271. Fix Your Eyes on Jesus

What if the biggest change you need this year isn’t new goals, but a new focus? In this first episode of the New Year, we explore what it means to fix your eyes on Jesus and why shifting your attention changes everything. From laying down unnecessary weights to beholding the beauty and glory of Christ, this conversation will encourage you to start the year with clarity, perseverance, and renewed hope!

Bible Verses:

Hebrews 12:1-2 “1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Psalm 55:12 “If an enemy were insulting me, I could endure it; if a foe were rising against me, I could hide.”

Revelation 1:12-16 “12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, 13 and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”

Psalm 27:4 “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.”

Topics Discussed:

Fix Your Eyes on Jesus

We need to shift the focus off of ourselves in the new year and fix our eyes on Jesus.
When you shift your focus on Jesus, it affects you!
If you can shift your focus in 2026, things will start coming into alignment.

What Have You Been Focusing On?

It’s so easy to fix our eyes and mind on other things.
Discouragement happens because you have removed your focus from Jesus and you have put it on your circumstances.
Do a personal inventory – are you discouraged or defeated? What have you set your days on?
What would it look like if you remove all distractions and you put your days and your attention on Jesus?

What Are the Things That Are Weighing You Down?

It could be that you have partnered up with sin.
Maybe you are carrying weights and burdens that you were never meant to carry.
Maybe you have relationships that are weighing you down and taking your focus off of Jesus.
Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you the things that are weighing you down.

Powerful Quotes:

“We need a new focus. We need to shift our eyes and put them on Jesus.” – Caroline

“If you want a new you, start by adoring the one who is worthy of all of your attention, adoration and praise.” – Caroline

“Hope will happen when you shift your attention to Jesus and when you fix your eyes on Him.” – Caroline

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