1. Not winning because I beat someone Winning because I’m becoming more of God created me to be
1.1. Not Trying—I’m Training!
2. Trying,apart from training,is unthinkable
2.1. 1 Timothy 4:7 (NLT) 7 Do not waste time arguing over godless ideas and old wives’ tales. Instead, train yourself to be godly.
2.2. Not Trying
2.2.1. Training
3. TRAINING is wholehearted commitment to achieve a specific result.
3.1. Know difference
3.1.1. When you’re TRYING
3.1.2. Show up
3.1.3. Hope!
3.2. TRAINING
3.2.1. Game Plan
3.2.2. Strategy!
3.2.3. Rocky
3.2.3.1. Kobra Kai
3.3. When you’re “trying”
3.3.1. Give up if too hard
3.3.2. Don’t feel like it!
3.4. Training
3.4.1. Don’t act according feelings, according to commitment.
3.4.2. 1 Corinthians 9:25 (NLT) 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
4. agonizomai—to contend for victory, to strain every nerve toward the goal
4.1. Olympic Games
4.1.1. 10-monthintense/intentional training regimen
4.2. Strict Diet
4.2.1. No Wine
4.2.2. No Junk
4.2.3. Extreme Cold & Heat! Sand
4.3. Imagine one athletes showing up compete marathon?
4.3.1. Train?
4.3.2. Didn’t have time?
4.3.3. T-Shirt!
4.4. But gonna try really hard!
5. When you are an athlete
5.1. Competitor
5.1.1. Fighting something matters
5.2. Vision
5.2.1. Goal
5.3. Dream
5.3.1. Assignment
6. Training is doing what I can do today, to enable me to do even more tomorrow.
6.1. What do I do?
6.1.1. How do I train?
6.1.2. What is training?
6.2. Run marathon today
6.3. Walk mile today!
6.4. Get out of debt by next month?
6.5. Bring coffee
6.5.1. Starbucks
6.6. Spiritual powerhouse by noon?
6.6.1. Press play on your Bible app
6.7. 1 Corinthians 9:26–27 (NLT) 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
6.8. Discipline my body like an athlete!
6.9. When I’m trying
6.9.1. Hoping to become something I’m not
6.10. When I’m training
6.10.1. I’m getting better at what I already am!
7. Ever wonder why you want to change, but you don’t?
7.1. Powerful truth from Scripture
7.1.1. Change mindset
7.1.2. Change life
7.1.3. Live long enough
7.1.4. Recognize NYRs similar year to year
7.2. Try really hard
7.2.1. Succeed for few days/week
7.2.2. Fall back
8. 80% fail by 2ndweek February!
8.1. (Stop)
8.1.1. Overeating
8.1.2. Smoking
8.1.3. Porn
8.1.4. Fall back into it
8.2. (Start)
8.2.1. Bible
8.2.2. Praying
8.2.3. Working out
8.2.4. Drift away.
8.3. Get better w/$
8.3.1. Tired trying
8.3.2. Shopping instead
8.4. You want what’s
8.4.1. Right
8.4.1.1. Good
8.5. You also want what’s
8.5.1. Wrong
8.5.1.1. Bad
9. WHY CAN’T I CHANGE?
9.1. With God’s help, we will choose what we want most over what we want now.
9.1.1. 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NLT) 24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!
9.1.2. 1 Corinthians 9:25–26 (NLT) 25 All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. 26 So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
9.1.3. 1 Corinthians 9:27 (NLT) 27 I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.
9.1.4. Paul’s audience clearly understood this competitive metaphor
9.1.4.1. Writing to Corinthians
9.1.4.2. Corinth city in Greece
9.1.4.3. Every 4 years, Greece hosted Olympic games
9.1.4.4. Corinth
9.1.4.4.1. Local competition called Isthmian Games
9.1.4.5. Chariot Races
9.1.4.5.1. Boxing
9.1.4.5.2. Wrestling
9.1.4.5.3. Poetry contests
9.1.4.6. 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NLT) 24 Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!
9.1.4.6.1. Like to win?
9.1.4.6.2. Paul didn’t say
9.1.4.6.3. Theologian Ricky Bobby, “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”
10. Greek Stoic Philosopher
10.1. (Ep-e-Ketus)
10.1.1. “If you withdraw without sufficient reason you will be whipped. And this whipping comes after your training which involves thirst and broiling heat and swallowing handfuls of sand.” Epictetus
10.2. Don’t rationalize away joy of honoring God with your best!
10.3. Garden
10.3.1. Fruitful & Multiply
10.3.2. Fill Earth & Subdue.
10.4. Go all world
10.4.1. Sleep in
10.4.2. Be mediocre
10.4.3. Participation
10.5. Run win! Why aren’t we winning?
10.5.1. Chieving goals? Progress?
11. You’ve been trying for too long
11.1. Most important areas in life
11.1.1. Most Xians
11.1.2. Theology Trying
11.2. Because you care
11.2.1. Try! (Trying)
11.3. Trying Quit Smoking
11.3.1. Try Start Praying
11.3.2. Try Stop Cussing
11.4. Try Loving
11.4.1. Try Stop worrying
11.4.2. Try Better Shape
11.5. Your problem
11.5.1. You’ve been trying for too long!
11.5.2. Stop Trying. Start Training!
11.6. Trying never achieves consistent results.
11.6.1. Training does
11.7. TRYING is an attempt to change w/minimal commitment
11.7.1. Often half-hearted attempt.
11.7.2. TRY read bible
11.7.2.1. TRY be nice
11.7.2.2. TRY not order dessert
11.7.3. “Trying” gives me plenty of room to fail!
11.7.4. Trying attempt to change with Minimal Commitment.