Focus

Part 1 - Slow Down

By Keith Davis, December 28, 2025

“…you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength.’ The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.” -Mark 12:29-31 NLT

  • Without .

“Be still and know that I am God.” -Psalm 46:10 NLT

  • For .

“Love is patient and kind.” -1 Corinthians 13:4 NLT

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“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything…. Then you will experience God’s peace.” Philippians 4:6-7

  • Jesus Created

“Then Jesus said, ‘Let’s go off by ourselves to a quiet place and rest awhile.’” -Mark 6:31 NLT

  • Jesus Lived with

“Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.” -Mark 1:35 NLT

  • Jesus Lived with

“Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, ‘Who touched my robe?’” -Mark 5:30 NLT

  • Jesus

to Quiet Places “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” - Luke 5:16 NIV

  • Jesus Practiced

“On the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom.” - Luke 4:16 NIV

  • Jesus Refused Pace

“The Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing.” -John 5:19

“Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” - Matthew 11:28–30 NLT