Today on Summit Life with JD Greer.

There are times that my particular perspective on the best way to set up society, or my

opinion about the best people to lead is there, or my interpretations of some event, there

are times I'll dial that back because it's more important that people hear and experience

the gospel than it is that everybody see every situation the way that I see it.

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor, Author, and Theologian JD Greer.

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitavitch.

You know, athletes train like they do for medals and trophies and to see their names

in the rafters.

These things are the prize for their hard work, right?

But over time, most of them will be forgotten.

The question for us today is, how much more should we be willing to train ourselves for

the race given to us by God to help win the souls of lost people?

I mean, after all, this is a prize that has an eternal reward, right?

Today Pastor JD explains how to order your life when the crown that you're striving for

is the soul of your neighbor, coworker, or family member.

If you missed the beginning of this teaching today, be sure to catch up at JD Greer.com.

But for now, let's rejoin Pastor JD where we left off yesterday.

We want to be a church that not caters to our needs and preferences, but one that is

stripped down, so to speak, from maximum effectiveness in reaching our community, which leads me

to number two.

We got to care, not just about death, we got to care about width also.

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