Sermon Video, Calvary Community Church, Williams Bay, WI

Winning runners approach their race trained and prepared. They’ve removed every hindrance, but as they run with perseverance, with their eyes fixed forward on their goal, obstacles arise requiring adjustments to avert disaster. And what about the internal struggles that hinder us in our race of life? Those things that distract or confuse our minds, or that discourage or defeat us emotionally so we lose the courage, or even the desire, to keep going?

Daily life is complex, stressful, and rarely predictable. How do “bad days” affect your ability to run your life race with perseverance? What about “bad weeks” or life altering, traumatic circumstances? “Coach James” has a time-proven perspective worth serious consideration.

Daily life is complex, stressful, and rarely predictable. How do “bad days” affect your ability to run your life race with perseverance? What about “bad weeks” or life altering, traumatic circumstances? “Coach James” has a time-proven perspective worth serious consideration.

Running the “race of life” can become very complicated and the “head winds” of opposition can be fierce. Our 2012 theme verse has both instruction and encouragement for running your life race with confidence, focus and success because the Victor, Jesus Christ, will help you run well all the way to His finish line for you.

Running the “race of life” can become very complicated and the “head winds” of opposition can be fierce. Our 2012 theme verse has both instruction and encouragement for running your life race with confidence, focus and success because the Victor, Jesus Christ, will help you run well all the way to His finish line for you.

There are now seven billion of us running the human journey together...with 250,000 babies joining us every day! Yet no two of us runs an identical life race. What has your life race been thus far? What is ahead for you? Our 2012 theme verse, Hebrews 12:1-2 beckons each of us to run our personal life race well...and teaches us how.

There are now seven billion of us running the human journey together...with 250,000 babies joining us every day! Yet no two of us runs an identical life race. What has your life race been thus far? What is ahead for you? Our 2012 theme verse, Hebrews 12:1-2 beckons each of us to run our personal life race well...and teaches us how.

We will each walk through this year ahead. There is One Who knows each turn in the road ahead and each path to take when we come to the junctions we will surely face. What will it take for each of us to walk the year ahead with Almighty God? Faith!

We will each walk through this year ahead. There is One Who knows each turn in the road ahead and each path to take when we come to the junctions we will surely face. What will it take for each of us to walk the year ahead with Almighty God? Faith!

As you look ahead to 2012, can you see the areas of your life where you long for a special touch from God? Be sure that He is ready to touch your life, but you must be ready to embrace that touch. Doing so will require sacrifice and will allow you to make the most of your life!