Eyes Fixed on Christ! | Audio Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | August 20, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Let us run with perseverance, the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus. |
| 0:07.2 | Hebrews 12, verses 1 and 2. |
| 0:12.0 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:16.3 | Eyes Fixed on Christ was written by Leslie Coe and read by Stephen Tabor. |
| 0:22.9 | Hebrews chapter 12 verses 1 through 3. |
| 0:27.6 | Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, |
| 0:32.8 | let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. |
| 0:38.1 | And let us run with perseverance, the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, |
| 0:45.0 | the pioneer and perfector of faith. For the joy set before him, he endured the cross, |
| 0:51.9 | scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. |
| 0:57.1 | Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. |
| 1:06.9 | Eyes Fixed on Christ, written by Leslie Co. |
| 1:12.5 | Teaching his son to ride a bicycle, Andrew discovered was frustrating. |
| 1:16.9 | The five-year-old kept swerving to one side and falling. |
| 1:20.7 | Realizing that this happened because his son kept looking to one side, Andrew had an idea. |
| 1:26.7 | See that pole? he asked his son, just keep your eyes on it and |
| 1:30.5 | pedal. His son did just that, and this time he kept going and going. The incident was a lesson for |
| 1:38.4 | Andrew himself. Recounting what happened to his small group later, he concluded, Whatever we fix our eyes on is where we're headed. |
| 1:47.1 | No wonder Hebrews 12 calls us to keep fixing our eyes on Jesus, |
| 1:51.9 | the pioneer and perfector of faith. |
| 1:55.4 | Life's responsibilities and routines can draw our attention away from our spiritual walk, |
| 2:02.7 | as can sinful habits and obsessions that entangle us. But if we keep our eyes on Jesus and ask him to help us put |
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