Going for Gold
Going for Gold
1 Corinthians 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 a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27 No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. NIV
- 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.
- Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.
- I beat my body and make it my slave
- so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize
- If my body dictates my life can ruin my testimony.
Galatians 5:7 You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? NIV
Hebrews 12: 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. NIV