Series: Foundations of a Great Life - Week 5 Pastor Nestor Flores Sunday, June 15, 2025 “Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock… it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” Matthew 7:24-25 (NIV) “There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.” Proverbs 14:12 (NLT) 5 Lenses That Transform Your View 1. To Know Christ Intimately "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) “But I gave up those things that were so important to me for Christ. 8 Even more than that, I think of everything as worth nothing. It is so much better to know Christ Jesus my Lord. I have lost everything for Him. And I think of these things as worth nothing so that I can have Christ.” Philippians 3:7 (NLV) 2. To Live By The Word "The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light." Matthew 6:22 (NIV) "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness." 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV) 3. To Understand The Times "The sons of Issachar, who understood the times and knew what Israel should do." 1 Chronicles 12:32 (NIV) "In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people..." Acts 2:17 (NIV) 4. Stay Close To Those Who See Clearly "For by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory." Proverbs 24:6 (ESV) 5. To Live A Written Vision "Where there is no vision, the people perish..." Proverbs 29:18 (KJV) "Write the vision; make it plain... For still the vision awaits its appointed time..." Habakkuk 2:2-3 (ESV) “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” Ephesians 6:4