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NON – SERIES 2019

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Hebrews 12. 1 – 2

Hebrews 12:1–2 (ESV)  

BORN TO RUN!

Proverbs 3:6 (ESV)  

Ezekiel 36:26 (ESV)  

You Are Called

To Be Loved, To Belong, To Become, To Bless

And To Be Sent

Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)  

Hebrews 11:33 – 37 (ESV)  

JESUS HAS COME! 

FOCUS

The First Point Of Focus

PREPARATION

Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)  …

This Is What Could Be Referred to As

Focus in Preparation

The Weight Issue

Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)  

ὄγκος - ogkos - bulk, an encumbrance, a burden

Whatever the weight – the encumbrance – the burden

LAY IT ASIDE!

Matthew 11:28–30 (NCV)  

The Binding Entanglements

Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)  

James 1:14–15 (NCV)  

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NCV)

Psalm 32:4 (ESV)  

Psalm 51:3 (ESV)  

Psalm 51:2, 10, 12 (NCV)  

The Path to Joy Is Confession!

The Second Point Of Focus

ENDURANCE

Hebrews 12:1 (ESV)

race – ἀγών – ag-one'

Ephesians 6:12 (NCV)  

The Third Point Of Focus

JESUS!

Hebrews 12:2 (NCV)  

ἀφοράω – aphoraó

to look away from all else

Usage: I look away from (something else) to,

SEE DISTINCTLY!

Jesus focused. He PREPARED by laying aside.

2 Corinthians 8:9 (NCV)  

Jesus focused.  He ENDURED!

Hebrews 12:2 (NCV)

Jesus focused. He LOOKED to God!

Hebrews 12:2 (NCV)