Run This Way Part 1

Bible Text: 2 Timothy 4:7-8, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 | Presenter: Rev. James Destine | Series: Run This Way | “Why do you Christians teach your children to pray the wrong prayer?”

“If I die before I wake.
‏‏”If I awake before I die.”

Annie:

” Tomorrow, tomorrow.”

Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz:

” Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

Broken hearts
Broken dreams
Broken lives
Broken homes

Cemetery

Dreams that would never be fulfilled
Books that will never be written
Ideas that will never become reality
Visions that will never be manifested

2 Timothy 4:7-8 & 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
“Fighting a good fight” and “Fighting the good fight”.
Karl Young:

“One third of the cases that come to me are not suffering from any clinically definable neurosis, but simply from the aimlessness and meaninglessness of life. I would not object to say that purposelessness is the neurosis (mental illness) of our day.”

What is the difference between a street fighter and a prize fighter?

A street fighter is always willing to fight a good fight.
A prize fighter only fights the good fight.

Identify your life’s purpose.

What are you willing to die and live for?

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What is your life’s purpose?

What is your life’s purpose as a single person?
What is your life’s purpose in your marriage?
What is your life’s purpose in raising your children?
What is your life’s purpose financially?

A good life purpose for your family might be:

“When they no longer have to be with us and with one another, will they look forward to being with us and one another?

What’s the purpose for your career?
What’s your life’s purpose for your relationship with God
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
1 Corinthians 9:26
2 Corinthians 5:17