Q: Sambo
PAX: Abscess, Billy Goat, Borg, Imaginary, Sambo, Toebox
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:route explained
THE THANG:up and down and around HAW
MARY:
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COT:Micah 6:8 and 1 John 1:9
Fitness. Fellowship. Faith.
THE THANG:up and down and around HAW
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COT:Micah 6:8 and 1 John 1:9
THE THANG:up,up and away to the water tank then downhill to the end
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COT: Devotional on Philippians 3:13-14
THE THANG: Sambo lead us around a good mix of techy, rooty, swampy, uphill, downhill, lakeside and finished with some obstacles and jumps. Learned a few lines along the way!
MARY: Dirt Lab
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COT:Mathew 25 God cares most about why you give than what you give. Giving is a constant state of mind. When you give to those in need you are giving to the Lord.
Keep Sambo’s daughter in your prayers.
But what are we missing out on if we continually refuse to engage in accountability? What could we begin to experience if we were a measure braver than we were afraid?
The writer of Proverbs 28 weaves the thread of vulnerability and integrity throughout the passage. We see a few verses in that “better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.” Later in the text, we come to a similar-sounding verse, “Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered, but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.” Clearly, the author is trying to drive home a point through his repetition: integrity is to be highly valued and is a primary component of a life of freedom.
But how do we increase integrity? How can we ensure that we are developing the right kind of roots, growing deeper in our faith while cultivating the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5)?
Accountability. The conviction and practice of moving out of the shadows and into the light. It’s the fundamental idea written right in the middle of Proverbs 28:
“Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.”
He who confesses his transgressions and forsakes them (i.e., repents, turns away from, moves in a new direction), that man will obtain mercy and be blessed.
If we recoil back, being more content in the comfort of our shadows, if we are convinced that we are strong enough, smart enough, and tough enough to go through this life on our own, we will reap the harvest of that isolation. We will not prosper, and we will not mature into the men of integrity that God is calling us to become.
Welcome FNG Collarbone (Clarke Wilson). I’ve been good friends with Collarbone for over 25 years and we really enjoy biking together.
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Alabama trip is a go
COT:
Rejoicing in God’s Love
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life.
John 3:16
What a gift: God sent to us his own Son to share in our humanity and deliver us from the consequences of our sins and save us. This isn’t a gift granted to us as anonymous persons. God knows each of us individually, by name, and sent Jesus for us.
We should live as though that were true. I recently heard a podcast talking about how often we compare ourselves to someone doing better (looking up), but we should be grateful for what we have and look at the vast majority of mankind that doesn’t have it as well as we do in lovely East TN. Let’s live and lead as if that were true.