The Howe Enterprise (Howe, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 30, 1966 Page: 2 of 4
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The Howe Enterprise
TlilS WEEK’S SERMONETTE
FIXING OUR FOCUS
By R. C. Cunningham
Before a photographer takes a picture ke
has to make a decision. Where will he set his
focus? If he sets it for depths, the distant
objects will come out sharply, but the fore-
ground will be blurred. If he focuses on the
foreground, the distant objects wil| be dim.
He must decide which part is more important
and set his lens to suit.
So it is in the Christian life. One of the
great secrets of success in Christian living is
in getting the right focus.
Which will we consider more important—
the present or the future? What will be our
chief concern—the things of the spirit or the
things of the flesh? The decision lies with us.
The victorious Christian is the cne who
focuses on eternal things and relegates
worldly, temporal matters to a secondary
importance.
The third chapter of Colossians gives a
list of earthly things, and it is an. ugly list:
“Forncation, uncleaness, inordinate affection,
evil concupiscence and covetousness ... for
which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh
on the children of disobedience.” These si ns
are very prevalent in the world today, despite
the Biblcal warning.
Then the list continues: ‘‘Anger, wrath,
malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out
of your mouth” (and lying). All these are
deeds of the old nature. The apostle says that
if we are in Christ, we have discarded the old
nature (“the old man”) and we have put on
the “new man” (that is, the new Christlike
nature). Therefore, he says, we should be
merciful, kind, humble, meek, longsuffering.
patient, forgiving, loving, peaceable, thankful.
Like the photographer, we nave to set our
focus. We have to make the decision. We
have to exercise our will. Some may say, “Do
you mean that by the power of our own mind
we can overcome sin and live a holy life? ’
No, not by our own power alone: we need
divine power; we need to yield to the Christ-
life that God has placed within us. However,
our will plays the decisive part. God cannot
lead us into a life of holiness without our
cooperation, any more than we can be holy
without His help.
We have victory through the CROSS if
We reckon ourselves to be dead indeed unto
sin andTalive unto God.
We have victory through the Spirit if we
yield to the Holy Ghost and determine in our
minds that we will “walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1).
We have victory through the Word if we
meditate in the Scripture and follow its pre-
cepts. Paul says, “Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly” (Colossians 3:16).
Our will may be compared to the gears
of an automobile. The power is not m us, but
in the motor; however, we have to “shift
gears” and decide whether we shall go forward
(to let Christ be seen in our daily lives) or
whether we shall go in reverse (back to a
manifestation of the old nature from which
Christ died to deliver us.)
Our will is the battleground on which the
vctory of daily life is won or lost.
For That MM Feeling!
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TELEPHONE CO.
CONTRACTS WITH
UNION
San Angelo — General Tel-
ephone Company of the South-
west and Communications
Workers of America have
announced approval of a new
la^or contract involving some
2,750 employees throughout
th« phone firm’s five-state
area of operations.
overall wage settlement in-
crease of better than $600,000
annually plus an improve-
ment in vacation allounces.
The negotiations involved
the second opening of a three-
year contract which expires
June 1,1967, and were limited
to wages, vacations and force
adjustment procedures.
Under the new contract,
employees with 12 years’ ser-
vice will receive three weeks
vacation, as compared with
13 years under the °ld con-
The new pact includes an Continued on page 3.
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