1. Running the Race With Endurance

2. The Setting… Message of Hebrews- Jesus Christ’s Supremacy
Historical Context- Greek & Roman games

3. How to Run Well
Get in the Race

5. Grace Bible Church
Mission Statement…
Raising Up
Next Generation
Leaders
to Reach Our World
for Christ

6. Watch Out for Obstacles
How to Run Well
Get in the Race
Watch Out for Obstacles
a. Encumbrances
b. Entanglements
c. Discouragement

7. How to Run Well
Get in the Race
Watch Out for Obstacles
Run With Endurance
Stay Focused on Jesus

8. How God Trains Us to Run Well
The Father’s Discipline (12:4-13)

9. Suffering is a normal part of the Christian life…
“that I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to His death.” (Philippians 3:10)
“Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” (Acts 9:15-16)

10. C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain.
“God whispers to us in our pleasure, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains; it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain.