Not everyone who starts the race finishes it.<\/i> Paul writes: \u2018Don\u2019t you realise that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize. So I run with purpose in every step… I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.\u2019<\/i> (1 Corinthians 9:24\u201327 NLT) Paul isn\u2019t talking about his salvation; that was a settled issue. He\u2019s talking about his heavenly reward, and these particular words should make us stop and think: \u2018I myself might be disqualified..\u2019<\/i> Here are some things that will cause you to stumble on your journey: <\/p>\n
(1) Failure to read God\u2019s Word and pray every day. <\/p>\n
(2) Saying no<\/i> to God when He deals with you about a specific area in your life. <\/p>\n
(3) Moral failure stemming from wrong habits and relationships. <\/p>\n
(4) Allowing doubt and fear to cripple you. <\/p>\n
(5) Wasting time on frivolous pursuits instead of focusing on the \u2018one thing\u2019 God has called you to do. <\/p>\n
(6) Succeeding in your career and failing at home. <\/p>\n
(7) Not sowing your treasure, talent, and time into God\u2019s Kingdom, resulting in a lack of resources to fulfil His will for your life. The list could go on ad infinitum. <\/p>\n
Make this your prayer today: \u2018Search me, O God, and know my heart\u2026 see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm 139:23\u201324 NKJV) That\u2019s the kind of prayer God loves to answer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Not everyone who starts the race finishes it. Paul writes: \u2018Don\u2019t you realise that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win! All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}