Finishing Strong
2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, an excellent fight. I have finished the race, my full course with all my might. And I have remained faithful, I’ve kept my heart full of faith.” (NLT & TPT, emphasis added).
To finish strong, you must Remember That Heaven Is Watching You. You must Eliminate What Doesn’t Matter. You must Run God’s Race For You. You must Minimize The Pain And Maximize The Future Reward. Read the rest of this entry
Fixed Focus
Hebrews 12:2 “We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honour beside God’s throne.”
To finish strong the fifth thing is you must Keep Your Focus on Jesus and Not Your Circumstances. Hebrews 12:2 “Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end….” (GNT, emphasis added). Pastor, how do I survive all this? Keep your eyes on Jesus on whom our faith depends, from start to finish, and everything in between. Read the rest of this entry
The Reward
Genesis 50:20 “Don’t you see, you planned evil against me but God used those same plans for my good, as you see all around you right now—life for many people.” (MSG, emphasis added)
In every life relationship—business relationship or marriage relationship, there are pains that you have to go through. But if you make the pain your focus, you are going to wreck that relationship. Read the rest of this entry
The Race
Hebrews 12:2 “Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross…” (GNT)
How do you know what God’s race is for your life? A big pointer is to look at your S.H.A.P.E. Your Spiritual gifts, your Heart (what do you have a heart for?). Look at your Abilities, what abilities do you have? Look at your Personality and look at your Experiences. Read the rest of this entry
Mapped Out
Hebrews 12:1 “…we must let go of every wound that has pierced us and the sin we so easily fall into. Then we will be able to run life’s marathon race with passion and determination, for the path has been already marked out before us.” (TPT)
To finish strong, you must not only Remember That Heaven Is Watching You. You must Eliminate What Doesn’t Matter. The overload, the weights in our lives sometimes are because we just don’t say ‘no’ enough. Read the rest of this entry
Practice It
James 4:17 “So if you know the right way to live and ignore it, it is sin—plain and simple.” (The Voice)
To finish strong, the first thing that jumps at us from Hebrews 12:1-4 (please read) is, Remember That Heaven Is Watching. Your life has an audience in heaven that is cheering you on. Read the rest of this entry
Cheer Squad
Hebrews 12:1 “Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.” (MSG)
Hebrews 12:1-4 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. Read the rest of this entry
Historical Relay
2 Timothy 2:2 “And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.” (NKJV, emphasis added).
From our focus scripture for the past few days, Hebrews 11:35– Hebrews 12:4, the first thing that stands out is Faith Does Not Spare Us From All Pain! The second thing is Some Of God’s Promises Will Be Fulfilled In Eternity! And the third thing is, We Are Runners In A Historical Relay Race! Hebrews 11:40 “Because God had us in mind and had something better and greater in view for us, so that they [these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us [before we could join them].” (AMPC). Read the rest of this entry
Not Without Pain
Acts 7:56-58 “And he told them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honour at God’s right hand!” Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him…”
Today’s anchor scripture is about Stephen (please read Acts 6-7). Do you know that fourteen million people a year die simply because they are Christians? And your pain is that your car broke down on the road and you are so upset that you have decided to stop going to church. Read the rest of this entry
Approved
2 Timothy 4:7 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have remained faithful.” (emphasis added).
It is all about your faith. The battle within, the battle around, and the battle against is all about your faith. Just like Jesus prayed for Peter, again I pray for you, that your faith will not fail in the Mighty Name of Jesus. Read the rest of this entry
