This coming Sunday we will be focusing on Hebrews 12.1-4. This passage gives us that famous verse that says: "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us." In the previous chapter we see numerous examples of the saints of God that have gone before us. These saints that exemplified the faith of God. And now we are surrounded by these witnesses to the faith ------ therefore we are to lay aside the lethargy, the laziness, and the sin ------ and run the race that is before us. We are being cheered on by those who have gone before us ------ saying that we can do this. And we can do this because Christ has made a way where there seemed to be no way. Continuing on to verse 3 it says: "Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart." When we think of what Jesus endured on our behalf ----- this should enliven us to persevere in the race that is laid before us. To not turn back to our sinful ways ----- but instead to persevere until the very end.
Traditionally on this Sunday, we recognize those saints who have gone before us. This Sunday we are going to continue to do that, but also give everyone an opportunity to share about a saint of God that impacted their lives. I would like to invite you to prayerfully consider sharing during our Sunday morning All Saints Day services. You might want to read something that has impacted you, share a song, display an art piece, or tell a story. Please consider doing that as we share the lives of those saints of God who have impacted our lives.
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