The Race of Faith

Inspired by Hebrews 12:1–4, we are encouraged to re-engage and fully embrace the race of faith. This means understanding what it takes to run with endurance, stay focused on Jesus, and build a lasting legacy. We must self-reflect and explore how to best eliminate distractions, embrace our unique calling, and pass the baton of faith to the next generation so we can run our leg of the race well! If you feel weighed down, tempted to compare yourself to others, or struggling to keep moving forward, let's challenge and encourage one another to persevere and finish well.

Paul's how-tos:

Get Rid of What Hinders

“Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.”

Faith requires shedding distractions and weights — not always sinful things, but anything that slows us down.

What weighs us down? Fear, busyness, pride, and distractions that so easily get us off track.

Our Race is Uniquely Ours

"And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us."

We each have a specific calling — different lanes, different assignments.

Comparison hinders. Focus on your race, not someone else’s.

The leg of the race we are running is personalized —Your faith story matters.

Requires Focus

“We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.”

The world will try to distract us. People will try to distract us. We have to remember to stay focused on the goal, not others. Keep the main thing the main thing.

We build the Foundation for the Next Generation

Our race is not just for us — we’re setting the foundation for those who come behind us.

Faithfulness in stripping off hindrances and staying focused models endurance, trust, and obedience.

The baton pass happens in the small daily choices, mentoring moments

Don’t Give Up — Keep Pressing

"He endured the cross... Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up."

Fatigue and complacency are real. But quitting mid-race leaves the next generation empty-handed.

Keep pressing toward the goal. Perseverance is part of the legacy we pass on.

Questions to think through:

What are you carrying that needs to be stripped away?

Are you running your race, or distracted by others’?

Where’s your focus — is Jesus at the center?

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