Pray the word with David Platt as a resource from Radical.net.

So that they don't stumble and he takes that in 1 Corinthians 9 and he says I sacrifice all kinds of rights that I have

Specifically for the sake of people who don't know Jesus that they may come to Christ. I make myself a slave to others

I'll do whatever of course according to God's word

I can do to lead them to Jesus and then he gets to verse 25 and he uses this illustration of

Applied every athlete exercises self-control and all things. Let's think Olympic athlete right now

Think of all the discipline and self-control that go into training to be an Olympian. You change your diet

You're everything you eat your

Schedule you get up at this time in the morning. You work for these many hours all the way into the evening

You develop this or that muscle this or that skill like hold will self-control focus on

What on a perishable read Paul writes on a medal that will not last no matter how valuable it may be in this world

It's going to fade away. Well, if that's what people will do for a perishable read how much more for us

He says we an imperishable wreath and what kind of wreath is he talking about he's talking about people coming to know Jesus

He's talking about individual people being saved from their sins and experiencing eternal life

He's talking about people who 10 trillion years from now will be enjoying God and all of his glory and new creation

And it will never ever ever end. That's what we have been called to live for so are you living for that today and are you and I

Exercising self-control and discipline because we're so focused on people's souls for all of eternity

I just look around at the people in your sphere of influence in your home school

We work people you live around people you shop next to every one of them a soul that will spend all

Of eternity and everlasting suffering or everlasting joy

So more than Olympians train for an event

Let's train to share the gospel the good news of Jesus's love to lay down our bodies our lives to share

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