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RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE

RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE. FOR A REAL REWARD. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE. FOR A REAL REWARD. I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. A. Worrying Too Much. Failing health. Future. Children. Job security. Finances. Neighborhood violence. Aging parents. World terrorism. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE.

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RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE

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  1. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD

  2. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. A. Worrying Too Much. Failing health Future Children Job security Finances Neighborhood violence Aging parents World terrorism

  3. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. Matthew 6:25-34 1. Worry ignores the logic of life (v. 25) 2. Worry ignores the value of life (v. 26) 3. Worry ignores its own limitations (v. 27) 4. Worry ignores God's faithfulness (vv. 28-30) 5. Worry ignores the love of God (vv. 31-33) 6. Worry ignores the present (v. 34)

  4. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. • Worrying Too Much. • Working Too Much. 2 Thess 3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. KJV

  5. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. • Worrying Too Much. • Working Too Much. 1 Tim 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. KJV

  6. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. • Worrying Too Much. • Working Too Much. 2 Chron 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.

  7. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. • Worrying Too Much. • Working Too Much. Isa 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. KJV

  8. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. • Worrying Too Much. • Working Too Much. • Whining Too Much

  9. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD “…there are people who went to sleep all over the world last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. And those dead folks would give anything, anything at all for just five minutes of this weather that person was grumbling about. So you watch yourself about complaining. What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain" (Maya Angelou, Condensed Chicken Soup for the Soul).

  10. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. • Worrying Too Much. • Working Too Much. • Whining Too Much

  11. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. Heb 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sinwhich clings so closely…

  12. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. II. We Must Run with Endurance. ENDURANCE “the characteristic of a man who is unswerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings” (Thayer's Greek Lexicon).

  13. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. II. We Must Run with Endurance. ENDURANCE “the characteristic of a man who is unswerved from his deliberate purpose and his loyalty to faith and piety by even the greatest trials and sufferings” (Thayer's Greek Lexicon). “CHEERFUL ENDURANCE”(Strong)

  14. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. II. We Must Run with Endurance. William Barclay: “Hupomone is not simply the ability to bear things; it is the ability to turn them to greatness and to glory. The thing which amazed the heathen in the centuries of persecution was that the martyrs did not die grimly, they died singing.”

  15. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. II. We Must Run with Endurance. III. We Must Run the Race.

  16. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. II. We Must Run with Endurance. III. We Must Run the Race.

  17. RUNNING THE RIGHT RACE FOR A REAL REWARD I. We Must Lay Aside Every Weight. II. We Must Run with Endurance. III. We Must Run the Race.

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