Running To Win on Oneplace.com

By Dr. Erwin W. Lutzer

Religion & Spirituality Christianity

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Running the race of life is hard. But with the Bible front and center and a heart to encourage, trusted pastor, Erwin Lutzer takes you on a journey into the Word to help you make it across the finish line.

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Fighting To Win, Part 1 of ...

07.23.2021

To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Soldiers know that it’s much harder to achieve victory on the battlefield if you don’t fight to win. There are many battles along life’s road, battles we will lose if we lack the ...

Running To Win on Oneplace.com episodes:

07.23.2021 Fighting To Win, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Soldiers know that it’s much harder to achieve victory on the battlefield if you don’t fight to win. There are many battles along life’s road, battles we will lose if we lack the ...
07.22.2021 When Bitter Waters Are Made Sweet, Part 2 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Disappointment: it hits everyone whenever our circumstances don’t match our expectations. But disappointment can turn to bitterness, and we need God’s grace to respond well to the disappointments of life. The children of ...
07.21.2021 When Bitter Waters Are Made Sweet, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The grass is not always greener on the other side of the mountainor the other side of the Red Sea. Once Israel left Egypt, the real troubles began. The long trek started, and ...
07.20.2021 Escaping From Tight Places, Part 2 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The sea in front of you. 600 Egyptian chariots behind you. That's what's called being in a tight placea place where only God can get you out. In this message, we remember the ...
07.19.2021 Escaping From Tight Places, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 They call it a "can't win" scenario. Pharaoh finally let Israel leave Egypt, but then pursued them in order to kill them. The people said, "we should never have left...bondage is better than ...
07.16.2021 Redeemed At High Cost, Part 2 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 It was more than high drama. The Passover taught both Egypt and Israel that God means what He says. Salvation does not come without the shedding of blood. As we journey life’s road, ...
07.15.2021 Redeemed At High Cost, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 It was a night of terror. The angel of death swept throughout Egypt, killing the firstborn of every family whose doorpost had no blood. The Passover was the last plague to make Pharaoh ...
07.14.2021 Smashing Our Idols, Part 2 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 God went to extreme lengths to force Egypt’s Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go. Would He do the same to you and to me? God wants our full attention, and no ...
07.13.2021 Smashing Our Idols, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 In Moses’ day, idols were carved from stone or made of metal. But today’s idols are more subtle, and they often go undetected. Even good things like work, family, or patriotism can take ...
07.12.2021 Getting To Know God, Part 2 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Some people think God can be manipulated. Others think He’s too busy to care about what goes on down here on Earth. But Moses learned the truth. In Exodus 4 and 5, Moses ...
07.09.2021 Getting To Know God, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 On the surface it sounds preposterous. If someone says, I know God, many people would simply laugh. It’s hard enough to meet an important official like the President, so how could we think ...
07.08.2021 Excuses, Excuses, Part 2 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When believers know what God wants them to do, but refuse to do it, they often find creative excuses for their refusal. That’s what Moses did, until God graciously overcame his objections and ...
07.07.2021 Excuses, Excuses, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 There is something futile about making excuses to other people. You know, and they know, that even the best excuses just don’t measure up. Moses found out that excuses never work with God. ...
07.06.2021 Life In The Penalty Box, Part 2 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 If life were a bed of roses, we might never appreciate how good roses smell. For 40 years of Moses' life, herding sheep was his job. But during this season, God prepared him ...
07.05.2021 Life In The Penalty Box, Part 1 of 2 (Getting Closer To God) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Most of us know Moses for parting the Red Sea, and for telling Egypt’s Pharaoh to let my people go. Lesser known is how Moses got there. The race of life for Moses ...
07.02.2021 Developing A Support System, Part 2 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When times are good, it’s easy to rely on ourselves. But when calamity strikes, you need a support system around you. The prophet Jeremiah compares this to being like a tree next to ...
07.01.2021 Developing A Support System, Part 1 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 There comes a time in the decline of a nation when God will no longer delay judgmentthat’s when true suffering begins. America may be at that point. Economic and social calamity will strike ...
06.30.2021 Faith At The Breaking Point, Part 3 of 3 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The great tribulation can be traced to the rage of Satan, who wants one last chance to wreak havoc before facing doomone last chance to shake his fist at God and His peopleone ...
06.29.2021 Faith At The Breaking Point, Part 2 of 3 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 In Revelation chapter 13, the future antichrist’s power is on display, and he’s murdering Christians. The antichrist is known as the beast. He forces the whole world to worship him using military and ...
06.28.2021 Faith At The Breaking Point, Part 1 of 3 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 In ancient Rome, Christians were persecuted and killed by the thousands. If you think those days are over, it’s time to think again. Christians are being murdered for their faith from one end ...
06.25.2021 Preparing For The Day Of Calamity, Part 2 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many people stash away cash in case the day of calamity comes. But what if your money is of no value on that day? To trust in riches is to trust in a ...
06.24.2021 Preparing For The Day Of Calamity, Part 1 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many people watch the stock market like a hawk. Some get nervous when the price of gold drops. We all need money. But one day the money we crave will be no more. ...
06.23.2021 The Desert, The Devil And You, Part 2 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Sometimes, we are tempted to take the easy way out of a trial, even though we know that the easy way is not God’s way. Jesus, hungry and thirsty, was offered all the ...
06.22.2021 The Desert, The Devil And You, Part 1 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Sometimes we find ourselves going directly from great blessing to times of great trial. That’s what happened to Jesus. He was led by God into the wilderness and found Himself tempted to sin ...
06.21.2021 Empty Cupboards, Empty Stomachs... Part 2 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Advertisers say that having more is what life is all about. We need more money, a bigger house, and nicer vacations. But having less can be a greater blessing. Having less means reaching ...
06.18.2021 Empty Cupboards, Empty Stomachs... Part 1 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 It’s been said that if all the tears people ever cried could be gathered up, they’d fill an ocean. Sorrow comes to all of us. Life does have joys, and some people think ...
06.17.2021 Trusting God When The Wells Are Dry, Part 2 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When tough times comeand they are comingGod shakes us up to make sure we remember who our real provider is. He can sustain us through adversity. Downsizing might not be fun, especially when ...
06.16.2021 Trusting God When The Wells Are Dry, Part 1 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When God wants to deepen our spiritual maturity, He sometimes takes away all the comforts we’re used to. Some of us move out of state, where a new job falls apart. Some of ...
06.15.2021 We Have No Map For This Territory, Part 2 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When God chooses to judge a nation, He has several methods at His disposal. One of them is economic collapse. When the house of cards called Debt comes crashing down, everybody loses. Society ...
06.14.2021 We Have No Map For This Territory, Part 1 of 2 (Famines, Deserts And Other Hard Places) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The days ahead may well be days of less money, fewer options, higher prices, and more uncertainty. For many, the comforts we’ve known may fade away into an even tougher realityno job, no ...
06.11.2021 Breaking The Chains Of Bondage, Part 2 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Our bad habits create prisons of our own making. The walls we build keep us from being all that we could and should be. But God wants us to be free. That’s why ...
06.10.2021 Breaking The Chains Of Bondage, Part 1 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Some people feel so trapped in their destructive habits, they might as well have iron chains binding them in prison. They feel there is no way out. In this message we learn to ...
06.09.2021 Developing Habits Of Righteousness, Part 2 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 When it comes to replacing bad habits with good ones, it's important to have the mindset of out with the old, in with the new. Running life’s race at top speed means having ...
06.08.2021 Developing Habits Of Righteousness, Part 1 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 It’s one thing to resolve to break a bad habit. But what works a lot better is to resolve to develop a good habit. We can jump off the starting blocks into a ...
06.07.2021 Three Prerequisites For Change, Part 2 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 It takes time to develop bad habits. And it also takes time to get rid of them. But first, we have to believe some key principles. And when we do, we're on the ...
06.04.2021 Three Prerequisites For Change, Part 1 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 All of us have bad habits we need to lose, whether habitual lying, addictions to substances or sex, or moral failures. But what we lack is the means to break the cycles of ...
06.03.2021 Breaking Stubborn Habits, Part 2 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Some people try to explain away their bad habits. They say, It’s just the way I am. I can’t change. But these explanations are excuses, and these excuses conceal a lie. The Apostle ...
06.02.2021 Breaking Stubborn Habits, Part 1 of 2 (How To Break A Stubborn Habit) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Many of us are stuck in a rut of bad habits. But we should think of today as the starting line for a new race, and we should learn how to turn our ...
06.01.2021 The Discipline Of Silence, Part 2 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 For many, silence is uncomfortable. We want sensory input to fill every waking moment. But the Bible tells us there are times to set it all aside, pursuing God in silence and waiting ...
05.31.2021 The Discipline Of Silence, Part 1 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 There are times when we must shut out thenoiseswe’vegrownso accustomed to. Turn off theTV andput down your smartphone. Draw near to God in the silence, and you’ll find that what remains is the ...
05.28.2021 The Discipline Of Worship, Part 2 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The worship of God has onefirm prerequisite:Weneed to come with clean hearts.Then we can have genuine fellowship with God.Thankfully, the Bible tells ushow to prepare our hearts for real worship.
05.27.2021 The Discipline Of Worship, Part 1 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Real worship is not about how it makes us feel.Genuine worship is ascribing worth to Godwhetherwe feel like it or not. We needsome straight talk about what worship really is, and why it ...
05.26.2021 The Discipline Of Prayer, Part 2 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 There’s a startling disconnect between the things the Apostle Paul prayed for, and the things most of us pray for.We often focus on our physical needs, while God wants to change our motivations.In ...
05.25.2021 The Discipline Of Prayer, Part 1 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 They that wait upon the Lord shall run, and not be weary We gain strength for life’s race by waiting on God through prayer, but onlyif we make prayer a priority. Whatdoes it ...
05.24.2021 The Discipline Of Meditation, Part 2 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 We can’t run the race of life ifour minds are not disciplined.Through ahostof competing voices, we need to hear the voice of God, and meditationon the Scriptures iskey.Are you hearing God’s voiceon a ...
05.21.2021 The Discipline Of Meditation, Part 1 of 2 (The Disciplines Of The Soul) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 A believer’s effectiveness is determined by the disciplines of the Christian life, practiced every day,andeveryyear.Have you recently evaluated your spiritual life?In this message, we learn aboutdisciplineswhich arecrucial to your spiritual maturity.
05.20.2021 An Extraordinary Return, Part 2 of 2 (Christ Among Other gods) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 The hope of Christ’s return has motivated Christians for two thousand years. And that day is nearer now than ever. When Jesus ascended into heaven, only a few were witnesses to the event. ...
05.19.2021 An Extraordinary Return, Part 1 of 2 (Christ Among Other gods) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 There’sadaycomingwhen the age of this world will end. But that day is the Christian’s bright hopethe day Jesus returns. It will be a day like no other. And because the Scripture cannot be ...
05.18.2021 An Extraordinary Ascension, Part 2 of 2 (Christ Among Other gods) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Christ ascended to bring many sons and daughters to glory. His ascension was a crucial step in creating the Churchthe body of Christ. Only a few saw Jesus rise into the sky, but ...
05.17.2021 An Extraordinary Ascension, Part 1 of 2 (Christ Among Other gods) To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29 Christians know that Jesus is sitting at God’s right hand. His ascension into heaven openedthe gates of heaven for us. And the ascension is also important because it was key to the founding ...

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