RUNNING THE RACE TO WIN

Do you not know that in a Race all the runners compete,

But [only] one receives the Prize?

So Run [your Race] that you may lay hold [of the Prize]

AND MAKE IT YOURS.

Now every athlete who goes into training conducts himself temperately

And restricts himself in all things.

They do it to WIN A WREATH that will soon wither,

But we [do it to receive a Crown of Eternal Blessedness]

That cannot wither.

Therefore I do not run uncertainly—without definite aim.

I do not box as one beating the air and striking without an adversary.

But [like a boxer] I buffet my body--

Handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships--And subdue it,

For fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel

And things pertaining to it,

I myself should become UNFIT--

Not Stand the TEST and be unapproved--

And Rejected [as a counterfeit].

(1 Corinthians 9:24-27, AMP)

Just as with the apostle Paul each of us is running a Race;

A Race that nothing else in this life compares to in importance.

A Race that determines where we will spend Eternity;

In the Presence of God or in Eternal Torment;

A Race of Faith

That has Eternal Consequences for everyone around us;

Everyone we come in contract to.

Do they see Christ in us and want the same?

Do we run our Race not only to Win the Prize,

But to Encourage others to Win the Prize;

Do we use our Talent to win more to Christ,

Or bury it in the dirt?

Let us Resolve to win more by our Witness for Christ.

You shall be My Witnesses in Jerusalem

And all Judea and Samaria

and to the ends—the very bounds—of the Earth.

(Acts 1:8, AMP)

Be always on the Watch,

And pray that you will be able to Escape All that is about to happen,

And that you may be able TO STAND before the Son of Man.

(Luke 21:36)

Today, the World is raging against God, rushing toward Oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in it's present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!