Sermons About Prize
Olympic Faith: Training to Win
2008 Olympics began two days ago, Stan uses this as a backdrop for a message on faith training tips.
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Live Like a Winner
To compete in a game, there is hard work involved. For the true competitor the end goal is not simply to finish the course, but to win the race. It takes effort, setting goals, and sweating hard to make that happen. The Christian life should be no different, there is a goal ahead and it takes effort and hard work to get there. Olympic swimmer Josh Davis shares insights on what it takes to train for the Olympics and for the game of life.
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The Power of Focus
You will only have real spiritual growth in life by learning the power of focus. To achieve what God wants for you – you must be a person of focus. In 2 Timothy 2 Paul is writing to Timothy in a jail cell and he is telling him how to be a focused, growing disciple. He gives him three illustrations to teach him how to use the power of focus.
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Cross-Training
While "training" may be a word more associated with things of sports than things of the Spirit, Paul's call to Timothy to "train yourself for godliness is a call to all believers to live everyday, in every way, for God through Christ.
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Pursuing the Prize
Even though we so often pursue many other prizes, the Apostle Paul describes the ultimate prize as knowing Jesus Christ in the everyday, the essence of true victory.
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