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SUMMARY:Focus:  A Key to Happiness
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=TEXT/HTML:<p>Colossians 3:1-4 If you have been raised wi
 th the Messiah\, keep focusing on the things that are above\, where the Me
 ssiah is seated at the right hand of God. Keep your minds on things that a
 re above\, not on things that are on the earth. For you have died\, and yo
 ur life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God. When the Messiah\, 
 who is your life\, is revealed\, then you\, too\, will be revealed with Hi
 m in glory.</p>\n<p>When it says\, \"you have died\,\" it means that those
  born again are dead to sin because its dominion is broken\, its power gra
 dually subdued by the operation of grace\, and the perfection of glory sha
 ll at length extinguish it. To be dead\, then\, means that those who have 
 the Holy Spirit\, mortifying within them the lusts of the flesh\, are able
  to despise earthly things and to desire those that are heavenly. Our comf
 ort and happiness are found in our life being safe with Him. The streams o
 f this living water flow into the soul through faith and the influences of
  the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ lives in the believer by His Spirit\, and t
 he believer lives to Him in all He does.  </p>\n<p>Walk more closely wit
 h God in gospel obedience. Heaven and earth are contrary to each other\; b
 oth cannot be followed together\, and affection for the one will weaken an
 d decrease affection for the other.  </p>\n<p>Keeping your mind on thing
 s above\, with Jesus risen in the energy of the Holy Spirit\, is the power
  for holiness. We are called to seek those things above\, where Jesus\, th
 e Messiah\, sits on the right hand of God. An honest\, true\, and best lif
 e is there. Being identified with Him brings heavenly-mindedness as a spir
 itual outcome of this realization. As the heart is taken up with Him\, we 
 will be concerned about representing Him right in this world where He is s
 till rejected\, and His claims are refused.</p>\n<p>Focus on the Messiah f
 or this happiness\, and set your affections upon heaven instead of the ear
 th. We are now free to glorify God as we walk in the newness of life.  </p>\n<p>Further Study:</p>\n<p>Ephesians 2:6 <br />\nMatthew 6:33<br />\n
 Galatians 2:20<br />\nJohn 3:16<br />\n1 John 3:2<br />\nJohn 11:25<br />\
 n1 Cor 15:43</p>\n
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