THE TALE OF

TWO RUNNERS
 EGW,
TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH 2:357, 358.
THOSE WHO ENGAGED IN RUNNING THE RACE TO OBTAIN THE LAUREL WHICH
WAS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL HONOR WERE TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS, SO THAT
THEIR MUSCLES, THEIR BRAINS, AND EVERY PART OF THEM MIGHT BE IN THE VERY
BEST CONDITION TO RUN.... ONLY ONE RECEIVED THE PRIZE. BUT IN THE HEAVENLY
RACE WE CAN ALL RUN AND ALL RECEIVE THE PRIZE. THERE IS NO UNCERTAINTY,
NO RISK, IN THE MATTER. WE MUST PUT ON THE HEAVENLY GRACES, AND, WITH
THE EYE DIRECTED UPWARD TO THE CROWN OF IMMORTALITY, KEEP THE PATTERN
EVER BEFORE US.... THE HUMBLE, SELF-DENYING LIFE OF OUR DIVINE LORD WE ARE
TO KEEP CONSTANTLY IN VIEW. AND THEN AS WE SEEK TO IMITATE HIM, KEEPING
OUR EYE UPON THE MARK OF THE PRIZE, WE CAN RUN THIS RACE WITH
CERTAINTY.
 2 SAMUEL 18 :10 - 33
Cushite

Ahimaaz Son of Zadok

 LESSON 1

DO NOT RUN WITHOUT A

MESSAGE
 NO TIME TO PRAY
UNKNOWN

I GOT UP EARLY ONE MORNING

AND RUSHED RIGHT INTO THE DAY;
I HAD SO MUCH TO ACCOMPLISH
THAT I DIDN’T TAKE TIME TO PRAY.
 PROBLEMS JUST TUMBLED ABOUT ME,
AND HEAVIER CAME EACH TASK,
“WHY DOESN’T GOD HELP ME?” I WONDERED.
HE ANSWERED, “YOU DIDN’T ASK.”
 I WANTED TO SEE JOY AND BEAUTY,
BUT THE DAY TOILED ON GRAY AND BLEAK;
I WONDERED WHY GOD DIDN’T SHOW ME;
HE SAID, “BUT YOU DIDN’T SEEK.”
I TRIED TO COME INTO GOD’S PRESENCE;
I USED ALL MY KEYS AT THE LOCK;
GOD GENTLY AND LOVINGLY CHIDED,
“MY CHILD YOU DIDN’T KNOCK.”
 I WOKE UP EARLY THIS MORNING,
AND PAUSED BEFORE ENTERING THE DAY;
I HAD SO MUCH TO ACCOMPLISH
THAT I HAD TO TAKE TIME TO PRAY.

John 15:5
DAILY ROUTINE OF
GREAT MEN
WINSTON CHURCHILL - ACCORDING TO SLEEPYPEOPLE.COM, CHURCHILL
WOKE UP AT 7:30 A.M. EVERY MORNING. PRETTY NORMAL RIGHT? NOT WHEN YOU
CONSIDER THAT HE DIDN’T USUALLY ACTUALLY GET OUT OF BED UNTIL 11:00 A.M.
WHAT DID HE SPEND THOSE THREE AND A HALF HOURS DOING, YOU ASK?
CHURCHILL WOULD EAT BREAKFAST AND READ THE NEWSPAPERS.

STEVE JOBS - IN HIS SPEECH TO A GRADUATING CLASS AT STANFORD, STEVE

SAID, “FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS I HAVE LOOKED IN THE MIRROR EVERY MORNING AND
ASKED MYSELF: ‘IF TODAY WERE THE LAST DAY OF MY LIFE, WOULD I WANT TO DO
WHAT I AM ABOUT TO DO TODAY? AND WHENEVER THE ANSWER HAS BEEN ‘NO’ FOR
TOO MANY DAYS IN A ROW, I KNOW I NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING.”
BILL GATES - BILL GATES WAKES UP EARLY IN THE MORNING AND START THE
DAY WITH A MORNING WORKOUT THAT CONSISTS OF CARDIO AND WEIGHT
LIFTING SESSIONS.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN- HE AROSE AT 5 A.M. AND SAID TO HIMSELF,

“WHAT GOOD SHALL I DO THIS DAY?”
 A REMINDER:
DON’ T GO OUT IN YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT A
MESSAGE
OR
DON’T START DAILY TASK WITHOUT A MESSAGE
 I'D RATHER SEE A SERMON
BY EDGAR A. GUEST

I'D RATHER SEE A SERMON THAN HEAR ONE ANY DAY;

I'D RATHER ONE SHOULD WALK WITH ME THAN MERELY TELL THE WAY.
THE EYE'S A BETTER PUPIL AND MORE WILLING THAN THE EAR,
FINE COUNSEL IS CONFUSING, BUT EXAMPLE'S ALWAYS CLEAR;
AND THE BEST OF ALL THE PREACHERS ARE THE MEN WHO LIVE THEIR CREEDS,
FOR TO SEE GOOD PUT IN ACTION IS WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS.
 I SOON CAN LEARN TO DO IT IF YOU'LL LET ME SEE IT DONE;
I CAN WATCH YOUR HANDS IN ACTION, BUT YOUR TONGUE TOO FAST MAY RUN.
AND THE LECTURE YOU DELIVER MAY BE VERY WISE AND TRUE,
BUT I'D RATHER GET MY LESSONS BY OBSERVING WHAT YOU DO;
FOR I MIGHT MISUNDERSTAND YOU AND THE HIGH ADVISE YOU GIVE,
BUT THERE'S NO MISUNDERSTANDING HOW YOU ACT AND HOW YOU LIVE.
 WHEN I SEE A DEED OF KINDNESS, I AM EAGER TO BE KIND.
WHEN A WEAKER BROTHER STUMBLES AND A STRONG MAN STAYS BEHIND
JUST TO SEE IF HE CAN HELP HIM, THEN THE WISH GROWS STRONG IN ME
TO BECOME AS BIG AND THOUGHTFUL AS I KNOW THAT FRIEND TO BE.
AND ALL TRAVELERS CAN WITNESS THAT THE BEST OF GUIDES TODAY
IS NOT THE ONE WHO TELLS THEM, BUT THE ONE WHO SHOWS THE WAY.
 ONE GOOD MAN TEACHES MANY, MEN BELIEVE WHAT THEY BEHOLD;
ONE DEED OF KINDNESS NOTICED IS WORTH FORTY THAT ARE TOLD.
WHO STANDS WITH MEN OF HONOR LEARNS TO HOLD HIS HONOR DEAR,
FOR RIGHT LIVING SPEAKS A LANGUAGE WHICH TO EVERY ONE IS CLEAR.
THOUGH AN ABLE SPEAKER CHARMS ME WITH HIS ELOQUENCE, I SAY,
I'D RATHER SEE A SERMON THAN TO HEAR ONE, ANY DAY.
 EGW, TESTIMONIES VOL 4, PAGE 609 PAR 4.
OUR WORDS AND ACTIONS CONSTITUTE THE FRUIT WE BEAR. A
CONSECRATED LIFE IS A DAILY, LIVING SERMON. BUT INWARD PIETY AND
TRUE DEVOTION ARE FAST GIVING PLACE TO OUTWARD FORMS. PURE AND
UNDEFILED RELIGION IS THE GREAT NEED OF THE CHURCH AT -----. THEY
SHOULD MAKE IT AN INDIVIDUAL WORK TO DRAW NEAR TO GOD. NO ONE
CAN BE SAVED BY PROXY, BUT EVERY MAN AND WOMAN MUST WORK OUT
THEIR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING. SATAN HAS MUCH
MORE POWER OVER SOME WHO PROFESS THE TRUTH THAN MANY
REALIZE. SELF REIGNS IN THE HEART, INSTEAD OF CHRIST. SELF-WILL,
SELF-INTEREST, ENVY, AND PRIDE SHUT OUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD.
BE A SERMON
BE A MESSAGE
 LESSON 2

GOD’S PUT YOU IN A

DIFFICULT SITUATION THAT IT
WOULD BE YOUR MESSAGE
IN THE STORY THE CUSHITE SAW
THE DEATH OF THEIR PRINCE, A
DEATH OF THE KING’S SON.
PAUL – IN BLINDNESS HE SAW CHRIST
PETER – IN HIS DENIAL HE FELT CHRIST GRACE
JOSEPH – IN HIS TRIAL HE SHOW HOW TO
FORGIVE
RUTH – WITH DEATH SHE SHOWS LOYALTY
ESTER – WITH THE DEGREE OF THE KING
SHOWS BRAVERY AND HER TRUST TO GOD
 IN OUR PRESENT GENERATION WE
HAVE PROMOTIONAL EMPHASIS OF
PEOPLE WHO HAD EXPERIENCED
LIFE’S DIFFICULTIES TO SHARE
HOPE TO OTHERS
Blogger Khalid Al Ameri – ADHD
Candy Pangilinan, Troy Del Rosario – Autism Spectrum
Philippines Ministry for Sexually abused and Physically abused
Tiktok – Unemployment, Difficulties of being an OW and etc.
FANNY CROSBY – WHO WROTE “FACE TO FACE
WITH MY CHRIST MY SAVIOR,” “SAFE IN THE
ARMS OF JESUS,” “RESCUE THE PERISHING,”
“BLESSED ASSURANCE,” “THE BRIGHT
FOREVER,” “SAVIOR, MORE THAN LIFE TO ME,”
AND “PASS ME NOT, O GENTLE SAVIOR,” WAS
BLINDED DUE TO EYE INFECTION AND MEDICAL
IGNORANCE AT THE AGE OF SIX WEEKS.
 THOMAS DORSEY

Precious
 GOD PUT YOU IN A
DIFFICULT SITUATION
FOR YOU TO BECOME
HIS WITNESS
 Allegory

Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce

 “I have fought the good
fight, I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith.”
2 Timothy 4:7