<strong>TITLE: DEALING WITH DISTRACTIONS? FOLLOW JESUS</strong>

<strong>TEXT: LUKE 9:57-62</strong>

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong>
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	<li>Distractions – Divert your attention away from the more important thing <u> </u></li>
	<li>The devil uses distractions – To divert our attention away from God [the more</li>
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important thing] to something else [less important] THEN, control the outcome
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	<li>It is therefore necessary for us to deal with our distractions and follow Jesus</li>
	<li>Note: The people called Jesus, “Lord”</li>
	<li>Calling Jesus “Lord” does not mean that He is Lord of my life <u> </u>
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	<li><strong>Matt 7:21</strong> - <sup>21 </sup>“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter</li>
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the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
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	<li><strong>Luke 6:46</strong> - <sup>46 </sup>“But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the</li>
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things which I say?
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	<li>To Follow Jesus I must Sacrifice, Prioritize and Commit <u> </u></li>
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<strong>SACRIFICE</strong>
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	<li><sup>57 </sup>Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, <em>that</em> someone said to Him,</li>
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“Lord, I will follow You wherever You go.”
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	<li><sup>58 </sup>And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes and birds of the air <em>have</em> nests, but</li>
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the Son of Man has nowhere to lay <em>His</em> head.”
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	<li>What am I willing to sacrifice to follow Jesus? <u> </u></li>
	<li>I cannot stay where I am and follow Jesus… <u> </u></li>
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<strong>PRIORITIZE</strong>
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	<li><sup>59 </sup>Then He said to another, “Follow Me.”</li>
	<li>But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.”</li>
	<li><sup>60 </sup>Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and preach</li>
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the kingdom of God.”
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	<li>Jesus appears to be insensitive… <u> </u></li>
	<li>It is not a matter of compassion; it is a matter of priority <u> </u></li>
	<li>We are called to life… <u>(</u>John 6:63-69) <u> </u></li>
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<strong>COMMIT</strong>
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	<li><sup>61 </sup>And another also said, “Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go <em>and</em> bid</li>
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them farewell who are at my house.”
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	<li><sup>62 </sup>But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking</li>
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back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
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	<li>If you are not going to do it, do not put your hands on it… <u> </u></li>
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<strong>CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK: THAT I WILL SIT AND LISTEN TO JESUS</strong>