Jeremiah 12:5 “If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, Then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, In which you trusted, they wearied you, Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan? Dynamic stretching and warm-ups will help an athlete avoid...
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13 July 2024 – The Race – Part 6
Mark 14:50 Then all His disciples deserted Him and ran away. The night on which Jesus was arrested all His disciples including Peter – His bodyguard, John – His dear friend and James – His prayer partner, deserted and fled! They sprinted and scattered in different directions. They went into hiding undercover in fear of...
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12 July 2024 – The Race – Part 5
1 Corinthians 9:24-25 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Consistent training is the key to maximize the...
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11 July 2024 – The Race – Part 4
1Samuel 17: 23-24 Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear. The flight-fight-freeze is the natural response of our body to danger or threat. It is a survival instinct....
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10 July 2024 – The Race – Part 3
1 Kings 18:46 After Ahab had left, the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his mantle into his belt and outran Ahab in a race to the city gate of Jezreel. ‘The Man vs Horse Marathon’ began in the 1980s in Wales. Unquestionably, horses are much faster than man but a...
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09 July 2024 – The Race – Part 2
Exodus 2:15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well. Moses fled for almost 300 miles from Egypt to Midian. He ran an ultra marathon into the wilderness to hide from his stupor and his...
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08 July 2024 – The Race – Part 1
Jonah 1:3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lord. Treadmills have become like the whiteware essentials in a home. A recent...
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07 July 2024 – Stages of Growth – Part 7
Romans 8:31 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. Maturity is not measured by our biological age. Maturity is our emotional stability in chaotic situations and our mental ability to embrace changes. Unfortunately, maturity does not evolve with aging. It is an intentional effort to grow, accept...
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06 July 2024 – Stages of Growth – Part 6
Jeremiah 3:9 Israel treated it all so lightly—she thought nothing of committing adultery by worshiping idols made of wood and stone. So now the land has been polluted. A midlife crisis is an emotionally turbulent transitional period between late 30s to 60s where a person struggles with their identity and self-confidence. It is a form...
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05 July 2024 – Stages of Growth – Part 5
Mark 10:17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Young adulthood ranges approximately between 20 years to 30 years of age. It is an intermediate period where an individual grows into...