I will be a closer!
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I WILL FINISH WELL!
I WILL FINISH WELL!
6 For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; 8 in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.
God calls us to RUN the ENTIRE RACE for Him!
START the Race with the Goal in Sight! (v. 8; in the future there is laid up for me…)
2. Don’t STOP because of set backs, hindrances or distractions. (v. 7; I have fought the good fight)
7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
3.STAY the course. (v. 7; I have finished the course, I have kept the faith)
3.STAY the course. (v. 7; I have finished the course, I have kept the faith)
10 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.
10 for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
1 tim
15 “If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going. 11 I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.
STAY the course. (v. 7; I have finished the course, I have kept the faith)
Eccl 9:10=11
4. Focus and finish STRONG! (v. 8; the Lord… will award to me… )
7 You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?
8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
4. Continually refocus to Finish STRONG! (v. 8; the Lord… will award to me… )
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12 For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.