OUR DAILY BREAD : RUN!
Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2010 6:17 pmJune 13
Sunday
RUN!
READ:
1 Corinthians 9:19-27
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Do you not know that
those who run in a
race all run, but one
receives the prize?
Run in such a way that
you may obtain it.
__1 Corinthians 9:24
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In the award-winning film chariots of Fire, one of the characters is legendary British sprinter Harold Abrahams. He is obsessed with winning, but in a preliminary 100-meter dash leading up to the 1924 Olympics, he is soundly beaten by his rival, Eric Lidell. Abrahams' response is deep despair. When his girlfriend, Sybil, tries to encourage him, Harold angrily declares, "I run to win. If I can't win, I won't run!" Sybil responds wisely, "If you don't run, you can't win."
Life is full of reversals, and we as Christians are not excluded from disappointments that make us want to give up. But in the race that is the Christian life, Paul challenges us to keep running. He told the Corinthians, "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it" (1 Cor. 9:24). We are to run faithfully, Paul is saying, spurred on by the knowledge that we run to honor our King and to receive from Him an eternal crown.
If we falter in our running--if we quit serving God or give in to sin because of our difficulties--we risk losing a rich reward we could have received had we run our best.
Sybil was right. "If you don't run, you can't win."
__Bill Crowder
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```````````While running with patience the race for the King,`````````
````````````````````With obstacles taking their toll,````````````````
``````````We slow down to look up for help from our Lord;```````````
``````````````He keeps us aware of our goal. __Branon````````````
_____________________________________________________________
Greater than winning any medal
will be hearing the Master say, "Well done!"
************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 9:19-27*********
19 For though I am free
from all men, I have made
myself a servant to all, that
I might win the more; 20 and
to the Jews I became as a
Jew, that I might win Jews;
to those who are under the
law, as under the law, that I
might win those who are
under the law; 21 to those
who are without law, as
without law (not being
without law toward God,
but under law toward
Christ), that I might win
those who are without law;
22 to the weak I became as
weak, that I might win the
weak. I have become all
things to all men, that I
might by all means save
some. 23 Now this I do for
the gospel's sake, that I
may be partaker of it
with you.
24 Do you not know that
those who run in a race all
run, but one receives the
prize? Run in such a way
that you may obtain it.
25 And everyone who
competes for the prize is
temperate in all things.
Now they do it to obtain a
perishable crown, but we
for an imperishable crown.
26 Therefore I run thus: not
with uncertainty. Thus I
fight: not as one who beats
the air. 27 But I discipline
my body and bring it into
subjection, lest, when I
have preached to others, I
myself should become
disqualified.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Paul wrote in verse 25, "Everyone who competes for the prize
is temperate in all things." This statement can be take as Paul's
formula for winning. In the ancient Greek games, training often
took 10 months and required a rigid diet and regimen of exercise.
Similarly, the Christian journey should be characterized by
the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and
witnessing. __DENNIS FISHER
Sunday
RUN!
READ:
1 Corinthians 9:19-27
__________________________________________________________
Do you not know that
those who run in a
race all run, but one
receives the prize?
Run in such a way that
you may obtain it.
__1 Corinthians 9:24
__________________________________________________________
In the award-winning film chariots of Fire, one of the characters is legendary British sprinter Harold Abrahams. He is obsessed with winning, but in a preliminary 100-meter dash leading up to the 1924 Olympics, he is soundly beaten by his rival, Eric Lidell. Abrahams' response is deep despair. When his girlfriend, Sybil, tries to encourage him, Harold angrily declares, "I run to win. If I can't win, I won't run!" Sybil responds wisely, "If you don't run, you can't win."
Life is full of reversals, and we as Christians are not excluded from disappointments that make us want to give up. But in the race that is the Christian life, Paul challenges us to keep running. He told the Corinthians, "Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it" (1 Cor. 9:24). We are to run faithfully, Paul is saying, spurred on by the knowledge that we run to honor our King and to receive from Him an eternal crown.
If we falter in our running--if we quit serving God or give in to sin because of our difficulties--we risk losing a rich reward we could have received had we run our best.
Sybil was right. "If you don't run, you can't win."
__Bill Crowder
_____________________________________________________________
```````````While running with patience the race for the King,`````````
````````````````````With obstacles taking their toll,````````````````
``````````We slow down to look up for help from our Lord;```````````
``````````````He keeps us aware of our goal. __Branon````````````
_____________________________________________________________
Greater than winning any medal
will be hearing the Master say, "Well done!"
************Today's Bible Reading __ 1 Corinthians 9:19-27*********
19 For though I am free
from all men, I have made
myself a servant to all, that
I might win the more; 20 and
to the Jews I became as a
Jew, that I might win Jews;
to those who are under the
law, as under the law, that I
might win those who are
under the law; 21 to those
who are without law, as
without law (not being
without law toward God,
but under law toward
Christ), that I might win
those who are without law;
22 to the weak I became as
weak, that I might win the
weak. I have become all
things to all men, that I
might by all means save
some. 23 Now this I do for
the gospel's sake, that I
may be partaker of it
with you.
24 Do you not know that
those who run in a race all
run, but one receives the
prize? Run in such a way
that you may obtain it.
25 And everyone who
competes for the prize is
temperate in all things.
Now they do it to obtain a
perishable crown, but we
for an imperishable crown.
26 Therefore I run thus: not
with uncertainty. Thus I
fight: not as one who beats
the air. 27 But I discipline
my body and bring it into
subjection, lest, when I
have preached to others, I
myself should become
disqualified.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Paul wrote in verse 25, "Everyone who competes for the prize
is temperate in all things." This statement can be take as Paul's
formula for winning. In the ancient Greek games, training often
took 10 months and required a rigid diet and regimen of exercise.
Similarly, the Christian journey should be characterized by
the spiritual disciplines of Bible study, prayer, fellowship, and
witnessing. __DENNIS FISHER