Snaggletooth – Page 11

Hot Pursuit

October 18, 2022 Kick-Flip

THE SCENE: 31 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Skipped for you bunch of veterans
WARM-O-RAMA:

Michael Phelps
RFTS / LIH
Growing arm circles
Imperial walkers
Squats
Down/up dogg
Merkins
Mosey to the pool wall for 10 wall-ups

THA THANG:

Mosey to the playground;
Max pull-ups
Partner-up: Max sit-ups in 1 minute

Mosey to the bell
Max merkins in 1 minute
1.5 miles for time

MARY:

Max burpees in 5 minutes

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

Me and 9 of the best men I know

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Once upon a time, I was dating a real hottie – the whole package; legs…hair…figure…smart…her sense of humor… Incredibly – she seemed into me as well. It was 18 years ago yesterday that we shared our first kiss on the patio of the Student Union at Oklahoma State.

I was crazy about that 19-year-old girl…and I did crazy things because of how I felt about her. Like the time I drove to Houston just to spend a few hours with her – then turned around and drove back. Or the time I tipped a mariachi band the entire contents of my wallet – a few hundred dollars – to play some songs at our table.

Back then, I was crazy about that young woman – who is now my wife. I was nuts about her and was pursuing her to be my wife (mission accomplished!).

The Word we talked about this morning was “pursuit”. We looked at two passages in Genesis.

First, in Genesis 2, God creates Adam – then Eve. Adam writes this impromptu poetry about his wife saying, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”. Scripture then says, this is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. We often hear this passage read during marriage ceremonies…

“and is united to his wife…” Some other translations say “hold fast to his wife” or “bonds with his wife” – the Hebrew word there is from the root word dabaq. That word is used 54 times in the Torah – often in the context of a CHASE. In other context, the same word is translated “in hot pursuit” (1 Samuel 14), and “pursued hard after” (Judges 20).

When I was enamored with that young woman, “debaq” could have described our relationship – I was in hot pursuit!

There is another story of pursuit later in Genesis – this time in Chapter 29.

Jacob was looking for a wife – he meets and falls head over heels for Rachael. He makes a deal with Rachael’s father to work for him for seven years in exchange for his daughter. He does – he works for seven years and at the end of those years, Laban pulls a fast one and gives Jacob his other daughter, Leah. Jacob complains “no, I’m supposed to marry Rachael” – and Laban agrees to give him Rachael as well – in exchange for another seven years of work. And here’s the thing… Jacob gets Rachael – then continues to work for her after he already had her as his wife.

How amazing would our marriages be if we continued to work for our wives after we’d already married them? What if we continued to be in hot pursuit of our spouse, like we were when we were dating? If you want your marriage to THRIVE, pursue her like that again. Pursue her mind. Pursue her heart. Pursue her spirit.

If you are scrambling for ideas – here are some tips from the internet (written by a woman, so I suppose they are expert tips ????)

Write her a special note
Plan some quality time with her and let her know in advance
Tell her how you feel about her. Compliment her. You can never compliment her too much
Tell her often that you love her or that you miss her
Text her when you are thinking about her.

But also, men, nobody should know better than YOU how to pursue your wife. You should be the world’s foremost expert on that. Ending with a quote from John Piper…

“Don’t marry so you can stop pursuing women. Marry so you can perfect the pursuit of ONE woman for a lifetime.”

MOLESKIN:

I’d love to hear how you pursue your wife’s heart today – drop it in Slack or DM me!
SKEWER – you crushed your spring scores today, brother. Nice work!
Everyone made improvements – good work all around!
Hat tip to my lovely wife for being the inspiration for this Word
Hat tip to Craig Groeschel for the Hebrew background info
Hat tip to Shanti Landon for the pro tips above

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Oak Ridge Halloween party – next Thursday evening! Bring your kiddos to trick or treat. Come staff the F3 tent!
Brolympics Nov 5

Into the Danger zone

October 16, 2022 Skewer

THE SCENE: clear and 60 degrees
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA: enjoyed some SSH and squat to the beat of Danger zone
Then 10 Chattanooga Cherry pickers
Five Knoxville Cherry pickers
THA-THANG:
Two 2 rounds of hard core at the playground. 10 Pullups, 10 awkward turtles( hand to ankle touches while on yourbback) 10 crunches and 60 seconds Plank hold
Then 4 rounds of Whitton at the flag and track area; 22 kettle bell swings, 22 goblet Squats, run 400 meter, 22 curls 22 Thrusters. Exercise were done with a coupon.

MARY: teamed up with another him in the PAX and jail break back to the meeting area after dropping off the coupon
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
John 15:16 ESV
https://bible.com/bible/59/jhn.15.16.ESV
MOLESKIN:

The challenge came from a devotional called The Roar within , can be found in youversion app

Every man has a man-killer that could be creeping up to them. But we remember what God tells us In John 15 and Ephesians 2:1-10 as well as surrounding ourselves with the PAX we can overcome a man killer

1. Lack of purpose

2. Lack of respect

3. Anger

4. Lust

5. Shame

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

CelticThunder

October 5, 2022 Skewer

THE SCENE: cool 50 degrees and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:
The PAX in cadence of Windmills, the ???? wings, Chattanooga Cherry pickers, Knoxville Cherry pickers.
THA-THANG: Welsh Dargon

4 bear Crawls forward
1 Merkin, 1 Plank Jump, 1 shoulder tap. Then 4 bear crawl backwards.
Run 400 meters
Rince, Repeat, and add 4 Crawls to the bear crawl. Add 1 rep to other exercise.
X8

MARY: Thunderstruck
Check the Exicon in Q resource
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.
1 Corinthians 16:13‭-‬14 ESV

MOLESKIN:
Growing up in the late 80s and 90s we all had some cool toys , such as G.I.Joe, Stretch Armstrong, He-Man, Hulk Hogan. And as kids we thought it was cool how Stretch could be stretched and then return to normal size. However as men when we Stretch our souls to the world and flesh we lose our soul and continue to Mar God’s image.

The G.I.jo landmine is one of the most important men because they go ahead of their family to mark the bombs and traps that would injure them. As men we need to be on guard an out of love in a meek an humble way direct our community, family to God by living a gospel saturated life.

We should not confront thing like hulk hogan being loud and tearing clothes.. the world says thar is a real man.. a real Biblical man is one that is meek and humble

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

A little leg and sumpin’ else

September 23, 2022 Borg

THE SCENE: Warm and clear at 70 degrees.

F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER. Welcome to Fitness Fellowship and Faith, Voluntary, Free, Peer led, not a pro, no knowledge of injuries or fitness considerations, it is each person’s responsibility to be safe and to modify as necessary. Most important, don’t get hurt.

WARM-O-RAMA:

SSH
Arm circles – small
Imperial walkers
Knox Cherry pickers
Plank
Upward Dog
Downward dog
Indian Run to the coupons – last man does 1 burpee then sprints to the front

THA-THANG:

Carry your coupon through the entire workout. Or use it on the ground to complete exercises like Merkins.

20 Thrusters 20
Lunges (uphill to cones, mosey back)
10 Bonnie Blairs (jumping lunge) (10 Each leg)
Bernies
40 Curls
High knees
20V-ups or modify with 20 LBCs
Lunges
20 Alternating Side Squats
Bernies
20 Grave Diggers (20 each side) (4 count carefully, use your legs)
Butt kicks
10 American Hammers (10 each side)
30 Merkins
20 Flutter kicks with block held high (4 count)

Repeat from the top until the alarm goes off

MARY:

15 minutes of PAX choice, everyone got to choose one, including both FNGs

COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA

CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:

What does “Know your limits” mean?
I told a story about playing soccer in a tournament of several games a few weeks ago and the next day mentioned to a Bible Study group that my feet and ankles were very sore from it. Another man in the group said, (somewhat scoldingly) “You gotta know your limits.” His response stuck with me, because he has no clue about me or my “limits”.

So I posed the question at this morning’s COT – What does “Know your limits” mean? The responses from several PAX helped clarify the situation for me. Here are a few insights from the group.
• As a part of living, we are always traversing what appear to be limits as we learn and adjust.
• In order to know your limits, you must explore them and keep them up to date by going and touching them from time to time, because of course they change.
• Consider the source, someone may be giving you advice based on their own limits which could be very bad advice for you.
• Consider the source, and listen, if it is someone who knows you well and they are giving you solid advice from a friend.

The depth of the responses was much greater than I can post here, and I am very grateful that I learn so much from other PAX.

The HIMs at The Project have been a driving force to help me push my limits, shoulder to shoulder. A few months ago, I asked for agreement in prayer to get rid of the nagging fear that I was pushing too much, so that I could enjoy the journey. My fear is gone and I am no longer training “to get slower, slower”, but I am gaining ground. Most encouraging is that I am watching the men around me grow as husbands and HIMs, as well as athletes because they are pushing and evaluating their limits as a natural part of who they are.

My conclusion is that there is no way to “know your limits”, because they are invisible and always changing, so put your confidence in God and your hope in His promises. Maybe it would be better to say, “Know His promises”!

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Welcome “Breadbowl” and “Wipeout”, previously known as FNGs.

Claiming Territory

September 15, 2022 Mathlete

THE SCENE: Perfect fall morning, low 60’s, a little drippy, gloom to spare
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER
WARM-O-RAMA:

Projectivators
LBACs
Windmills
Hairy Rockettes
Tempo Squats
Tempo Merkins

THA-THANG:

Mosey to Friendship bell
Dora – One does work, other bernie/sprint @ lightpole
- Step ups (150)
- Derkins (100)
Mosey to K-25 Hill
- 7s – Bobby Hurley/Drydocks
Mosey to Pond Loop
Dora – One works while other runs loop
- Flutter Kicks (300)
- LBCs (300)

MARY:
No time.
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
In Mere Christianity, Lewis discusses the way in which we are accountable for our moral decisions. He points out that we should not be much invested in the practical outcomes of our actions, because these are dependent in large part upon circumstance, both of ourselves and our surroundings. He points out that while resisting drink may be only a mild strain for a man not inclined to drunkenness, for another it may be a monumental effort of the will to go even an hour. While we tend to judge the sober man more favorably than the man who resisted only an hour, God accounts for all the “raw material” we were given. Rather, His interest is the way that each choice is affecting the kind of person we are becoming, every tiny choice leading us either to be more heavenly or more diabolical. He goes further, using the analogy of war, to point out that every small concession we make to our vices is territory that we have surrendered to the enemy, from which he can launch later assaults.

I experienced this quite clearly yesterday when, at the end of a long meeting, we entered into an hour long spiral where all the work was finished, but folks kept wanting to restate and rehash the decisions, tediously extending the meeting without gain. I got frustrated, and as a concession, allowed myself unrestricted access to my candy stash while I annoyedly waited for the end. This morning, I could see clearly that this one concession had cascaded into a series of poor decisions for the rest of the night including extra dessert, extra drinking, and an inordinately late bedtime for the whole family. [I didn’t know this when I gave this Word live, but this culminated in my kids struggling to get ready and my son being late to school].

My takeaway was this: don’t waste time congratulating myself because of how good things are, it’s largely not my doing. Instead, keep my eyes on things eternal, by making good decisions, with special attention to the temptation to make small concessions, because these small decisions will be seeds that grow up.
MOLESKIN:
Tuesday IPC was heavy, so I went with a nice traditional Dora bootcamp. Hopefully worked out some stiffness in the shoulders, back, and legs.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Kids Tri – Sept. 24th, 2.0 workout in October, Project T-shirt sale is ending soon (Sept. 17th), Brolympics November 5th.