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So we're in Athens, Greece, and we are in one of the most ancient stadiums in the world.

This stadium is known as the Kalimar Maros.

The Kalimar Maros means the beautiful marble.

This is the only stadium in the world made out of marble.

And this is something that goes back more than 2,000 years ago

to the time of the Greek Empire. This is a marvelous way of understanding

the life of the athletes of those days.

This particular stadium Itstadion in the Greek,

by the way that's also how in the Hebrew we call it,

is the way for people to run a race. And this is exactly what we're going to talk about

today. Run the race. The Bible says in the book of Hebrews chapter 12 something very significant

regarding running a race.

And the Bible says the following thing

in regards to the race that we need to run.

The Bible says in Hebrew 12, Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,

let us lay aside every weight and the sin which also easily ensnares us and let us run with endurance the

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