run with endurance

This is for you, like me, who may be thinking of quitting.


Quitting because you think you're too old,

     or too sick,

     or not smart enough,

     or not experienced enough,

     or not secure, mature, or wise enough,

     or because you're _______________________ (you fill in the blank.)


God is saying in these verses 1 thing...


     Pull yourself together,

     & get on with what I've told you to be or do,

    even though you don't think you can do it,

    because I've got your back.

    You can do it.

     I will be with you.




Hebrews 12:12 So take a new grip with your tired hands

   and stand form on your shaky legs.

13 Mark out a straight path for your feet.

Then those who follow you,

     though they are weak & lame,

   will not stumble & fall

        but will become strong.



25 See to it that you obey God, the One who is speaking to you.



29 For our God is a consuming fire.



1b ...let us strip off every weight that slows us down,

     especially the sin that easily hinders our progress.

And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us.


2 We do this be keeping our eyes on Jesus,

       on whom our faith depends from start to finish.