EXCEPTIONAL RUNNING
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EXCEPTIONAL RUNNING
EXCEPTIONAL RUNNING
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Main Idea: Run the race of life in an exceptional way.
Main Idea: Run the race of life in an exceptional way.
Key Question: How are you running the race of life right now?
Key Question: How are you running the race of life right now?
1. Run as though have an audience. (v. 1)
1. Run as though have an audience. (v. 1)
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
For by this our ancestors were approved.
All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised,
2. Run with freedom. (v. 1)
2. Run with freedom. (v. 1)
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
lay us every hinderance
And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.
No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the concerns of civilian life; he seeks to please the commanding officer.
the sin that ensnares us
to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires,
to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.
3. Run your race. (v. 1)
3. Run your race. (v. 1)
Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,
Carefully consider the path for your feet, and all your ways will be established.
Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.
4. Run focused on Jesus. (v. 2)
4. Run focused on Jesus. (v. 2)
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,
5. Run inspired. (v. 2)
5. Run inspired. (v. 2)
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy that lay before him, he endured the cross, despising the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact expression of his nature, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
