16 Life Race Instructions; Day825; Dream

FURTHERMORE, BRETHREN, we beg and admonish you in [virtue of our union with] the Lord Jesus, that [you follow the instructions which] you learned from us about how you ought to walk so as to please and gratify God, as indeed you are doing, [and] that you do so even more and more abundantly [attaining yet greater perfection in living this life] 1 Thessalonians 4:1

I have fought the good (worthy, honorable, and noble) fight, I have finished the race, I have kept (firmly held) the faith 2 Timothy 4:7

THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,2Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2

1. Instructions in the Bible, follow it.
2. Walk to please and gratify God
3. Objective in life is greater perfection
4. Fight a good fight
5. Finish the race
6. Keep the faith to the end
7. Get rid of unnecessary weight [sin]
8. Run with patient endurance
9. Steady in our lifestyle [righteousness]
10. Always in active persistence
11. Follow the appointed course
12. Look away from distractions [temptations]
13. Keep your eyes in Christ
14. Obtain the prize joyfully [even in suffering]
15. Endure the cross [hardship]
16. Ignore the shame [we are all declared winners in Heaven]

Dream: I mourned the death of my dad.  He died in April 9, 1983.

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PLAN:
Daily Bible Devotional
Journal
Workout-Rest
2-Minute Ping-pong Drill
2-Minute Stay Ball Exercise
2-Minute Sword Practice
2-Minute 15-lbs Dumbbell

READING LIST:
Book-Permanent Innovation p.123
Surprised By Joy p.05

TIMELINE:
0500, End of Sleep,

Diligence Plus; Day824

In everything I have pointed out to you [by example] that, by working diligently in this manner, we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, It is more blessed (makes one happier and more to be envied) to give than to receive. Acts 20:35

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. Corinthians 9:24

Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as [something done] for the Lord and not for men,24  Knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [and not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [real] reward. [The One Whom] you are actually serving [is] the Lord Christ (the Messiah) Colossians 3:23-24

1. Diligence makes us stronger.
2. Diligence allows us to help the weak.
3. Diligence allows us to give more than we receive.
4. Diligence makes us run and finish the race.
5. Diligent work is from the heart, done for God not man.
6. Diligence has a prize at the end.

 

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PLAN:
Daily Bible Devotional
Journal
Workout-Rest
2-Minute Ping-pong Drill
2-Minute Stay Ball Exercise
2-Minute Sword Practice
2-Minute 15-lbs Dumbbell

READING LIST:
Book-Permanent Innovation p.123
Surprised By Joy p.05

TIMELINE:
0500, End of Sleep,