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"Run With Perseverance" {Heb12:1}
* Intro
- Origin of marathons: lesson on running w/ endurance
- 1996 Olympics gymnastics: lesson on perseverance
- "God is looking for finishers"
- "Too many have decided the life of faith is too difficult"
* Race marked out for us
- God Himself planned your race
- Your race is unique -- you never have to run someone else's race
- Don't compare self to others; not competing against other believers
- Competing vs Satan, world, own sinful flesh
* Let us run with perseverance
- Hupomone (Grk) = "to remain under"; endure under pressure
* Application
- Proper conditioning: God allows trial to strengthen us {Rom5:3-4, 1Tim4:7b-8}
- Proper diet: Daily Bible reading, Scripture memory, worship, service, etc.
- Training partner
- Play through pain -- God never demands us to finish first; just faithfulness to the finish