THE SCENE: 20’s & cold, thankfully no wind.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
- Cherry pickers x 5
- SSH x 20 (4ct)
- Squats x 10 (4ct)
THA-THANG:
7 of Diamonds. 4 cones were set up in a diamond shape. As a group, mosey around the diamond, stop at each cone and perform the following exercises. All reps are a multiple of 7.
- Lap 1 – 7 Burpees
- Lap 2 – 14 Mountain Climber (4ct)
- Lap 3 – 21 Iron Mikes (4ct)
- Lap 4 – 28 American Hammers (4ct)
- Lap 5 – 21 Merkins (4ct)
- Lap 6 – 14 Monkey Humpers (4ct)
- Lap 7 – 7 Burpees
MARY:
Dealers choice:
- Tank – LBC x 41
- Junk – Hello Dolly x 20
- Mayberry – Reverse Cowgirl x 20ish – too much laughing to count
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 HIMs: Tank, Junk, Mayberry, Frosty, I-Beam, BlueCross, ToeBox, Abacus, Tweet-E, Bartman
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Parable of the Sower — Luke 8:4-15
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.” 9 His disciples asked him what this parable meant. 10 He said, “The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, “ ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’a 11 “This is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those along the path are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. 13 Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away. 14 The seed that fell among thorns stands for those who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by life’s worries, riches and pleasures, and they do not mature. 15 But the seed on good soil stands for those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, retain it, and by persevering produce a crop.
Jesus is clearly talking about man’s response to His call for salvation, which is an entire discussion unto itself. This morning I focused on the current state of our hearts, particularly verse 14. If I’m honest, a lot of times I feel like the seed from verse 14 – that which gets distracted and lulled by the American culture. We have so much in our country that we are often fooled into thinking we are self-sufficient rather than dependent on Christ. Protect your heart against this way of thinking.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Collecting gift cards for the Mend House. Tank will be collecting them this week.