{"id":164,"date":"2016-12-05T03:16:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T03:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glitterandgraceteens.com\/?p=164"},"modified":"2016-12-05T03:16:56","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T03:16:56","slug":"adjust-your-focus-find-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/?p=164","title":{"rendered":"Adjust Your Focus – Find Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.\u201d<\/em> John 16:33<\/p>\n

In times of desperation, depression, and stress, It\u2019s important to adjust your lens on life. This time of year, as the beautiful fall leaves start to turn brown and crumble to the ground, the plants start to die, and the cool air turns cold and dreary, it\u2019s easy to get depressed, down, and discouraged.<\/p>\n

When times get tough, adjust your focus.<\/p>\n

Photographers use a variety of lenses to get the best picture. In the same sense, sometimes you need to adjust your lens to get a clear focus on the beauty around you.<\/p>\n

What are you focusing on?<\/p>\n

If you constantly focus on the negativity in your life, you\u2019ll become a negative person which can lead to depression and not only hurt yourself but also those around you.<\/p>\n

If you focus on the fears you have, you\u2019ll live a life of anxiety and fear never allowing yourself to experience life to its fullest. Don\u2019t let your fears hold you back from following God\u2019s will or stepping out in faith.<\/p>\n

Wherever your focus may be, if it\u2019s not on Jesus Christ and the hope that only He can give you, you need to readjust your lens and shift back to focusing on Him.<\/p>\n

Focus on the good times and not the bad, the future and not the past, the love and not the hate, the Light and not the darkness.<\/p>\n

Take time to adjust your focus on life. Shift your focus and capture the true beauty in life.<\/p>\n

I promise it\u2019s there, you just have to adjust your lens and focus on the Christ above.<\/p>\n

“<\/b>Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.”<\/em> Colossians 3:2-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cI have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.\u201d John 16:33 In times of desperation, depression, and stress, It\u2019s important to adjust your lens on life. This time of year, as the beautiful fall leaves … Continue reading Adjust Your Focus – Find Peace<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-devotions"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":166,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.empoweredjesusgirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}