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"Co-Runners
In The Race"
Message
summary: Today
we want to
encourage our
fellow runners
to stay
faithful!
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"Let
us run
with endurance
the race set
before us"
(Hebrews
12:1).
We
don't run
alone in the
Christian life
race. Of
course most
importantly
the Lord is
with us but
today let's
focus on our
co-runners who
are running
the race with
us. Notice
carefully the
1st person
plural pronoun
"us" in our
daily text, "Let
us run
with endurance
the race set
before us".
1)
Our co-runners
include those
who run with
us.
There are
millions of us
all around the
world. Face to
face we
consider those
in our own
churches,
those we
fellowship
with week
after week
where we've
come to know
them
personally. Those
running with
us are not
competitors
but
encouragers.
Winning is
finishing
faithfully and
there is no
single winner.
According to
the Bible we
are all "more
than
conquerors
through Him
who loved us"
(Romans 8:37).
In this race
we need to be
encouraged
and encourage
others as
well. "But
encourage one
another daily,
as long as it
is called
'Today', so
that none of
you may be
hardened by
sin’s
deceitfulness"
(Hebrews
3:13).
We
will never
meet the vast,
vast majority
of our fellow
runners on
this side;
some are in
very hard
races with
many dangers,
toils and
snares. We
think of our
brothers and
sister who
live in
Nigeria.
Dennis and
Colleen are
retired career
missionaries
who spent much
of their life
there. They
regularly
remind us of
the
under-reported
awful plight
of Christians
there due to
Islamic
terrorism and
there are many
other regions
suffering the
same plight.*
2) Our co-runners include those who have run before us. They are a part of the great cloud of witnesses that surround us; those who lived by faith in the Bible, through the church age, and also our contemporaries who have finished their race. They were links in the long chain of believers who passed the faith on to us.
Some links are common to each of us, others have had an impact on many. But the vast majority of links are those who faithfully served God and passed on their faith in their relatively small sphere of influence. We have benefited the most from these links.
3) Our co-runners include those who will run after us. We are now living links passing down our faith to the next generations. It began early in the church age when Paul wrote to Timothy, "And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others" (2 Timothy 2:2).
When we were young Christians we sang "Pass It On" which is rarely heard anymore, at least in our circles. We first recall singing it in our Bible College days as young people just beginning the race. Now we are a lot closer to the finish and it's still our aspiration to pass it on.
Today
we want to
encourage our
fellow runners
to stay
faithful!
Be encouraged today, Hebrews 3:13
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, we
understand the
importance
of
encouraging
our brothers
and sisters by
standing with
them day in
and day out,
especially
when they're
being pierced
by the fiery
darts of
Satan. We want
to support our
friends
through
prayer, be
attentive to
their
spiritual
needs, and
spur them on
to good works,
faithful
service, and
godly living.
Show us ways
to encourage
them while we
run our
Christian race
together so
they will not
be deterred by
sin's
deceitfulness,
in Jesus' name
we pray. Amen.
*
Dozens
Killed in
Easter Attacks
Across Nigeria
This
week our
series will be
on lessons on
running life's
race:
Monday:
"The
Start Of The
Race"
"The Start Of
The Race"
Tuesday:
"The
Steadiness Of
The Race"
Wednesday:
"The
Challenges Of
The Race"
Thursday: "The Co-Runners In The Race"
Friday: "The Finish Of The Race"
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
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The giants of the faith
The giants of the faith
They cheer for me
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