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Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God

THE SCENE: Mid 70s with sprinkles.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry pickers x 7, little baby arm circles forward and backward, harry rockettes, hand release merkins and tempo squats
THA-THANG:
Ran to the parking lot with Maple Street biscuits. Every business you do a workout. After every business, you run around the buildings. First business was:

Maple Street

  • Curls x 21
  • BBS x 21
  • Squats x 21

Hot Yoga

  • Plank Pose for 1 minutes
  • Side Plank Pose for 30 seconds each side
  • Lord of the Dance pose 30 seconds each leg

Martial Arts Business

  • Harry Squatettes x 10 each leg
  • Donkey Kicks x 15

Hard Knox Pizza

  • Curls x 21
  • BBS x 21
  • Squats x 21

Sherwin Williams Paint

  • Squat Press x 20
  • Straight Arm Rainbow Drops x 10 each side

Barber Shop

  • Tricep extensions x 30
  • Wall sit with arms extended for 1 minute

Dickey’s BBQ

  • Curls x 21
  • BBS x 21
  • Squats x 21

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The Word came from 1 Corinthians 10:23-33, the main verse being 31, “Therefore, whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, do it all for the glory of God.” I know that Christians know this verse and have heard it many times, it is nothing new. But it is easy to forget as we go about our busy lives with work, school, kids, families and everything else we do. It is a good reminder that we don’t just go about our days monotonously and aimlessly. We have been given a purpose, to glorify God in all we do and enjoy Him. And then in verse 33 that one of the reasons we do this is so that non-Christians might see this and be saved. Our actions matter, how we treat people, how we have discussions, how we do our work, it matters. So, let us aim to glorify God and enjoy Him and let us seek to point people to Him while we do that.

Giving 110% in 100% humidity

THE SCENE: According to pool boy it was 100% humidity, but no rain
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
SSH, Cherry Pickers, tempo squats, pointer dogs, sprints and calf raises
THA-THANG:
Small detour to the center courtyard, due to a skunk sighting.

The many faces of Merkins and Abs

  • 20 Inclined, run lap
  • 20 Declined, run lap
  • 20 regular, run lap
  • 20 shoulder tap, run lap
  • 25 LBC, lap
  • 25 American hammers, lap
  • 25 Side crunches each side, lap
  • Mosey to coupon pile for 25 curls, triceps, then top of the hill for leg lifts on the pull up bars

MARY:
Didn’t make it back in time, but did some mary on the way back for breaks.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Romans 2 vs 1 and 10, John 8.  Remember let us who are free of sin cast the first stone.  Instead of judging others, turn the mirror on ourselves and see what we can do to improve and become more Christ-like.
MOLESKIN:
Help guides all these men in decisions about life and work.  Please give us health and courage to share your love.

Quality Time at Sophomore Hill

THE SCENE: Nice 70ish degrees with about 55% humidity.
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Completed
WARM-O-RAMA:

High Knees
Kickbacks
SSH
Merkins
Tempo Squats
Freddy Mercuries

THA-THANG:

Last Man Up to Sophmore Hill (doing a set of Flutter Kicks along the way
Burp Back Mountain
– pairing up with one person proceeding to run backward up the hill/forward down the hill while the other person is performing burpees. The individuals continue to alternate running with burpees until 100 total burpees are completed
Cindy Crawford (5 corners)
– AMRAP 5 pull-ups, 10 merkins, and 15 squats, 20 LBCs and 25 Calve raises

MARY:

Boat/Canoe
Freddie Mercuries

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Heb 10:24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Eccl 4:9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!

MOLESKIN:

Privilege to be together with you men, you encourage and inspire me to be a better Christ-follower, let’s continue to bring others into the F3 fold and watch them change!

 

Bold Tree Removal

THE SCENE: 67 °F, air nice ‘n thick
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
Cherry Pickers, Windmills, Mountain Climbers, Tempo Merkins, Side straddle hop and Chinooks
THA-THANG:
30 Guardrail dips on the way to Jucomajaro

  • Split into 2 teams of 4; at each line (100ft), team had to do 8 burpees and 8 squats to the tree
  • At the tree, 1 team cut branches off the dead tree with a saw that happened to be there while the rest of the team did a stationary exercise, then carried wood up the hill
  • The  other team was doing a moving exercise and took over sawing when they got back.
  • Stationary Exercises: Merkins, Burpees, Flutter Kicks and squats
  • Moving: Bear crawl, crab walk, lunges and bernie.

The tree was cleared from the road; only took a couple years.

MARY:
Time for 5 whole big boy sit ups

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.  Proverbs 28:1

Starting with a side bar: My non-running daughter prefers the version of this verse that says, “only the wicked run when no one is chasing them”  But I want to focus on the second half of the verse and the topic of Courage as it relates to being bold in facing failures aka shortcomings aka lies aka sin (that’s what God calls it) in our life.  Are we masters of “perception management” knowing what people think of us and keeping our image up? Or are we real, transparent and bold/courageous enough to be real with people and confess our sins to God and then to others?  It’s hard to be bold.  It’s hard to be honest, but that is what we are called to.

Allows me a silly analogy to the tree removal we did this morning.  Removing the clutter and lies from our life isn’t easy work and we get used to operating by just walking/working around them.  Pretty soon, we don’t even see them. But God will show us, through other guys in our lives most often, that we need to remove the things that block our full potential.   I hope the time off today for many of us allow us time to have God show us where lies are in our life.

The other part of this verse that got me thinking is this sounds like a chicken or the egg thing.  The Boldness can comes from Righteousness and Righteousness comes from Boldness.

So what starts it?   (Hint: The church answer works here)  God.   God starts the work in our heart.  Righteousness comes from God; and when being right with God can boldly face life.  But it takes courage to face the sin in our lives.  Only the Holy Spirit can give us the boldness to face our sin and that is through the finished work of Jesus Christ.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
5K BYOS (bring your own steak) Tuesday night.  See slack for details.

ab-day-2021

THE SCENE: Balmy

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

  • reach for the sky
  • left/right foot hang
  • tempo squat
  • arm circles
  • tempo merkins
  • SSH

THA-THANG:
Mosey to big front parking lot. Welcome to Ab day.

Find 10 exercise marked in parking spots. Partner up and pick an exercise. Both partners complete the exercise then mosey to light pole. Do 5 burpees. Mosey back and pick a different exercise. Rinse and Repeat.

Exercises are:

  • Flutter kicks (100)
  • ABC’s
  • Hello Dolly (100)
  • Plank (90 Sec)
  • LBC ( 100)
  • BBS (50)
  • Mountain Climbers (100)
  • Pickle Pounders (50)
  • Freddy Mercurys (100)
  • Side Crunch (25 per side)

After completion, do an Al Gore while waiting for the 6.

Gather up and recover, just in time to take a lap around the lake.

Times almost up, head back to the flag.

MARY:
15 4ct Imperial Walker
15 squats on your own

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Isaiah 44:1-8

Isaiah 44:6

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:

I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

Excerpt from New Morning Mercies:

If God is in control of every aspect of your world and his grace covers all your sin, why would you ever give way to fear?

  • Paul David Tripp; New Morning Mercies

The reason we might is we forget the sovereignty of God. We forget He is in control. When we focus on the world around us, it becomes really big and God becomes small. The problems around us overwhelm us.
Today be reminded of who God is, that he’s in control and if we’re in him, he’s covered all our sin.

We have no reason to fear, besides Him these is no god.