </span></strong><em><b><u><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>peripheral vision</span></u></b></em><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A8-9"><span
style='color:black'>John 14:8-9</span></a> (NLT) </span></strong><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>8 </span></sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Philip said, “Lord, show
us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” <sup>9 </sup>Jesus replied, “Have I
been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am?
Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show
him to you? </span></p>
<p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>
<a href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A11"><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>John 14:11</span></strong></a><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (NLT) </span></strong><sup>11 </sup>Just
believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe
because of the work you have seen me do. <br>
<br>
<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6) Work hard to produce </span></strong><em><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>positive results</span></u></b></em><strong><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>.</span></strong></span></p>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a
href="http://www.crossbooks.com/verse.asp?ref=Jn+14%3A12-14"><em><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;
font-style:normal'>John 14:12-14</span></em></a></span></strong><em><b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'> (NLT) </span></b></em><em><sup><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>12 </span></sup></em><em><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;font-style:normal'>“I tell
you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done,
and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father. <sup>13 </sup>You
can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring
glory to the Father. <sup>14 </sup>Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I
will do it! </span></em></p>
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