Running the Race: Devotion and Divine Intervention
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "So this is the Word of God. Hear it and learn. Believe it and live. Obey it and you will lay up reward in heaven. And my goal for you today is to be reminded with me that when we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be because we have run the race and finished well." [00:00]
2. "I submit to you today that horses and Christians with a big heart finish well. Christians with a big heart of devotion to God finish this journey, this life well. And I want to encourage you that in this life, when there are many times that we stumble, many times that we fall, many detours and many distractions from the race, if you develop a big heart of devotion for the Lord, you will finish well." [05:55]
3. "The question I would like to answer with you, for you, for us today, is how can you run the race before you and finish well? To answer that question, we're going to be starting in Hebrews chapter 12, a classic passage, where in verses 1 through 3, the writer of Hebrews is going to tell us, he's going to give us a promise. And in that promise, he's going to point to two people. And he's going to say, if you will look to Jesus, and if you will imitate the life of Joshua, you will finish well." [07:45]
4. "Nurture your personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Cultivate your relationship with Jesus Christ. It begins, first of all, with knowing Him. Joshua, knew personally the second person of the Godhead. If you have a Bible and you're following with me today, Joshua chapter 5 tells the story of how after Joshua had led the people of Israel over into the promised land through the Jordan, into the wilderness outside of Jericho, that great fortified border city that protected the land of Canaan, Joshua's out there, and he's supposed to lead the people to take the land, and he has no idea what the plan would be." [13:42]
5. "Nurturing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is going to give you a big heart to celebrate for eternity. Not only is it important for you to nurture your personal relationship with Christ, it's also extremely important, like it was for Joshua, to anticipate God's supernatural intervention in your life, to anticipate that God will show up in those moments of difficulty." [26:00]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The author of Hebrews was writing to Jewish believers, Hebrew believers in the first century, who had believed in Jesus as Messiah, Savior. They had placed their trust in him, but they hit roadblocks along the way. They hit detours. Families rejected them. Jobs were lost. They were facing a lot of persecution. And the author of Hebrews was saying, stay in the race, finish the race, look to Jesus, keep looking to him. And you have a great cloud of witness, around you, of people who face the kind of challenges that you will face in this life. And if you look to these witnesses, these examples of the faithful, you can find practices that will enable you to run with a big heart of devotion and finish well." [09:00]
2. "Joshua knew Christ, the Messiah. Joshua knew the second person of the Godhead, who in what theologians call a pre-incarnate appearance of the second person of the Godhead, the Son of Man. This was Christ come down to meet Joshua in the most difficult, challenging moment of his life. God showed up. God showed up for him. And now, he's in a trance. He's in a trance. He's in a trance. He's in a trance. He's in a trance. Notice, you know, the reason I say this is because I know this is not just an angel from heaven come down to give the message. Look what the person says. Joshua's fallen down. He's bowed down before him. The captain of the Lord's host said to Joshua, remove the sandals from your feet for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so." [15:53]
3. "Here's the promise. Here's the expectation for those who know Christ Jesus and for those who nurture a relationship with him. I don't care what the detour is. I don't care what the stumble is. I don't care what the difficulty is. And we've sung about it already this morning. It's up out of the ashes. He will pick us up. He will be there for us. This is a big heart, a big heart of devotion, nurtured and cultivated." [21:43]
4. "Running the race and finishing well. That's God's desire for all of us. And it comes when we have a big heart of devotion for him. Nurturing that relationship and anticipating his supernatural intervention. In the Barcelona Olympics, Derek Redman was the champion, almost ready to be crowned. And he was already with the gold medal for the 400-meter sprint. He had been the world champ in many competitions for several years. His life dream was to win a gold medal in the Olympics. And he had been injured and couldn't compete in the previous Olympics. But this was his great opportunity. This was his hope. And in the final qualifying race, he was off ahead of everybody else. He rounded the first turn. He was in the backstretch. And in the backstretch, his hamstring tore. And he fell to the track in pain. And all the other runners raced by him. But he had trained for this. This was his goal. This was his life dream. And so he got up. And started hopping on his one good leg to go around and finish the race." [37:47]
5. "And the day may come when you stumble and fall. The day may come when a roadblock or a distraction comes into your life. And you don't know how you can keep going on. And it's in that moment that Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who has already run the race and won in victory, will come up underneath you. And he will say to you, We started this race together. We will finish this race together. Out of the ashes, he will lift you up." [40:02]
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1. "So this is the Word of God. Hear it and learn. Believe it and live. Obey it and you will lay up reward in heaven. And my goal for you today is to be reminded with me that when we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing that will be because we have run the race and finished well." [00:00]
2. "I submit to you today that horses and Christians with a big heart finish well. Christians with a big heart of devotion to God finish this journey, this life well. And I want to encourage you that in this life, when there are many times that we stumble, many times that we fall, many detours and many distractions from the race, if you develop a big heart of devotion for the Lord, you will finish well." [05:55]
3. "The question I would like to answer with you, for you, for us today, is how can you run the race before you and finish well? To answer that question, we're going to be starting in Hebrews chapter 12, a classic passage, where in verses 1 through 3, the writer of Hebrews is going to tell us, he's going to give us a promise. And in that promise, he's going to point to two people. And he's going to say, if you will look to Jesus, and if you will imitate the life of Joshua, you will finish well." [07:45]
4. "Nurture your personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Cultivate your relationship with Jesus Christ. It begins, first of all, with knowing Him. Joshua, knew personally the second person of the Godhead. If you have a Bible and you're following with me today, Joshua chapter 5 tells the story of how after Joshua had led the people of Israel over into the promised land through the Jordan, into the wilderness outside of Jericho, that great fortified border city that protected the land of Canaan, Joshua's out there, and he's supposed to lead the people to take the land, and he has no idea what the plan would be." [13:42]
5. "Nurturing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is going to give you a big heart to celebrate for eternity. Not only is it important for you to nurture your personal relationship with Christ, it's also extremely important, like it was for Joshua, to anticipate God's supernatural intervention in your life, to anticipate that God will show up in those moments of difficulty." [26:00]
### Quotes for Members
1. "The author of Hebrews was writing to Jewish believers, Hebrew believers in the first century, who had believed in Jesus as Messiah, Savior. They had placed their trust in him, but they hit roadblocks along the way. They hit detours. Families rejected them. Jobs were lost. They were facing a lot of persecution. And the author of Hebrews was saying, stay in the race, finish the race, look to Jesus, keep looking to him. And you have a great cloud of witness, around you, of people who face the kind of challenges that you will face in this life. And if you look to these witnesses, these examples of the faithful, you can find practices that will enable you to run with a big heart of devotion and finish well." [09:00]
2. "Joshua knew Christ, the Messiah. Joshua knew the second person of the Godhead, who in what theologians call a pre-incarnate appearance of the second person of the Godhead, the Son of Man. This was Christ come down to meet Joshua in the most difficult, challenging moment of his life. God showed up. God showed up for him. And now, he's in a trance. He's in a trance. He's in a trance. He's in a trance. He's in a trance. Notice, you know, the reason I say this is because I know this is not just an angel from heaven come down to give the message. Look what the person says. Joshua's fallen down. He's bowed down before him. The captain of the Lord's host said to Joshua, remove the sandals from your feet for the place where you are standing is holy. And Joshua did so." [15:53]
3. "Here's the promise. Here's the expectation for those who know Christ Jesus and for those who nurture a relationship with him. I don't care what the detour is. I don't care what the stumble is. I don't care what the difficulty is. And we've sung about it already this morning. It's up out of the ashes. He will pick us up. He will be there for us. This is a big heart, a big heart of devotion, nurtured and cultivated." [21:43]
4. "Running the race and finishing well. That's God's desire for all of us. And it comes when we have a big heart of devotion for him. Nurturing that relationship and anticipating his supernatural intervention. In the Barcelona Olympics, Derek Redman was the champion, almost ready to be crowned. And he was already with the gold medal for the 400-meter sprint. He had been the world champ in many competitions for several years. His life dream was to win a gold medal in the Olympics. And he had been injured and couldn't compete in the previous Olympics. But this was his great opportunity. This was his hope. And in the final qualifying race, he was off ahead of everybody else. He rounded the first turn. He was in the backstretch. And in the backstretch, his hamstring tore. And he fell to the track in pain. And all the other runners raced by him. But he had trained for this. This was his goal. This was his life dream. And so he got up. And started hopping on his one good leg to go around and finish the race." [37:47]
5. "And the day may come when you stumble and fall. The day may come when a roadblock or a distraction comes into your life. And you don't know how you can keep going on. And it's in that moment that Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who has already run the race and won in victory, will come up underneath you. And he will say to you, We started this race together. We will finish this race together. Out of the ashes, he will lift you up." [40:02]
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