{"id":7620,"date":"2021-07-14T04:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T04:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7620"},"modified":"2021-07-11T04:38:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T04:38:15","slug":"running-with-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communitychurchministry.com\/?p=7620","title":{"rendered":"Running With Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Running With Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTherefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u202d\u202d1 Corinthians\u202c \u202d9:26-27\u202c \u202d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many years, and many pounds ago, I ran cross country in high school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My first coach was Mr. Johnson. He was a good coach, very knowledgeable, and fair.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the duties of a coach is to try and correct flaws in an athlete&#8217;s performance. I had a flaw that I wasn&#8217;t aware of. As I ran, my arms were spread out. In other words, they were not in alignment, closer to my body. This caused wasted energy that could have been used to help me move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One day at practice, he gave me his stopwatch, which had a long cord. The idea was to hold on to the cord with both hands while running, thus keeping the arms closer to the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember feeling quite embarrassed and even crying. But, I never forgot that lesson, which helped me to run more efficiently and more disciplined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul uses the analogy of a runner in 1 Corinthians 9:26-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul says &#8220;Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim. I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ran with a purpose. He ran a disciplined race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is your purpose or aim as you run the race today? What is the &#8220;why&#8221; in what you do?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps like me, your arms are not in alignment, and you are wasting energy on things that keep you from running efficiently or disciplined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Run with purpose, run with discipline, asking God to help you move forward towards the finish line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running With Purpose \u201cTherefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.\u201d \u202d\u202d1 Corinthians\u202c \u202d9:26-27\u202c \u202d Many years, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7621,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news","category-newsletter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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