Running The Race

Text: Phil. 3:14.

Intro: VBS

Prepare

Count The Cost, Luke 14:25-33

Young teen arrested for preaching in Wisconsin drag event

“It was worth it. It's actually an honor to be counted worthy to stand with the cloud of witnesses who have gone before us and been arrested for the sake of spreading Christ and his kingdom. If the police wanted to try and set an example for others or anything like that, the only thing I've seen is actually the exact opposite, where more and more people are seeing the severity of what's going on and being called to more action.”

Be Diligent, 2 Timothy 2:15.

spudazo - be zealous, be eager, make every effort

Amp. “Study and do your best”

(a better one) Psalm 119:105.

Play By The Rules

Play By The Rules, 2 Tim. 2:5.

I am the vine, John 15:5.

abide in Him

you can do nothing without him

The Fruit of The Spirit (Only way to bear fruit is In Christ)

Do Not Grieve the Holy Spirit, Eph. 4:30-32.

lupeo - to become stressed, to make sad, to irritate, to offend.

Ananias & Sapphira, Acts 5:1-11.

why he doesn't do this with every one (Nadab and Abihu)

Hebrews 12:6-14. (Discipline)

Fettuccine noodles on the ceiling

Knocking over a kids snowman (Revenge)

Endure and Finish

There Will be Suffering, 2 Tim. 2:3.

Fight The Good Fight, 1 Tim. 6:12.

Don’t be Fearful, Is. 41:10.

Thomas Watson. “God never promised us a charter of exemption from trouble, but He has promised to be with us in trouble.”

Claim The Prize

The Prize is Already Guaranteed, 1 Peter 1:3-5.

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Don’t Carry More Than You Can Handle, Matthew 11:28-30.

Army Ruck March - 12 miles, within 3 hours, 35-100 pounds of equipment

CH Spurgeon “Satan Tells me that I am unworthy; but I always was unworthy, and yet you have long loved me; and therefore my unworthiness cannot be a barrier to having fellowship with you now.”

The Crown of Righteousness, 2 Tim. 4:8.

This is eternal life and final glorification