Heb 12:1

Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and **let us run with endurance** the race that is set before us,


**1. Look forward**

**1 Cor 9:24-27**

24 Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. 25 Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. 26 Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; 27 but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.


**Amos 6:1**

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria,


**Amos 6:4-6**

4 Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall, 5 Who improvise to the sound of the harp, And like David have composed songs for themselves,

6 Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, **Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.**


**2. Look back**


**3. Look within**


1 Cor 6:12

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.


Ps 139:23-24

23 **Search me**, O God, and know my heart;

Try me and know my anxious thoughts;

24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me,

And lead me in the everlasting way

Eph 5:15

15 Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, 16 making the most of your time, because the days are evil.

Matt 24:7

"Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold.