The Run of a Lifetime

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Introduction:

Got destroyed in my first track meet at the University of Kentucky. I thought forsure I was going to win my heat when I seen who was running with me but I got smoked.

Gal.5:7

English Standard Version Chapter 5

7 You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?

The 3 Realities of Running The Race of Life

Opposition Exists.

Satan is real.

You are have an enemy.

He is against you.

He hates you.

He is trying with all of his might to hinder you from obeying the truth of God.

Satan is try to cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth.

2. Discipline is Required.

1 Timothy 4:7 NLT

7 Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly.

3. Perception is Vital.

Results are governed by our choices.

Choices govern direction.

Direction governs transformation.

Who are you becoming?

Example: What food we eat? Healthy or unhealthy?

What direction we run? Towards the finishline or away for it?

Conclusion:

Read:

1 Corinthians 9

The New International Version Chapter 9

24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air

Let us press on toward the upward call of God in Christ Jesus!

Let us forget what lies behind and strain forward to what awaits ahead!

Let press on with the heavenly goal that God has given us to win over his children to his kingdom!

Let us press on to prize that awaits ahead.

Let press on towards the presence and glory of being with our God in heaven.

Invite you to celebrate a / the moment:

Confess Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Believe upon His name as the Victor of the race.

Invite you to join us in the race for the kingdom of God:

Present your bodies as living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

Do not be conformed to this world, but be renewed / transformed by the renewal of your mind by faith in Jesus Christ.

By testing you may be discern what is the will of God, that in which is; good, acceptable, and pleasing the Lord.

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