How to Keep Your Eyes on Christ

Ask Pastor John
Episode: 1895
Transcript: www.desiringgo...

[@daughteroftheking01]

Satisfy our souls with your steadfast love Father!

[@hansja8132]

Christians to be able to focus on Jesus is grace from God. Man, even a christian, is always a drifter sinner. We need the grace of God even at our last breaths.

[@ricebucket5947]

"Satisfy me that I may rejoice and be glad all my days, because if I rejoice and I’m glad in you all my days, the power of sin will be broken in my life, and you will be pleased, and I will be happy." Amen!

[@Lili-Benovent]

And you will be a little Goody two shoes for the rest of your miserable life.

[@PeaceFan1]

" FIX your eyes on CHRIST, THE AUTHOR and Perfector of Faith " .. AMEN!! What is Seen is Temporary but what is UNSEEN is ETERNAL!! HALLELUJAH!!

[@maxaplin4204]

'Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.' (Heb 12:1-2) It takes effort to make progress in the Christian life, like swimming upstream in a river.

[@kirjian]

Dear Desiring God youtube admin, please clean up the scams in the comments section :)

[@wh4tevercomest0mind41]

They talkin to each other 😂😂😂😂

[@hghtdclbns6267]

so true!!

[@pasil886]

Amen hope thy see the truth that money can't buy happiness but only Jesus save a sinners

[@equal2adimepiece222]

Spam*

[@stewoe7157]

I've noticed this is a rising problem. Not just on this channel but other Christ-centered content as well.

[@Jacobcoleyray]

I’ve noticed focusing on the Lord is the only real thing that leads to feeling better

[@transformers_quotes5738]

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”Ephesians 2:8-9“for ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” Romans 10:13

[@whatisthedifference]

All Glory to our Savior! Jesus is Lord.

[@helenmcvann2627]

Don't you just love it, when you can't hear the preacher's ego, because everything said is from a LOVE for God, to aid us to LOVE God and therefore is for his glory only.

[@AmbassadorofSalem]

You might like my favorite preacher. Derek Prince. Highly recommend the decision is yours sermon. Would love to hear your thoughts

[@jesusistheanswer2074]

Having this every morning has really helped me start my day closer to the Lord. May we keep all things second to the Lord

[@transformers_quotes5738]

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”Ephesians 2:8-9“for ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” Romans 10:13

[@jesusistheanswer2074]

@@transformers_quotes5738 It can't hurt to put all the effort I have into loving the Lord. It is the greatest commandment it's said

[@br.m]

When I opened my KZbin account I kept searching for Christian topics and subscribed to a lot of channels dedicated to Christian theme. After a while of rejecting any recommendations of non Christian content I almost exclusively see Christian recommendations when I open KZbin. This makes it a lot easier to keep the Bible on my mind especially with ad blocking.

[@icecoolguita]

What a blessing, I think this is really the most important thing believers are to "do." The more we see about the truth, about God's character, the more we will naturally love Him- everything will follow.

[@FreyaRagnild]

This is one of the most powerful messages I've ever heard! 🔥 ❤ 🔥 Oh THANK YOU YAHWEH! THANK YOU Desiring God Ministries! THANK YOU Tony & Pastor John! God bless you & all you do!

[@kyleg4453]

Excellent teaching

[@immaculatenyakoe8469]

Greetings from Kenya

[@garynew9809]

Faith as a child in Jesus and a love for His word will get you to your final destination.

[@maxi2406]

So needed to hear this as I go through the dark night of the soul. Turning to Jesus as the only option is hard in my world body.

[@kkmbugua]

Thank you for the clip. It's enriching. I am from Kenya.

[@DesignedForHim]

Amen; thank you for this reminder to be intentional about focusing on Jesus. I'm going to recite Psalm 90:14 to myself this morning. God bless y'all for sharing your gifts with us 🙌🏿🌿💓

[@transformers_quotes5738]

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”Ephesians 2:8-9“for ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” Romans 10:13

[@brunolimaengenharia]

Thanks, Glory of God

[@wayNAY87]

Amen, thank you for this reminder Pastor John

[@christinechongwo3795]

Thank you! Right on time. Greetings from Kenya

[@TheCreepypro]

help us Lord to not wander and to be faithful to you fill us up with your spirit so we can

[@wadaapxD]

Beautiful sermon clip. Exactly what I needed to hear this morning❤️

[@shawnfenton9718]

Wow, this was much, much needed!

[@kathleenwharton2139]

Ask Gods Mercy and His Blessings and then..Stay in Peace! Jesus was the Prince of Peace! Don’t let people frighten you and accuse you. 😊❤

[@Stephen.Israel]

THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION! -Stephen, Lancaster (Amish Country) Pennsylvania.

[@buixrule]

This was amazing. I needed to hear this.

[@michaelart4878]

Greetings brethren from east of a bend in the bow river. Much love in Christ 🙌ALLELUIA🙌 A-men' 🌿

[@haniel_cm]

Praise God 🙏

[@nathangreene3718]

I listened to this the other day after just reading many of the passages John speaks about! The Lord's return is near, may your attention not be compromised in this last hour. He is coming to take a bride that is without spot nor wrinkle. It is not too late to repent right now, but one day it will be. For we do not know the day nor the hour so seek Him while we still can. Please pray for me that I do not drift away. I have in the past but not anymore. He is my King. My question to you is, is He yours?

[@brandedforchrist]

He is my King but I don’t know why I can’t overcome smoking weed and it is frustrating for me because I can’t seem to pray or study the way I ought to.. my faith is under heavy attack and if the Lord doesn’t intervene with His mercies, I shall be lost forever .. Please pray to the Lord on my behalf, ask that He grants me true repentance so that I can recover myself from the snare of the enemy who wants to devour my soul 😞🙏🏾

[@suda_4U]

Amen🙏

[@gracewahito]

I am from Kenya Nairobi I love your ministry

[@jkcookie8841]

Amen

[@tylerhewlett4124]

Amen! 😇❤️✝️👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@angloaust1575]

The peace of God which passeth all understand Shall keep your hearts And minds in Christ Jesus No mention of eyes as he is Invisible to the human eye!

[@StephenTobiDrummer]

Lord help me 🙏🏾

[@kpballa1009]

But if you're saved, you can't drift away because God will keep you - they say. and if you do drift away, you weren't true believers to begin with. So it's not like something negative happened. The fact that they were false converts was simply revealed - which is only a good thing. Right?

[@modernexotics6048]

When did he come to Nairobi, Kenya? I wish I could have met him then.

[@ahler3973]

Gbu

[@joebonds3072]

So the title of this clip is very misleading. It says "how" And after listening to the clip the answer is just pray????

[@stephniek]

He was in Kenya in 1996?? Come back again

[@downbntout]

Hang on. You said "pastoring his congregation"? Whose congregation?

[@fullsunoo]

5:35

[@charlesshanks3101]

1Co 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 1Co 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1Co 15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 1Co 15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: 1Co 15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 1Co 15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1Co 15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. 1Co 15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 1Co 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1Co 2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

[@Lili-Benovent]

You pray and you pray but your prayers are never answered, you say to yourself that God works in mysterious ways and perhaps with God's help everything will be alright in the future but you know deep down inside yourself that your pleas and prayers will never be answered because in the big scheme of things you are just not important enough for Jesus to take any action on your behalf. Jesus is a busy guy and there are millions of Christians praying to him every minute of every day, that's billions of prayers he has to consider and prioritise, next he has to check up on whether or not you have been faithful and have been paying your tithes, whether you have asked forgiveness for the plethora of sins you have committed lately and whether or not you have been attending church. If you get a pass on all of God's questions then maybe you'll be put on the list but this is no guarantee that Jesus will see things your way and grant your wishes. You would be far better off asking Satan for help, he's always happy to to listen and he doesn't want ten percent of everything you own. Your choice.

[@samuelbilger9729]

Every knee will bow and confess Jesus Christ is Lord

[@samuelbilger9729]

The light is stronger than you

[@Lili-Benovent]

@@samuelbilger9729 Life has its ups and downs but over all you believe you are reasonably happy and enjoying your life, WELL YOU HAD BETTER STOP IT, God doesn't like people to be having a good time. He is never happier than when you are depressed, sad and angry with the world and when you can only see the bad side of human nature, when you go down on your knees blubbering to him about what a terrible human being you are, how you need his forgiveness and how wonderful he is and how undeserving you are of his gift of life, this is what your evil egotistical God wants, you are a slave to his doctrine. IT'S TIME TO STOP IT and tell that old stuck in the mud, wet blanket Jesus that the affair is over and you are really going to start living again without him, he has bossed you around for far too long and you have found another God to replace him. A God that believes life is just for fun, there will be no more restrictive rules and regulations and you will never have to worry about being watched from above again. You have embraced Lord Ahriman and your life is going to be fun and joy from now on. It's your life and you now belong to Ahriman so Jesus can mount his camel and ride off into the sunset without you. Blessed be.

[@christianrutayisire1623]

Oh poor guy! You would prefer to have what you wish for than to gain Jesus. You are mistaken about Jesus being too busy for anyone but worse deceived about Satan (masquerading as an angel of light, he would give you all your wishes to blind you to how much you need Jesus )

[@Lili-Benovent]

@@christianrutayisire1623 Oh you poor woman, you just don't understand how life will be so much better if you dump Jesus. Listen to me Sister and I will lead you on the path to enlightenment, the path that Jesus hates so much, he has you chained to his doctrine of hate and envy, follow me and your life will change forever, just imagine no more groveling to the invisible guy in the sky, no more guilt, fear, paranoia and feelings of unworthiness, no more giving your hard earned money to religious parasites, just a beautiful life of fun and hedonism without the guilt. Join us.

[@Lili-Benovent]

Most people regard themselves as being in control of their mental faculties, they have a reasonable concept of what is, or should be, acceptable behavior by members of the human race. When we hear of atrocities committed by individuals or groups, public massacres, bombings, school shootings etc. we are usually shocked then outraged, feelings turn to revenge for the perpetrators regardless of what was in their minds at the time of the incidents, this is a very normal reaction. But when the crime is committed by God then the reaction is different. When you read accounts of mass murder in your bible (which is supposed to be the word of God) then it's usually the fault of the victims and they deserved to be murdered. If the reasoning in the minds of school shooters or public executioners is that the people they murdered were all bad we would regard that person as being completely and totally insane. Yet God gets away with it, Christians would never accept the premise that their God is as mad as a March hare. He supposedly wiped out the whole population of the Earth because he determined they were bad and this is accepted as normal behavior by the majority of Christians. What double standards the Christian fraternity have. Within the populations of any large group of people there will always be a small minority who are totally bad, most people just want to live their lives without hurting anyone. If the policies of the leaders are seen as bad, E.G. child sacrifice then surely this loving compassionate God would find it within his powers to punish the leaders and perpetrators rather than murder everybody on the planet. Your God is just as bad as anybody committing mass murder in our modern society. It's time we brought God to account within our own minds and discarded every aspect of this evil Christian religion.

[@brandedforchrist]

Nobody has replied you because it’s a waste of time but I have some time to waste by the grace of God.. . . The God you have in mind is NOT the God of the Bible.. The God of the Bible is the Creator of all flesh and He has the authority to do whatsoever He pleases with His creatures and nobody, not even you whose breath is nothing but a vapor can question Him.. . When He wiped out the entire world in Noah’s day, it was because He saw that all men on earth were wicked and the earth was filled with all kinds of abominations, so He saved a righteous man who found grace in His sight so that He can repopulate the earth, isn’t that loving? To save a remnant even though all is guilty.. . When He told the Israelites to wipe out a national, it was because He saw that their hearts were wicked and given to evil.. He’s the One who told to love our enemies and do good to those who hate us, is that evil too? . All God wants is for us too know Him and live by His character which is love, mercy and justice, if we follow His commandments, this world will be a better place for each and everyone of us to live in.. . I’d urge you to learn and know this God personally, then you’d see that He isn’t what you have made Him out to be, He actually loves and cares for you even though you despise Him so much.. He has given you all that you are and have and you’re alive today because He chose to let your heart to continue to beat..

[@Lili-Benovent]

@@brandedforchrist When a person creates a baby does that then give them the right to harm that child or kill it? you seem to think so with your comment. In any population in the world there is always a very small minority who are evil, that's why we have Police and laws, the vast majority just want to get through their lives without hurting anybody but your cruel, insensitive God deems the whole population as evil and instead of bringing the perpetrators to justice he murders the whole lot, including women and infants. This is a great example of the mentality of the creature you pray and blubber to on a daily basis. What a pleasant personality this God Christians claim to love has, it seems one of his hobbies is to murder innocent children, we know he set about massacring whole populations of people he didn't like and he sent people to war against each other because he felt they didn't observe his rules, but to murder innocent women and children really gives a good insight into his character. He is an obsessive psychopath with not even the slightest amount of conscience. Read on - Isaiah 13:11-18 I will punish the world for its evil ...Whoever is found will be thrust through, and whoever is caught will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes. Deuteronomy 28:53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. Samuel 15:2-3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling. Jeremiah 19:3-9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place ... And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters. This is just a very small sample of the psychological makeup of this evil God, he even advocates cannibalism. Where is the love, compassion and understanding that is supposed to be the symbol of this SkyGod, it can't be found anywhere in the bible but there is an abundance of hate, anger and cruelty. Nowhere in this horrible bible is there one example of Satan ordering atrocities against women, children or anybody. Christians are worshiping the wrong God.

[@dipsuny]

What a scam.

[@Polimuni]

Well, this doesn’t even apply in Calvinism… 🥱

[@HearGodsWord]

Yet, John Piper is a Calvinist. Therefore, perhaps it does?

[@Polimuni]

@@HearGodsWord Oh, hello again! ♥️

[@bobbnudd2502]

It doesn't matter if it's Calvinism. If it's in the Bible and it's true we can hold fast to it

[@bonappetit5906]

Amen