THE SCENE: Perfect crisp morning. Dark and upper-30s.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Moroccan Night Club IC x 10
Over Head Clap IC x 10
Harry Rockets IC x 10
SSH IC x 20
THA-THANG:
Mosey to Sophomore hill in two lines, back pax sprinting forward.
Four corners (3 laps):
10 knee-ups (jumps) then Bernie up
5 each side offset merkins then side shuffle
10 squat jacks then mosey
10 diamond merkins then side shuffle
Hello Dolly and Heels to Heaven until the six was back.
Mosey to the coupon pile:
Inch worm and then Rifle Carry your coupons to Stadium hill.
Focus on form: Tempo merkins and Tempo squats
Form punishment: Bear crawl stadium hill with a burpee at the top.
As we wait for the spilled merlot to settle: curls and overhead press with tricep extension with you coupon (20 each).
Mosey back to the guardrail and polish off 30 Derkins and Dips.
Thanks to Wheelchair; Suicides down every other parking spot.
MARY:
20 Imperial Walkers IC
BBS to time (about three)
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
13 HIMs, no FNGs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Have you guys ever fasted? The act of withholding food (and sometimes water) for an intentional predetermined period of time?
I recently had someone provide some great insight about his experiences with fasting and I’ll be honest….I had never done it before.
The Purpose of Fasting
1. Natural reaction to grief over the loss of a loved one (David)
2. More often, fasting was done to purposely “afflict the soul (Leviticus 23:26-32)” or chasten the soul (Ps 69:10)”
3. The purpose of such affliction was to “humble” the soul (Ps 35:13), and not for any affect it might have on the body (i.e., dieting should not be the primary driver for a fast to the Lord).
4. Evidently, they felt that by so humbling themselves they would more likely incur God’s favor–Ezra 8:21-23 (Is 57:15; 66:1-2)
a. It seemed to work! Think of Jonah, Ahab (1 Kings), Nehemiah
5. Because of the seeking of God’s favor, fasting would almost always be accompanied with prayer
The last one is where I decided to focus recently. I took a day and decided to spend some time in prayer and focus about a couple of topics that have been hanging over me or pulling at my heart.
I want to encourage you guys to look at your heart or think about a topic that may be something you could benefit from spending some time in prayer or internal focus by fasting.
MOLESKIN:
Prayers lifted for those who have family members and friends who have passed or are sick along with words for everyone to reflect on “Susie” who is truly struggling to make ends meat and how we should be humbled and look for opportunities to help others.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
F3 Arsenal launch tomorrow at 7:00.