1. Hebrews 12:1 “Endurance by Seeing the Race” Pg 1070 In Church Bibles

2. 2 Peter 1:12-13 I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you

3. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race

4. We have need of endurance (10:36)..since..surrounded..by..witnesses …(v1) Endurance by Example …let us run with endurance (v1) Endurance by Seeing the Race looking unto Jesus..who..endured.. (v2) Endurance by Focusing on Jesus For consider Him who endured…(v3) Endurance despite opposition If you endure chastening…(v7) Endurance through Discipline

5. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race

6. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal

7. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 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.

8. Philippians 3:13-14 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

9. 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 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.

10. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment

11. Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus

12. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances

13. 1 Corinthians 10:23 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are helpful…

14. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances Sin Sin - be unentangled “the sin”?

15. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances Sin Sin - be unentangled “the sin”? Unbelief?

16. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances Sin Sin - be unentangled “the sin”? Unbelief? One you struggle with Get unentangled – get up when fall

17. Micah 7:8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me.

18. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances Sin Sin - be unentangled “the sin”? Unbelief? One you struggle with Get unentangled – get up when fall Avoid – see the entanglements

19. Matthew 6:13 And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.

20. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances Sin Sin - be unentangled “the sin”? Unbelief? One you struggle with Get unentangled – get up when fall Avoid – see the entanglements

21. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances Sin Sin - be unentangled Endurance Endurance - Run with

23. Racing for the record: Holly Koester, 48, was the first person to ever complete a marathon in all 50 states using a push-rim wheelchair

24. Understand the Race (illustration) Endurance Endurance Race –long, challenging Purposeful Purposeful Race –aim, end, goal Personal Personal Race –not competition-fulfillment Key factors in Running this Race Weights Weights - Lay aside hindrances Sin Sin - be unentangled Endurance Endurance - Run with

25. Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus