{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6963293a9ab39048a6c54452/6a1b957fad1ed3d7b5ea5477?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Discipline of the Viewfinder (Ep42)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6963293a9ab39048a6c54452/1780192630231-a3c4a543-4dae-4935-9917-3ea250fe763c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h3><strong>Season 2, Episode 42</strong></h3><h3><strong>The Discipline of the Viewfinder: Fixing Your Focus on Christ</strong> 📸✨</h3><p>Subtitle: How to overcome daily anxiety, tune out cultural chaos, and find perfect rest by fixing your focus on Christ.</p><p>Are you waking up to spiritual victory, or is the morning chaos winning the battle for your mind? 🛑 Every single day, the mayhem of our culture, the stress of the news cycle, and the heavy anxieties of life fight for prime real estate in your thoughts. But God has called you to a completely different posture—a lifestyle of triumphant, victorious rest. 🛡️🔥</p><p>In this deep-dive episode, we unpack the hidden, heavy-hitting mechanics of <strong>Hebrews 12:2</strong> to pull profound theological truth off the high academic shelves and put it right on the lower shelf where you can get the daily nourishment you need. 🙌🌾</p><p><br></p><h3><strong>Key Takeaways From This Episode:</strong></h3><ul><li><strong>The Command of <em>Aphoraō</em> 🎯:</strong> The original biblical text carries a violent, double-sided command. It doesn't just mean to look at Jesus; it means to <strong>deliberately look away</strong> from everything else to rivet your gaze on Him.</li><li><strong>The Discipline of the Viewfinder 📹:</strong> Discover how locking your focus on Christ naturally blurs the terrifying distractions in the background without making them disappear.</li><li><strong>A Continuous Lifestyle 🔄:</strong> Looking to Jesus isn't a crisis management tool for Sunday mornings. It is a mandatory, second-by-second habit of the soul required for daily survival.</li><li><strong>The Trailblazer &amp; Completer 🏆:</strong> Take the pressure off your shoulders! Jesus is the Author who blazed the trail ahead of you, and He is the Finisher guaranteeing He will bring your faith to maturity. Your only job is to keep Him in focus.</li></ul><p>Stop living like a victim to the mayhem around you. Choose a victorious disposition, rest in perfect peace, and let the Trailblazer fight your battles. 📣</p><p><br></p><p>📅 <strong>New Episodes Drop Every MONDAY &amp; THURSDAY at 6 AM Central!</strong> 🔔 <em>Subscribe, rate, and share to help push the Gospel further into the algorithm!</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to Jesus Company podcast now! </strong>📲❤️</p><p>Here are some helpful links</p><p><a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jesus-company/id1868153688\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus Company</a> on Apple Podcasts</p><p><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/5TokdTEklxchHzrJ1N1nD7?si=I8YpsX1tR2usm1rEhvRN9w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus Company</a> on Spotify</p><p><a href=\"https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c5bdd4e4-2550-4b41-a4f5-3ae7ed5b63fd/jesus-company\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus Comany </a>on Amazon Music</p><p><a href=\"https://www.deezer.com/show/4455867\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus Company</a> on Deezer</p><p><a href=\"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1333-jesus-company-316780507/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">iHeart Jesus Company Podcast</a></p><p>🔗<a href=\"https://www.transformthiscity.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> transformthiscity.org</a></p><p>📱 @JesusCoOfficial on X | Search \"Jesus Company\" on your podcast app</p><p>📱<strong> Connect with Us:</strong></p><ul><li>💻 Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/jesus-company\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jesus Company</strong></a> is the home base for the podcast, and there are some additional links to podcast players that host the show!</li><li>💻 Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http://podcast.gwot.rocks/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>gwot.rocks home page</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></li><li>📺 YouTube: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQIWZVVGAvarNQiwpQonu0w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">\"Other Things with... \"</a>&nbsp;</li><li>❤️ Support the mission: <a href=\"https://www.transformthiscity.org/donate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DONATE</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;. For donation by check, make payable to Transform This City, P.O. Box 1013, Spring Hill, Tennessee, 37174. “gwot.rocks” is a ministry of Transform This City, a registered 501(C)(3)</strong></li><li><strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.transformthiscity.org/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Transform This City</strong></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong>&nbsp;</li><li><strong> </strong><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/transformthiscity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Transform This City Facebook</strong>&nbsp;</a></li><li><strong> </strong><a href=\"mailto:gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>gwot.rocks@transformthiscity.org</strong></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul><p>🔗<strong> Resources</strong></p><ul><li>Charles Spurgeon’s <a href=\"https://www.ccel.org/s/spurgeon/morn_eve/morn_eve.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Morning and Evening</em></a> (Public Domain Source)</li><li><a href=\"https://www.gotquestions.org/four-spiritual-laws.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Four Spiritual Laws</a>- how you can be born again and have eternal life?</li><li><a href=\"https://www.cru.org/us/en/train-and-grow/spiritual-growth/the-spirit-filled-life.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Spirit Filled Life</a>- how you can live each day in the power of God’d Holy Spirit!</li><li><strong><em> </em></strong><a href=\"https://www.transformthiscity.org/lifehelps\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>LIFE HELPS</em></strong></a>&nbsp;</li></ul><p>Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Christian Standard</p><p>Bible®, Copyright © 2016 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian</p><p>Standard Bible® and CSB® is a federally registered trademark of Holman Bible Publishers.</p><p><br></p><p>🤖AI Transparency &amp; Disclosure🤖</p><p>The biblical teaching, personal insights, applications, and overall message are entirely human-led and Spirit-led. This episode’s script was created with the assistance of AI tools for research, fact organization, and initial drafting. Primary tools used: Grok (by xAI), ChatGPT, and occasionally Gemini.&nbsp;AI serves only as a time-saving research and writing assistant—never as the source of truth or spiritual authority.&nbsp;All content is thoroughly reviewed, edited, fact-checked, and finalized by host Kenny Price.</p><p>Kenny takes full responsibility for every word and remains accountable before God and you, the listener, for the accuracy and integrity of this ministry.</p>","author_name":"Kenny Price"}