Every athlete exercises self- control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable
a good athlete does not sit around on the couch eating chips while he has the time to be training, he takes all the time that he has to become better prepared for the time ahead! he has to do this to have control over his body! he has to do this to know his limits and be able to push past them! now he does all this for a earthly prize! he gives up his time to try and achieve this prize! now we are athletes as well! we train ourselves by reading the word and through prayer! the race is our lives and in our lives we have many challenges that when we have self-control through training! we can overcome and succeed! now for my brilliant illustration! now think of a athlete that is going to the Olympics! now he gives up everything to train for that event and to achieve that prize! now the prize... is a 1989 VW bug with three wheels, no engine and it has three and a half squirrels living in the drivers seat! that's the equivalent to what he's trying to receive! and he trains all his life for that! but for us! imagine the newest Lamborghini... the top of the line! and better yet! every year they come out with a new one... they replace the old one! so it just keeps getting better and better! you never have to worry about it breaking down or growing old! now our ACTUAL reward in heaven... is FAR better then what I used in my illustration! so if a athlete is training that hard for a prize that means absolutely nothing... then we/I should be training even harder!
application
this week I will memorize all of the verses that I haven't memorized from the past weekly memory verses
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