Today on Inside for Living from Chuck Swindall.

I want you to finish well.

Don't just run a while and then it gets really, really tough.

As it will during this year, it'll get really tough and you'll want to quit.

You'll want to go back to a habit that can ruin your life,

or you'll want to return to a lifestyle that you'll be ashamed of,

because you quit the endurance race for Christ.

If we truly understood what lies ahead in life,

we might not have the courage to move forward.

But gratefully, God delivers one day at a time.

Today on Inside for Living, Chuck Swindall concludes a message

that he started last time in which he's invoking a biblical metaphor to guide our steps.

In Hebrews 12, the writer describes our future as a foot race.

He said, let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

So how do we avoid getting weary and giving up?

The key is keeping our eyes on Jesus.

Doubt and discouragement begin to fade away

when we are no longer distracted by other things,

wishing life for better, wishing we were able to live

like another person seems to be able to live her life or his life,

and focusing that technique is so valuable, focusing on Christ,

staying engaged in the race, just like a runner focuses on the tape

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