Focusing on God and Removing Distractions
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Darin Starks
4.9 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Are there relationships, habits, or cycles in your life that you know you need to let go of, but you just can’t seem to break free? In this episode, we dive into the difficult process of removing the things that are hardest to release. We discuss how to finally let go of what’s holding you back and how to stay focused on God as you clear away distractions. Letting go isn’t just about walking away—it’s about stepping into the freedom God has for you. Join us as we explore practical ways to break free and move forward into the life God is calling you to live.
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| 0:00.0 | Alright, yo, what's up with your boy, D. Starks the artist. |
| 0:02.4 | You are now tuned in to the Justin from podcast where we talk everything, faith, life, and culture. |
| 0:08.8 | We're here. |
| 0:10.4 | Back again, another week, and I really wanted to get into a conversation around how to let go of hard things and I didn't know if I wanted to do this because last week when we talked about outgrowing your environment, it was very |
| 0:26.8 | similar but I feel this relates to not just relationships but we're relationships, |
| 0:33.0 | or strongholds and just cycles |
| 0:36.3 | that we've found ourselves in within our life |
| 0:38.7 | no matter what that looks like. |
| 0:40.4 | And I think this has been something that's been a recurrent thing for me because of a quote |
| 0:48.2 | we've probably all seen on social has gone viral and it's one of those. |
| 0:52.1 | You know those pulse I just like |
| 0:53.7 | recycled by all the accounts that come back up like every three weeks or whatnot but |
| 0:57.9 | there's one that says at some point you must choose between your dreams or your distractions, but you cannot have both. |
| 1:06.0 | And I think that that's been something I've been wrestling with of a lot of different aspects of my life that I know have to be let go up for me to get to where I need to go. |
| 1:18.0 | And almost relating that to spiritual context, something I put down is we have to make a decision between |
| 1:24.1 | following desires of our flesh or the righteousness of God, but we can't do both. |
| 1:29.3 | We can't live within this middle ground of what that looks like. |
| 1:32.8 | And it talks about that in Matthew 625. |
| 1:35.0 | It says, no man can serve two masters |
| 1:38.0 | for either he will hate the one and love the other |
| 1:40.8 | or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. |
| 1:44.2 | You cannot serve God and Mammon. |
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