Scott Palmer - Running to Win

RUNNING TO WIN

Senior Recognition - 2026

I Corinthians 9:24-27

 

THREE KEYS TO RUNNING A WINNING RACE

 

1.  WHO WILL BE MY __________________?

“…If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.” Luke 9: 23 (NIV)

 

“He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.”

Hebrews 11: 25-26 (ESV)

 

          Key: I must take _______________ for my spiritual

                   maturity. 

 

2.  WHO WILL BE MY __________________?

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24 (NIV)

 

Two essentials

 

a.  You must have _____________ compatibility.

“Do not be yoked together with those who do not believe. For what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? … Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?”

II Corinthians 6: 14-15b (CSB)

 

b.  You must have ______________ compatibility.

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2: 10 (ESV)

 

3.  WHAT WILL BE MY __________________?

“Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and He will give you everything you need.” Matthew 6: 33 (NLT)

 

“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare[a] and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11 (ESV)