THE SCENE: 70 degrees, clear, dark and muggy just how we like it
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Moroccan Night club | Newton’s Cradle | Cherry Pickers | Mountain climbers
THA-THANG:
Count off into groups of 3 for a Railroad Run the the bottom of the parking lot by the duck pond
Parking Lot Hill Loop
- Bernie Sanders & Wheel Barrows (or bear walk if solo)
- Lunge Walk & Crawl Bear down
- Sprint and Frog Jump Back up
Guard Rail Loop – 3 stations (2 on guardrails on the East side of campus)
- Station 1: Derkins x20, Guardrail hops x20
- Station 2: Tricep Dips x20, Guardrail climbs x20 (Plank on ground perpendicular to guardrail, climb to hands on top of guardrail plank)
- Station 3: 4 count Flutter kick x20, One leg Turkish Get ups x20 (10 each leg)
Mosey back to AO Flag: 10 Burpies, 10 Cross climbers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
19 HIM’s for the Thang, 1 FNG, Welcome Mailbox.
6 HIM’s did a long run.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Eph 5:15-16 Look carefully how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of time because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is
Discerning the will of the Lord for your life and your behavior takes some personal rules. They apply to you and are a little different for everyone, but you should have some guardrails in your life to keep you safe. 1 yr ago this past Sunday was my biking accident and I learned two things about guardrails
1) They are hard so don’t hit them but what is on the other side is worse
2) If you are by something that needs a guardrail, don’t go alone
Guardrails protect and direct
Personal Standard of behavior – Keeps you from doing spiritual damage to your life and those you love (Borrowed this definition from Andy Stanley)
* Simple but hard example: Alcohol – if you are getting drunk or more than one person mentioned your drinking as a problem, that’s a problem; that is sin. Set some boundaries and hold to them. Zero drinking for some, accountability for all.
* Harder to measure but way more common: Work-a-holic or crippling financial debt – get some guard rails up. Set some spending limits, make lifestyle changes that put God and family first and work and money in the back seat. Get a firm stop time on work and respect family time.
* Hardest thing for most men: Sexual sin. How are you protecting your family from your sex drive crashing your marriage into the ditch? Make some guardrails, yes rules. Hitting a guardrail hurts, but learn to like them being there and then don’t hit them- don’t even get close. They are there to protect you.
* Even something as good as Fitness may need a guardrail – we can get so into F1 that we neglect other areas – we skip devotional times to post better times or more workouts. Have guardrails to keep fitness from becoming an idol. Fitness is good but get some guardrails to direct you to the best thing in life – a life lived for Jesus Christ.
Learn to love the guardrails – it’s not a restriction to hate but protections that show God is moving in your life.
Put up some guardrails in your life, share them with a brother – don’t go alone where the danger is high and keep your life on the most God glorifying path.
MOLESKIN:
Keeping mind that guard rails are personalized and not prescriptive for all: share in the group me some of the guardrails that you have in your life that have protected you and that you would want some brothers to hold you too if you were getting too close or over the guard rail.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Prayers for a fellow HIM’s wife’s cancer diagnosis, Poolboy and Judge Judy & fam.
Recruit some FNG’s…. business cards available to help with that but your personal invite will work best!