{"id":2342,"date":"2009-11-11T09:45:57","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2009-11-11T09:45:57","modified_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:45:57","slug":"soap-planning-to-win-the-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/soap-planning-to-win-the-race\/","title":{"rendered":"SOAP:  Planning to win the race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9: 24-26<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>24<\/strong>Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?\u00a0 Run is such a way as to get the prize. <strong>25<\/strong>Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.\u00a0 <strong>26<\/strong>Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Observation:<\/strong> Following Jesus and sharing the gospel can be like a race. Run to win. Prepare, plan and then execute&#8230; and win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong> I am very excited about something I want to share with my blog readers&#8230; and the whole blogosphere. But I need to prepare, plan and then execute my plan and win souls for Christ.<\/p>\n<p>I am so excited that I want to shout my idea from the rooftops and I want to recruit everyone to join in. But I cannot be like the man who runs aimlessly, beating the air. I need to pray, listen and plan.<\/p>\n<p>If you<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/momstoolbox\" target=\"_blank\"> follow me on Twitter<\/a>, my last tweet last night gives you a huge hint.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready, because I am excited!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer:<\/strong> Thank you,\u00a0 Lord for never giving up on me. For continuing to call me to you through the years I was studying and through the years I was slipping.<\/p>\n<p>I am honored to follow you and to be your child.<\/p>\n<p>Please guide me as I formulate these plans. Tell me what you want me to do and how you want me to do it.<\/p>\n<p>I want to work with you and execute your plan just as you would use me.<\/p>\n<p>And thank you for the honor of being used by you.<\/p>\n<p>I love you and am amazed by you&#8230; and can\u2019t wait to share your true love with many, many more.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>PS: Dear praying blog readers, <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would you please pray for me today and over the next few days as I listen and plan? I want to be sure I\u2019m hearing HIS voice and not my own as I determine my steps. Your prayers will help that to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scripture: 1 Corinthians 9: 24-26 24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize?\u00a0 Run is such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2343,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342\/revisions\/2343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.momstoolbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}