Welcome to Gateway Church's podcast. Wherever you're tuning in from, we hope you're encouraged by today's message.

It's great to be at Gateway. There's no place like this place anywhere near this place.

So this must be the place, amen?

And I'm excited about your series this summer of giants.

In fact, when I saw the series and I had the opportunity to come and teach,

I thought I wanted to do a lesson for you entitled Running with the Giants, okay?

And it's inspired by the passage in Hebrews chapter 12.

And it's going to come on the screen and we're going to look at it and I'm going to then apply it to your life and my life.

Are you ready this evening? And tomorrow, are you ready to be encouraged?

How many of you just could handle a little bit of encouragement?

My father was a great encourager. One time I asked him, I said, Dad, how do you know people need to be encouraged?

He said, Oh, that's simple, son, if they're breathing.

They need to be encouraged. He said, Now, if they're not breathing, don't waste your time.

I'm about to be encouraged and this is a fantastic passage of Scripture in Hebrews 12.

It's after the hall of fame of Hebrews chapter 11, all the men and women that walk by faith.

So it's on your screen. Let me just read it right now.

Do you see what this means? All these pioneers who blaze the way, all these veterans cheering us on.

It means we'd better get on with it, strip down, start running, never quit.

No extra spiritual fat, no parasites, sins.

Keep your eyes on Jesus who both began and finished this race that we're in.

Study how he did it because he never lost sight of where he was headed.

That exhilarating finish in and with God.

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