What is your favorite sporting event?

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  INTRODUCTION:       What  is  your  favorite  sporting  event?    Why?         What  are  things  that  can  keep  athletes  in  your  favorite  sport  from  finishing  or   performing  well?           TAKE  A  LOOK  AT  THE  BOOK:       Read  Hebrews  12:1-­‐2     What  do  you  think  are  some  of  the  “weights”  that  the  author  is  referring  to  in  this   passage?         How  is  Jesus  described  in  v.  2?         Why  is  it  easy  to  become  weighed  down  in  our  walk  with  Christ?         Looking  to  Christ  is  the  authors  remedy  for  endurance  in  the  race,  how  do  you  know   you  are  looking  to  Jesus  and  not  distracted  by  the  “weights”  of  the  world  around  us?           TAKE  IT  HOME:       How  can  you  focus  your  race  on  Christ  this  week?         What  are  some  weights  that  you  are  carrying  as  you  try  to  look  to  Jesus?    What  are   some  steps  you  could  take  to  lay  them  aside?      

Barry  challenged  us  to  think  about  how  God  is  working  in  the  world  around  us.    His   challenge  was  twofold:  1)  Adopt  a  Missionary  from  our  church,  2)  Participate  in  a   learning  experience.    How  can  you  incorporate  what  God  is  doing  in  the  world  into   your  daily  lives?