We are children of a king.

Let's finish our race, folks.

Paul made it to Rome.

Snake bites, smelled, had seaweed in his hair.

Jesus was overlooked, dismissed, rejected, betrayed, beaten beyond recognition.

And then he says to John, I have the keys.

You will face some challenges, but you don't have to face them in fear.

And you don't face them because you're a failure.

Greater is the one who is in you than the spirit that opposes you.

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Be blessed.

We've been doing this little study called Finish the Race.

It's a biblical image that we're runners running a race and we're called to run in such a way as to get the prize.

Don't just, I got recruited for some track stuff when I was in school.

Not because they thought I was a gifted athlete, they needed warm bodies

and they had leverage.

So I ran some cross country and some things,

and I was not running to get the prize,

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