three things to take home with you one is take inventory of your attention
Mark 4:24 Jesus said take heed to what you hear he didn't say first change what you
hear he said take heed take heed to what you hear before you change what you hear
take inventory of your attention look at your phone how much time do you spend on social media
just take inventory what do you do when you drive take inventory of if you work out or go for
walks what do you listen to unless you prefer total silence and solitude what do you watch on
your free time when was the last time you opened your bible after your devotions in the evening
do you have peace or anxiety are you burning for God or are you burned out
are you creative or have you become critical are you numbing or are you nurturing
are you in what you're feeding yourself is it enlightening you
or is it just entertaining you is what i'm eating feeding me is what i'm consuming
controlling me take inventory of your heart I can't tell every person what God is dealing with
me that he has to deal with you but I invite the Holy Spirit right now even as you're listening
us on livestream or in here let the Holy give Holy Spirit room to zip the veil out and take
inventory of your heart number two redirect your attention today where you want to excel tomorrow
ask yourself a question where do you want to grow tomorrow where do you want to be tomorrow based
on that you will pay for your tomorrow's excel with today's attention redirect your attention
you might not have money for college but there is a lot of free courses online you might not have
money to go get a business degree but there are so many books that you can borrow from library
or pay for they could change how you think about business and how you think about your finances
you might not afford to go get counseling as a married couple you know the podcasts are free
and you can listen to them nah but I just I don't like to listen then enjoy your miserable marriage
I'm sorry I meant what I said
that's what I'm sorry for I just don't like the way we are financially
well if you are not willing to change what you learn then enjoy your poverty enjoy that
debt and that constant fighting you gotta change what you put yourself into you change your here
and your life tomorrow will begin to change choose your diet
you know person who eats whatever and then they're like well I don't like my body well you fed it
nobody shoved it into your mouth you bought that you ate that and it was
your hand last time I checked not an alien that shoved it into your mouth
amen you know when I cut off coffee I started to eat healthier I started to God bless Soul she
started to make these green juices I remember one time she made it I looked at that stuff and
I was like that's the nastiest thing I've ever seen I said I will never even and I smelled it
even smelled worse than the way it looked now those juices it's the manna from heaven
I drink the thing I was like this is way better than coffee why because you will develop new
appetites after a while your health and this is how it works you begin to get one area of your
life under control of the Holy Spirit it will lead right away to another area how many of you after
you exercise you want to eat better after that you want to live you wash your car you want to
watch how you drive you avoid the puddles God why did you send the rain this is not seattle
why because you wash the car because it's a domino effect and the moment you let yourself go you let
go of your attention you watch whatever you're tired I'm burned out I just had a horrible day
well you're about to make it worse and you're like well I'm just gonna binge watch on something and
next thing that happens is that your tomorrow you can't excel in your tomorrow because you're
slacking today and God is not asking anything hard he just pay with your attention you want
to change your future God says I give you the opportunity here is the currency you got
it every person got it every person has the same amount of this currency it's called your attention
number three last one endure temporary withdrawals when you start paying with
your attention for new altitude in life there is a price and this price is called keeping you focused
get ready for withdrawals when it comes to coffee this week I had a hard time sleeping at
night I don't have a problem sleeping at night I couldn't sleep at night partially probably because
of fasting and then I had needles from two in the morning from here all the way there it was
like sharp needles were pinching me I couldn't sleep I couldn't I woke up went to prayer of
course I was like well there's a solution for that and I told my wife and I said I don't know
what's happening and she said that's what drug addicts experience when they have withdrawals
my wife shoots straight she's like you're just going through the process of deliverance
there is withdraws when you start shifting where you focus on for example if you always
got used to entertainment you're gonna get pumped right now you're like you know I'm just gonna go
I'm gonna honestly finish that book that I started in January I'm gonna pick that
back up you know James reopen I'm gonna go back you're gonna get excited within about
seven or five days withdrawals kick in where the emotions die and then you become unstable
so what do you do then you do you focus with your attention on that which you committed
as a form of payment not as a form of enjoyment you just do it as a form of a payment
I remember when I had to change my spiritual diet to watch miracles signs and wonders I loved me
good funny connecting sermons I enjoyed them and the Lord started to shift he says is that
what you want to see in ministry no I want to see deliverance I want to see healings he
says then you have to watch people who move in that I said God but I don't like them
I don't like their preaching style I don't like their hours services which are usually seven hours
long and I was like I don't like that stuff and God's like well then you have to understand you
can't excel in the area you're not willing to pay for by yielding your attention to that particular
field you're gonna spend your time on something you're going to watch something you're going to
listen to something you're going to feed yourself with something why don't you choose your diet
based on the destiny God has promised you choose your diet based on the destiny you desire that
God placed within you and you will see changes in your life I encourage you pay with your attention
you are paying with your attention for something whatever that's coming in your life right now
if you're very honest with yourself and allow the Holy Spirit to examine your heart you will see
the transaction was made and your payment was your attention was the payment for that thing
that you have right now in your life you can change your payment you can change your
currency and you will change what comes into your life can somebody say amen