{"id":40427,"date":"2026-05-21T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=40427"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:40:49","slug":"26-0522","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/26-0522\/","title":{"rendered":"A Focused Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">by Max Lucado<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-40429 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260522_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260522_1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/260522_1-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 heart was so focused that his last words were \u201cIt is finished.\u201d God wants us to have focused hearts like Jesus. Here are four simple questions to help us stay on course:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Am I fitting into God\u2019s Plan?<\/em>\u00a0His plan is to save his children, and we are to tell others about the God who loves them.<\/li>\n<li><em>What are my longings?<\/em>\u00a0Our assignment is found at the intersection of God\u2019s plan and our pleasures. You are created to serve God in a unique way.<\/li>\n<li><em>What are my abilities?<\/em>\u00a0Identify your strengths and major in them.<\/li>\n<li><em>Am I serving God now?<\/em>\u00a0As a young boy, Jesus sensed the call of God, but he went home and learned the family business. Do the same. Go home, love your family, be a good employee, and get your life on course.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40228\" src=\"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1-unnamed-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" \/>Read more\u00a0<a title=\"Just Like Jesus\" href=\"https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=bed511e434184985961d50fcb&amp;id=966e2e31ff&amp;e=0716428f80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/maxlucado.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Dbed511e434184985961d50fcb%26id%3D966e2e31ff%26e%3D0716428f80&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1778191186761000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1CmJLwkpeSQJsFrX_w1C0p\"><em>Just Like Jesus<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus\u2019 heart was so focused that his last words were \u201cIt is finished.\u201d God wants us to have focused hearts like Jesus. Here are four simple questions to help us stay on course:<\/p>\n<p>Am I fitting into God\u2019s Plan? His plan is to save his children, and we are to tell others about the God who loves them.<br \/>\nWhat are my longings? Our assignment is found at the intersection of God\u2019s plan and our pleasures. You are created to serve God in a unique way.<br \/>\nWhat are my abilities? Identify your strengths and major in them.<br \/>\nAm I serving God now? As a young boy, Jesus sensed the call of God, but he went home and learned the family business. Do the same. Go home, love your family, be a good employee, and get your life on course.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upwords"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40430,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40427\/revisions\/40430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}