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A time of fellowship, worship and prayer amongst your
Ironman Competitors, spectators and the local community
All
backgrounds and faiths welcome!
Why?
Transfer those thoughts of fear into ones of peace and power!
"For where two or three
come together in my name, there am I with them."
Matthew 18:20
Fri, June 24th, 4:15 to 5:15pm
Sherman Square Park
314 Sherman
Ave. Downtown Coeur d'Alene
"I can do all things
through Christ who strengthens me.”
Phil 4:13
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Report
6/24/05 IM
CDA
Schedule of Events
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Music & Welcome
Trading My Sorrows
Troy Soares welcomes
I Am In Love
With You Forever
I Will Never Be (the Same Again)
I Am a Friend of God
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Message - Tod
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Message - Troy
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Prayer and small
groups praying
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Music (Closing song
and EXTRA music)
Famous One
Majesty
Rescue
Press On (Tod's song)
Talk - Encourage
Each Other in the Race Marked Out for us
I. The world's
greatest sporting events produce our greatest sports heroes.
Think of:
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Winning a medal in
Olympics
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Most valuable player
in the NBA
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Victory in the Tour
de' France… multiple times!
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The World's toughest
single-day race… IRONMAN
We're amazed by
these feats. (Your friends & family may already be amazed by your training)
We're inspired by their quotes… Remember the man that raced by guts? "To give
anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." Steve Prefontaine
II. But there's
another race we're all in… Todd spoke about it. Paul speaks about it in Heb.
12:1. it's… The race God has marked out for us. It may be…
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Our marriage, maybe
we're struggling
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temptation, fighting
alcoholism, addiction
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getting the family
to church.. after kids come into the picture (I'll find out how hard this is
in 1 month)
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being involved in
your kids lives
III. Which is harder?
I asked some people - Carrie & Chad
I figured surely
these sport champions or an Ironman should have all the discipline & endurance
to excel in any one of these "life events". But in so many cases that's not what
we see.
Carrie - which
was harder, focussing on Ironman training, or focussing on being mom & wife?
Chad Johnson -
which do you think would be harder, training to win an ironman or being the good
father of 7 kids?!
IV. Encouragement - I
asked my wife, Robin, why is it that these life events are harder to complete?
Robin, "The
encouragement isn't the same". In Ironman you have applause, support,
encouragement to never quit, and AID STATIONS.
People don't
encourage us the same to conquer "life's events".
Imagine if we
set up AID STATIONS to help our brothers & sisters in the race God has marked
out for us...
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Cheers: "Make that
marriage work!"
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Hand outs at aid
station: "Fight those temptations! Here's a Bible!"
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Vital support: "Way
to love those kids. Oh, you have teenagers, here's some GU!"
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Encouragement: "Wow,
you and all 7 kids going to church…. YOU DA MAN!!"
Heb 10:23
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