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Baptism – Not Rinse & Repeat!

THE SCENE: It’s a Pool Boy Q so it was supposed to rain… and then it did just enough at the end. Good times.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Jog from curb at top of parking lot where the #ShovelFlag is to the next parking spot down and then increase speed back – percentages listed below but we didn’t push it too much with the wet ground:
-40-50-60-70-80-90 (3x down and back total)
-Tennessee Rocking Chair x 7 IC
-Hand release Merkin x 5 OYO
-Overhead clap x 10 IC
-Imperial Squat Walker x 10 IC
-Imperial Rockette x 10 IC
-Pickle Pounder x 10 IC
-Pickle Pointer x 10 IC

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the guardrail overlooking the #ShovelFlag

At the Guard Rail x 2, reach for the sky and let it hang when done
20 x Dips, Overhead clap ±rocks in hand, Squats

Mosey to the Sherwin Williams building corner closest to JUCOmanjaro
4 Corners #1
20 x Flutter Kicks (4-ct), Burpees, Imperial Squat Walkers, 30 sec Plank then back for the 6 and do the rest of 4-corners with the 6.
Reach for the sky, let it hang 1-2x and then repeat 4 Corners #1
Commission did a 15-count.

Mosey over to the other businesses.

4 Corners #2
Heels to Heaven, Merkins, Imperial Rockettes, 30 sec of Lunges then back for the 6 and do the rest of 4-corners with the 6.
Reach for the sky, let it hang 1-2x and then repeat 4 Corners #2

Mosey back to the guardrail overlooking the #ShovelFlag
Repeat reach for the sky and let it hang when done
20 x Dips, Overhead clap ±rocks in hand, Squats
x2 of course.

Mosey back to the #ShovelFlag

MARY:
10 x BBS, Gas Pump, LBC, Dolly, Box Cutter
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
11 PAX (7 beatdown + 4 rushers)
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

So no matter how far down the road we’ve gone God is faithful to discipline – and I do mean discipline and not punish His children. We can fight and kick and scream but He will bring us back. As many of you know that’s what happened to me over 2 years ago and this Sunday I will be baptized – and for a second time.

This can be controversial to talk about even among Christians, but I think it’s good we can have Christ-honoring and respectful conversations about it.

Baptism signifies we are following in obedience to Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 28:19-20. Baptism is for the symbolic washing of regeneration of sins. There may be some here who disagree but I think the Bible makes it clear. That is not the main point of today though I do believe it is critical to make because of the salvific implications of those who believe in baptismal regeneration (which I believe the Bible does not teach). That is another conversation and I’d be glad to talk to you about it – but here are 3 things about baptism for you to consider today:

1. If you have been baptized, revel in what God did to bring you to the point of salvation. See how Jesus pursued you, disciplined you, and brought you who were far off to be near. Look at the sin you have committed against a holy God and how He was so gracious and merciful to pursue you, His bride to be, to the ends of the earth:

Ephesians 2:13 – But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

2. If you have not yet been baptized, why not? Most likely there is sin of which you need to repent of. It was for me. I am still in need of repenting daily. Do what so many have done. And if you’re questioning this, just remember it is the person says he is without sin who likely has the most (plank/speck).

Acts 2:38 – And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

3. If you are planning on being baptized (like me this Sunday), do not delay without a godly cause (and talking it over with your pastors).

My story (this is an ongoing story from previous posts):
For me, it was a strange time after I believe I was actually saved to not be baptized a second time for the past 2 years. I had led a life of decades-long unrepentant sin. I was a dead tree. God made me alive but I was not quick to seek to be baptized (especially without having reconciliation from many around me who had very justifiable reasons for great skepticism about my repentance). Then a worldwide pandemic hit about the time I was going to take a class and I took the first baptism class (part of the process at my church).

Romans 6:1-4
6 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

So today join me by repenting and being baptized. Every one of you for the forgiveness of sins.

MOLESKIN:
Prayed for Data’s friend about his job change, Dart Gun’s adoption of the little girl his family has been caring for, and Commission’s family as his grandfather Todd passed away recently.

Also today was my First Q in 3 months.Insert any personal comments, notes, devotion content, etc.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill coming up October 2nd! See Wanderer’s post in #juco on Slack for more info or reach out to Tank with any questions.

Measured at Average

THE SCENE:   66 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  Skipped
WARM-O-RAMA:

OYO while the workout is explained

THA THANG:

IPC Week 2: Four rounds for time

Round 1: (8 burpees + sprint) x 11

Round 2: (8 squrls + CMU carry) x 11

Round 3: (88 shoulder presses + rifle carry) repeat

Round 4: (88 x-factors + bear crawl) + (88 x-factors + crawl bear)

MARY:

Nope

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

9 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

This morning, the JUCO flag was planted at 863 feet above sea level.  As we stood there, I asked…

“Do you ever fantasize about doing something exceptional and heroic?”  I do.  If only I had the chance, I would…rescue my kid as they are getting pulled out to sea by a riptide…I’d whip the pants off of some goon who’s broken into my home in the middle of the night…I’d grab the arm of an old woman just before she’s clobbered by a greyhound bus… If I ever get the chance, I could be great.

“Do you ever worry that your life and legacy will be defined by the stupidest thing(s) you’ve done?”  I do.  I didn’t mean to yell at the kids… I never thought I’d do… What a mistake it was to…

but…

“It is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea, from which all heights and depths are measured.” – James Garfield

Mt. Everest (29,032’), Clingmans Dome (6,644’), and the JUCO parking lot (863’) are each measured from the sea at its average – not from the massive crest of a wave in a storm – nor by the lowest trough between two waves.  Like the sea, I believe that your life is better measured not by the exceptional, but by the typical.  Your best chance at living a life of high-impact is not to wait for your heroic moment (which, in all likelihood will never come) – but to concentrate on living TODAY as a high-impact man.

Today, be an encourager to the people you are around.

Today, live with integrity in everything you do.

Today, be generous with your time and resources.

Today, be patient and slow to anger.

Today, be faithful to your wife with your thoughts and your eyes.

Today, show resolve in the face of your challenges.

Today, be kind to those whom you love as well as those who have wronged you.

 

Today, you can be that great man that we would all love to be and to know. 

Do it again tomorrow and all the tomorrows after that – and you’ll be well on your way to being a HIM.

 

MOLESKIN:

You want to know the crazy story behind that James Garfield quote?

We pick up the tale at the 1880 Republican National Convention.  There are a series of presidential nominees being presented for Convention’s selection.  It is a long and boring ceremony…until the flamboyant New York Congressman, Roscoe Conklin, gets up and gives a rousing speech nominating none other than the Civil War Hero, Ulysses S. Grant.  The crowd goes nuts.  The convention is in pandemonium.

How would you like to be the follow-up act to that?  The very next speaker is the relatively unknown congressman, James Garfield – he’s there to present the nomination of his fellow Congressman from Ohio, John Sherman.  When he gets up, the crowd is still chanting, “Grant, Grant, Grant!”.

He tosses aside his prepared speech and begins with a word of praise for Grant.  Then he says this –

“…as I sat in my seat and witnessed this demonstration, this assemblage seemed to me a human ocean in tempest. I have seen the sea lashed into fury and tossed into spray, and its grandeur moves the soul of the dullest man; but I remember that it is not the billows, but the calm level of the sea, from which all heights and depths are measured.”  He is comparing the crowd to the raging ocean – but noted that all heights on the earth are measured from the level sea.  It was his plea to decide on a nominee based on logic, not passion.

Know what happened?  The crowd was so impressed that the Convention ended up nominating…James Garfield.  Against his will!  He passionately appealed to them NOT to nominate him – and through each of the primaries, kept casting his own vote for John Sherman.  Ha!  The general election was held, and Garfield won the presidency – the whole time objecting to his own candidacy.  To my knowledge, he is only one of two men who were given the presidency against their own expressed desire —- the other being who, BB reader?  (I bet WaxJob knows…)

Garfield was brilliant and tremendously credentialed.  After the end of the civil war, our nation needed a leader for the ages.  Had he not been shot a mere 100 days into his presidency; he very well may have gone down in history as one of our nation’s greatest leaders.  This Sunday marks 120 years from the premature death of one of our nation’s might-have-been-greatest presidents.

Juco IronPax 2021 Week 1

THE SCENE: Surprisingly pleasant

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER

THA-THANG:
Iron Pax Challenge #1

Revenge of the Bunnies – IPC 2021 Week 1

MARY:
None

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

— Eph 6:12

This life is full of conflict, war, disease, this workout, and many many terrible things. Let’s not get confused about who the enemy is. Not humans or even this broken world but against spiritual forces of evil who seek to do eternal damage.

Jesus reminds us that in this world we will have trouble. But take heart; he has overcome the world. (John 16:33) Look to Jesus for our peace and heaven for our rest.

Choose Your Own Adventure

THE SCENE: Humid, but otherwise nice
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Accomplished
WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH
Tempo Squat
Merkins
Hairy Rocketts
Mountain Climbers

THA-THANG:

Had a choice: Jucomanjaro Dora or Burpees at the Pond; Jucomanjaro won (we should’ve done a recount!)
Mosey to JUCAMANJARO (did some guardrail dips along the way)
3 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back
Dora exercise – pair up doing 100 Merkins, 200 Squats, 300 LBCs
Partner ran up about 30 meters and came back to grab his buddy as we traversed the mountain
Mary at the top (Freddy Mercury, Hello Dolly, etc)
Mosey back to the AO, doing various exercises along the way

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

1 Pet 3:7
 Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

MOLESKIN:
We should strive in every endeavor (even the small things) to empathize with our wives and seek to honor them so that our prayer life may not be hindered. Always room to improve in this area for all of us

Killer B’s

THE SCENE: Not too hot or wet but a whole lot of goose poop
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, tempo merkins and squats, cherry pickers, and Imperial walkers.
THA-THANG:
Thought it was for sure rain so I wasted a “rain inspired” playlist

  • Jog to each parking line, 5 burpees, 10 big boys, 15 Squats, Bernie back a line and then jog 2 forward, rinse and repeat.  Once we reach the other end we Bernie, Broad Jump, & Bear Crawl home
  • Jog to the new building for some fresh Dips and incline merkins with a shuttle run down the steps. AMRAP

MARY:
LBC and American hammers
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Would you recommend you for________? This could be for a dad, husband, boss, friend, co-worker, etc.  If not, why not? And how can you change that?
MOLESKIN:
Pray for all with COVID and for all of us to have patience and compassion.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
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