THE SCENE: 74° Cloudy and a wee bit muggy
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER Delivered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Side Straddle Hop, Harry Rockets,Cherry Pickers, Kick throughs, Tempo Merkins, Tempo Squats, Stretch on your own
THA-THANG:
Today was all about measuring some physical achievements to see how we are progressing. Is our effort producing fruit? Remember, this isn’t a competition expect for against yourself. We’ll do it again, Lord willing, when the air is cooler and our bodies are stronger and faster. I’m thinking late Oct.
- 100m dash
- Max Pull Ups
- 1 Mile Run time
- # of heavy thrusters in 2:00
- Time to do 50 Curls
- Time to do 50 Tricep extensions
- Max Merkins consecutive
Took longer than a I thought so no time for Mary.
Times were documented; 11 HIM’s have a baseline of what their bodies can do.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Not to brag, but my grass is looking really good. I can’t take too much credit. I have a grass allergy so I pay for a lawn service and I have a sprinkler system that helped it survive the June drought.
My brother is a farmer and his “yard” is a mess… but we drove a tractor through it, in the right spot at the right time and out of the ground came food.
Food we can eat. It’s an every day miracle and we are so far removed from agriculture that we miss the amazing ways God works in “normal things.” Find time today to praise God for the miracle of food. It’s delicious and awesome. If you are struggling to realize this, one word: bacon.
But to plant food you have to tear up some dirt and follow the rules of nature.
1) It takes planning
2) It takes time
3) It takes God to do the watering.
4) It take a lot of hands and you can’t hide it
So how do we cultivate the soil of our souls for spiritual growth?
I want to be clear. God does the work. Jesus Christ already died and rose again and and if you invite him into your heart He gives us life and fruit.
1) Have a plan and get started on it.
2) Realize it takes time. pray for patience.
3) Realize it is God who is doing the work… prayer life
4) It isn’t about looking good; share the fact that you don’t have it all together. Share your goal. Tell a brother and don’t be afraid to reveal you are covered in dirt. It takes lots of hands and transparency
Sow for yourself righteousness, reap steadfast love
break up your fallow ground
for it is time to see the Lord
that He may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Hosea 10:12
Today we measured our physical fitness with the goal of measuring again in a few months for improvement.
We know how to set goals, improve physically and hopefully the why is for the right reasons; so we can be healthy contributing leaders in our community for years to come. Measuring fitness is much easier than measuring spiritual growth, but that doesn’t mean we get to skip it.
Today I want to challenge you to set some spiritual goals:
- Are you growing in maturity?
- Are you a more bold witness?
- A better example to your kids?
- More loving an approachable to your wife?
- Do you have a reading list?
- Do you have a prayer list?
- Is God calling you to fast for a season or a specific topic?
- Do you have a Bible reading plan?
Pick one or two of the above and tell a brother you plan to measure, grow, patiently wait for God to work and encourage a brother to do the same.
My apologies for the order of these. That was rough. And the truck coming around the corner at just the wrong time kept us from getting our true max merkins. Result tables below in Alpha order of F3 Name.
| Booster | July 25 |
| 100M | 19.11 |
| Pull ups | 3 jump |
| Mile | 10:15 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 32 cmu |
| 50 Curl time | :55 cmu |
| 50 Tri ext time | :47 cmu |
| Max consec. Merkins | 25 |
| Commission | July 25 |
| 100M | 17.32 |
| Pull ups | 2 |
| Mile | 10:13 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 42 |
| 50 Curl time | 1:01 |
| 50 Tri ext time | :49 |
| Max consec. Merkins | 15 |
| Guardrail | July 25 |
| 100M | 17 |
| Pull ups | 26 |
| Mile | 7:27 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 27 cmu |
| 50 Curl time | 1:00 cmu |
| 50 Tri ext time | :47 coupon |
| Max consec. Merkins | 22 |
| Kick Flip | July 25 |
| 100M | 15.75 |
| Pull ups | 17 |
| Mile | 6:59 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 32 |
| 50 Curl time | :49 |
| 50 Tri ext time | :38 |
| Max consec. Merkins | 48 |
| Mailbox | July 25 |
| 100M | 15s |
| Pull ups | 7 |
| Mile | 6:30 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 41 |
| 50 Curl time | :56 |
| 50 Tri ext time | :44 |
| Max consec. Merkins | 28 |
| Median | July 25 |
| 100M | 16 |
| Pull ups | 20 |
| Mile | 8:07 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 30 |
| 50 Curl time | 1:07 |
| 50 Tri ext time | 1:09 |
| Max consec. Merkins | 22 |
| Shrubbery | July 25 |
| 100M | 16.92 |
| Pull ups | 21 |
| Mile | 6:30 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 42 |
| 50 Curl time | :43 |
| 50 Tri ext time | :37 |
| Max consec. Merkins | 34 (or is it 54?… either way impressive) |
| Stitch | July 25 |
| 100M | 18.04 |
| Pull ups | 15 cc |
| Mile | 8:32 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 42 |
| 50 Curl time | :46 |
| 50 Tri ext time | :47 |
| Max consec. Merkins | 27 |
| Stye | July 25 |
| 100M | 14.45 |
| Pull ups | 4 |
| Mile | 11:01 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 29 |
| 50 Curl time | :57 |
| 50 Tri ext time | :51 |
| Max consec. Merkins | 16 |
| Wanderer | July 25 |
| 100M | 15.85 |
| Pull ups | 5 |
| Mile | 9:11 |
| Thrusters in 2:00 | 35 coupon |
| 50 Curl time | :46 coupon |
| 50 Tri ext time | :45 coupon |
| Max consec. Merkins | 13 |
MOLESKIN:
Ashley is back from Nicaragua on Saturday, Lord willing. Continue to pray for her trip home and that ministry.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See Judge Judy’s post in the main channel for the details on Aug service opportunity