Run Your Best Race | Sermon One

Run Your Best Race | Hebrews 12:1-3

2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith”

Hebrews 12:1-3 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

Hebrews 12:1 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses,”
 
“witnesses”
“martyr”
“bearing witness”Romans 15:4 “For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”

Hebrews 12:1b “let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,”Two Things to Throw Off:
1. Throw off the things that hinder you running your best race.

2. Throw off the sin that so easily entangles us.

2 Things to Put On

1. Run with Perseverance
   Hebrews 12:1b “And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us,”
2. Run Like Jesus
   Hebrews 12:2-3 “fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

   Hebrews 12:3b “…so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

   Focus on the example set by Jesus because He showed how to persevere.

4 Exercises to use to prepare to Run Your Best Race:

1. Read the Bible – ncclex.org/Bible
2. Pray
3. Run with others 
4. Serve someone – ncclex.org/blockparty

Matthew 25:40 “…Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

1 Corinthians 9:25 “Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.”