THE SCENE: 44 and clear
F3 WELCOME & DISCLAIMER: Administered
WARM-O-RAMA:
Abe Vigoda IC x 8
Seal claps IC x 8
Randy IC x 8
Motivator IC x 8
Sprints x 4
Calve raises on the curb while I explain Tha Thang…
THA-THANG:
We going to play a game called “Mutton”. One PAX is “the sheep” – he wears a flag belt and holds an interval timer (my phone). The rest of the PAX are “lions”. Here’s the game;
- 30 Second Sprint: The Sheep sprints off in whatever direction his chooses… The Lions perform an exercise called by Q (e.g. 3 fairy jacks!), then pursue the Sheep. If they catch the Sheep, Lions pull his flag off.
- 10 Second Recovery: If the Sheep was caught, he (alone) starts an exercise of his choice while the Lions recover. If the Sheep was not caught, he gets to recover along with the Lions.
- 45 Second Work: All PAX perform exercise of the Sheep’s choice
- 15 Second Recovery: All PAX recover (and the flag belt is given to another PAX – who becomes the new Sheep…).
- Repeat…
Stop at the coupon pile to do;
- Colt 45s
- Squat thrusters
- Uneven merkins (one hand on coupon) – is there a name for this?
- Heavy Freddies
- Heavy Hammers
- Hello Dolly
Start “Mutton” again and work our way back to the shovelflag.
MARY:
20 seconds core, 10 seconds merkins….repeat (e.g. LBC, merkin, side crunch, merkin, rosalita, merkin…..)
Repeat for 5 minutes
COUNT-OFF & NAME-O-RAMA
26 HIMs
CIRCLE OF TRUST/BOM:
Proverb from India (hat tip Paramahansa Yogananda).
A pregnant lioness attacked a flock of sheep. As she sprang on her prey, she gave birth to her cub and then died. The lion cub grew up in the company of the sheep. As the sheep ate grass, the cub followed their example. They bleated; the cub bleated too. Gradually it grew to be a big beautiful lion but still acted like a sheep. He had no idea, not even in his dreams, that he was a lion.
One day an old lion passed by and saw this young lion standing with the sheep, acting like a sheep. So, he gave chase and got ahold of him. The young sheep-lion said, “Please don’t! Let me go!”. But the old lion said, “come with me!” and dragged him to a lake. He made him gaze into the water and said, “Look at yourself!” So, the lion who thought he was a sheep looked and for the first time he saw his reflection. Then he looked at the old lion, and he looked in the water again, and he let out a mighty roar. He was never a sheep again.
3 Points
1. “The opposite of a man is not a woman; the opposite of a man is a boy” (hat tip Judge Judy). I have three boys at home, and I can tell you that they are often self-centered and short-sighted. Boys live for gratification and pout when they don’t get their way. As a high-impact man, you choose not to endlessly chase your own desires, but instead to live sacrificially. You put the needs and interests of others above your own. You operate with intentionality and have a consistent positive influence on your community. You are a high-impact man.
2. If you are in Christ, you are a new creation; the old has gone, the new is here (2 Corinthians 5:15). The old was lust and greed (Colossians 3:5), selfishness, jealousy, envy, and rage (Galatians 5:19-21). You no longer have a spirit of fear, but a spirit of power, love, and sound judgement (2 Timothy 1:7). You set your hearts and minds on things above (Colossians 3:1-2). You’ve clothed yourselves with compassion and humility (Colossians 3:12) and the Spirit of God produces in you love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control (Galatians 3:22-23). You are a new creation.
3. This one applies to every single one of you – every one of you is the old lion in the story. In your life, there are young lions who act like sheep – and who think they are sheep (we call them “Sad Clowns”). Grown men who live like selfish boys – men who profess Christ, but who follow their flesh instead of the Spirit. You must pursue and get ahold of that man. You must be an example of a high-impact man in his life and show him what he was created to be. You may just give that man his first glance at his “imprisoned splendor” (hat tip Robert Browning). You may just be the conduit that God uses to rescue that man from his selfishness and meaninglessness, and to call him into a life of service and sacrifice to the glory of God.
MOLESKIN:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Prayers for PoolBoy’s house to sell quickly
- Brolympics November 9th
