Run the Race

 December 10 – Run the race - 1 Cor 9:24-27 

 

      Paul gives us some practical lessons in running the race in the Christian life. 

 

1.  Only one in a race wins the prize.  Run in such a way that will gain you the prize.  Run to win but in

     God’s race you will win if you follow His training plan.  Read the word, pray and live under the

     Direction of the Holy Spirit.

2.  You must go into strict training.  This demands that you discipline yourself to do it God’s way.  It

     Will take strict discipline on your part to be a Christian.

3.  Don’t run aimlessly or as a person beating the air.  You are in a race and race to the finish.  Your

     Enemy is the devil and the price is your soul.

4.  Beat down the flesh that leads you to sin.  Say no to the world, flesh and the devil.  Make the old

     Life a slave to the ways of Christ.  Let the new nature born in Christ have complete control. 

      So you won’t lose or be disqualified from this race.