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Give 100% to God every hour or every day!

THE SCENE: 40 degrees and awesome!
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • Side Straddle Hop (IC) X 15
  • Cherry Pickers (IC) 4 CT X 5
  • Baby Arm Circles Forward X 10 (IC) followed by Michael Phelps
  • Baby Arm Circles Backwards X 10 (IC) followed by Michael Phelps
  • Overhead Claps X 10 (IC)
  • Tempo Squats (IC) 4 CT X 10
  • Tempo Merkins (IC) X 10
  • Mosey to the CMU pile
  • 15 Merkins & 15 BBS on the way

THA-THANG:

CMU & Around We Go

5 Exercises X 15 reps & then run the parking lot (rinse & repeat)

  • CMU Squats
  • CMU Overhead Press
  • CMU Tricep Extensions
  • CMU Curls
  • CMU Bentover Rows

3 Exercises X 30 (rinse & repeat)

  • CMU Pullovers
  • CMU American Hammers
  • CMU Bench Press
  • Curls on the walk to put up the coupons
  • Mosey to the Flag

MARY:

  • Flutterkicks X 20
  • LBCs X 25
  • Hello Dollies X 25
  • BBS X 15

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA – 18 men between Rush and the Bootcamp

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Acts 1:8 – “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

Matthew 28:19 – “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,”

John 20:21 – “Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.”

2 Corinthians 5:20 – “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us.”

Throughout the Bible, we are called to share the good news to the ends of the Earth.  I haven’t done that.  Sure, I’ve given my life to Christ, I’m a believer, I’ve chosen to serve in non-profits, I’ve attended church forever, I volunteer and I’ve even invited people to church but I now realize I haven’t done enough.  If I died today, I’d consider myself a failure in evangelizing to non-believers or those that aren’t on fire for God.  We all know lots of people that say they’re Christian and not bad people but they’re not on fire for God.

I can do more.  I have to do more if I’m going to follow the word to be a witness and make disciples.

I just finished a study series about evangelism and the speaker shared some advice…he said,

  • You’re not going to your kid’s ballgame…you’re going to share the good news and when you’re there, watch the ballgame
  • You’re not going to the grocery store…you’re going to disciple to others and when you’re doing that, go ahead and get groceries

The presenter also encouraged us to make lists of concentric circles of people that we need to intentionally visit with to learn more about their faith journey.  For example, one circle should be our family, another our friends, another our coworkers.  He challenged us…ME…to be intentional and seek opportunities to share.

Think about that…if 100% of what you did was for Christ how would that change your life or your actions or laying on the horn when someone cuts you off or won’t go.  This is pretty deep and I’ve doing a lot of soul-searching and I’m proud of how I live and serve most of the time but I’m not “all in” all of the time…I’m not actively seeking out non-believers or fair-weather Christians like I need to be.

So, I’m 50 years old and a little pissed off at myself for not listening to what I’ve heard through the years.  I’m a bit ticked off that I didn’t hear someone at 25 or 35 tell me to get my head out of my “you know what” and start living an abundant life by proudly sharing my faith with other.  I’m challenging you to not be like me and to start spreading the good news today and don’t wait until you’re an old man like me.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • Sign Up To Q/VQ
  • Trunk or Treat this Saturday in parking lot across from JUCO
  • Coats for the Cold – bring them in every workout

Do the leg work

THE SCENE: 50’s and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Yep
WARM-O-RAMA:
22xlbac fwd, 15xlbac bck, 7xCherry Pickers, 10xTempo Merkins, 20xSSH

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the courtyard of the new building for some 11’s.

11’s of Box Jumps in the courtyard and Diamond Merkins on the road at the bottom of the stairs.

Mosey to the light poles heading toward the Information Center.

Lunge forward one light pole and perform 15 merkins, 15 squats, and 15 BBS then Bernie back one light pole. Once there, sprint forward two poles. Repeat till at the road.

Mosey to the information center and partner up to complete 100xBaby Merkins & 100xCalf Raises.

One partner performs exercise while the other runs one lap around the information center.

Mosey back to the flag.

MARY:
No time

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
16 men willing to do the leg work.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

I’ve been studying church organization/leadership and one thing that I keep coming back to in everything I read is that we still have responsibility for ourselves. Yes, there are men elected to roles of leadership and charged with overseeing the congregation, but we ourselves still retain responsibility. We need to recognize that responsibility and not forsake it. Take the talents that God has given you and use them for good works.

Luke 12:48b – “From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked.”

MOLESKIN:
Great to see the numbers coming back at JUCO. Keep EHing!
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
nada

When We Are Weak, He Is Strong

THE SCENE: Mid 60s with some sprinkles
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers x 7, Harry Rockettes x 10, Lil’ Baby Arm Circles x 10 forward and backward, tempo squats x 5 then hold an Al Gore, tempo merkins x 5 then hold plank.

THA-THANG:
Mosey to the Courtyard for 21s

  • Start at the wall and do 20 box jumps onto the wall
  • Run to second overhang, stop and do 5 BBS at middle overhang
  • Do 1 hand release merkin at second overhang.
  • Eventually moved to 11s and got down to 6 box jumps and 5 hand release merkins

Mosey to the Coupon Pile

  • Get a coupon
  • Do 10 curls, 10 triceps, 10 swings, rifle carry up the first two staircases then back down
  • Take off 2 off each workout each time and go all the way to zero.

Mosey to the Parking Lot

  • Start at the first line doing 3 squats, duck walk to the line, lunge back to the start.
  • Then do 2 squats, duck walk, lunge
  • 1 squat, duck walk, lunge

Mosey back to the flag

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Read 2 Corinthians 12:8-10: “Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.’ Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me. So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

This is so opposite of our culture and really the opposite of what men think. It is difficult to admit our weaknesses and even boast in them, but this is what Paul says and we see throughout Scripture that we are to be dependent on God and rely on Him and not ourselves. We see throughout the Psalms that David cries out to the Lord to help Him. He knows that He is weak and often in danger, so he constantly cries out to God for help. And this is how we should look to God. It is like a child doing something and he is struggling and his father is right there waiting for the child to ask for help. The child (us) is stubborn, but the father (God) is right there waiting for us to ask Him for help and it is His desire and pleasure to help us and give us strength because He gets the glory in that, not us.

USAF PT Test

THE SCENE:   60 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER:  All veterans – skipped.
WARM-O-RAMA: 

  • Grady corns
  • Moroccan nightclub
  • Michael Phelps
  • Projectivator
  • Tempo squats
  • In/out jump squats
  • Tempo Merkins
  • Mountain climbers
  • Australian snow angels
  • Pickle pounders
  • Mosey to the track

THA THANG:

  • 2 laps of Bojangles’s Biscuits (run the straights, jog the curves)

 

  • US Air Force Fitness Program
  1. Max merkins in 1 minute
  2. Max sit-ups in 1 minute
  3. 5 miles for time

 

To the field – 4 cones spaced every 10 yards

  • Bear crawl 1 cones – 30 merkins – sprint to last cone – mosey back
  • Bear crawl 2 cones – 20 merkins – sprint to last cone – mosey back
  • Bear crawl 3 cones – 10 merkins – mosey back

MARY:

  • LB Flutter Crunch
  • H2H

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 5 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 12:12, “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Isaiah 26:3, You will keep the mind that is dependent on you in perfect peace, for it is trusting in you.

Psalm 27:14, “Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8:  “But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit.”

MOLESKIN:

Praying for Wax this week

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hardship Hill set-up on October 1, race on October 2

Monster Mash Bash – October 28th

JUCO IPC Wk 3

THE SCENE: 58*
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER – Done
WARM-O-RAMA:
Abe Vigoda x 10, Cherry Picker x 6, Tempo Merkin x 3
THA-THANG:

IPC Week 3

MARY:
None

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
10 men for a truckload of fun.
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
1 Peter 1: 13-19

Don’t put off doing good works. If you know what the right action is, do it without delay. There’s no good reason to put off doing good.

MOLESKIN:
IPC is fun…

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Hardship Hill work day this Sunday from 2-5pm. Location: Fort Southwest Point, Loudon