Focus and Faith

Therefore we do not lose heart. 

Though outwardly we are 

    wasting away, 

  yet inwardly we are being renewed 

    day by day. 

For our light and momentary troubles 

  are achieving for us 

    an eternal glory 

      that far outweighs them all. 

So we fix our eyes not on 

  what is seen, 

    but on what is unseen, 

since what is seen is temporary, 

  but what is unseen is eternal. 

 

                          - 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Let us run with perseverance 

  the race marked out for us, 

fixing our eyes on Jesus, 

  the pioneer and perfecter of faith. 

                         - Hebrews 12:2 

"Come to me, 

  all you who are weary and burdened,

    and I will give you rest.

Take my yolk upon you 

  and learn from me,

for I am gentle and humble in heart,

  and you will find rest for your souls.

For my yolk is easy and my

  burden is light."

                         - Matthew 11:28-30

Whatever you do, 

  whether in word or deed, 

    do it all in the Name 

      of the Lord Jesus, 

  giving thanks to God the Father 

    through Him.

Whatever you do, 

  work at it with all your heart, 

    as working for the Lord, 

      not for human masters, 

  since you know that you will 

    receive an inheritance 

      from the Lord as a reward. 

It is the Lord Christ 

  you are serving. 

                         - Colossians 3:17, 23-24