WHAT IS GOAL?

• A GOAL OR OBJECTIVE IS AN IDEA OF THE FUTURE OR DESIRED RESULT THAT

A PERSON OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE ENVISION, PLAN AND COMMIT TO
ACHIEVE. PEOPLE ENDEAVOUR TO REACH GOALS WITHIN A FINITE TIME BY
SETTING DEADLINES.
REMEMBER THE WITNESSES
• THE “GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES,” NOT OUR LOVED ONES WATCHING US
FROM HEAVEN, IS ACTUALLY THE SAINTS LISTED IN CHAPTER 11. THEY TESTIFY
TO GOD’S FAITHFULNESS.

• THE HEROES OF FAITH SERVES:

INSPIRATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO REACH OUR GOAL AND TO FINISH OUR
RACE.
REMOVE ANY HINDRANCES
•
THROW OFF EVERYTHING/LAYING OFF WEIGHTS. REFERRING TO REMOVING THE
TRAINING WEIGHTS USED BY RUNNERS, SO THEY CAN GO FASTER AND
STRONGER AND/OR USING WEIGHTS TO BUILD MUSCLES, AND THEN STRIPING
THEM OFF AND RUNNING AS FAST AS YOU CAN. THIS MEANS REMOVING ANYTHING
THAT MAY CAUSE US TO FAIL OR FALL OR THAT WOULD BE A BURDEN SUCH AS
FEAR, LACK OF FOCUS, OR VICES THAT HINDER ONE FROM HIS OR HER TRAINING,
SUCH AS DRINKING ALCOHOL OR APATHY, WHICH ARE BOTH BAD FOR ATHLETICS.
HERE, SIN IS OUR MAIN ENEMY, WITH DISCOURAGEMENT AND/OR FEAR
FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND.
RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE
• "AND LET US RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE THE RACE MARKED OUT FOR US," THE
VERSE CONTINUES. THE USE OF THE WORD 'PERSEVERANCE' INDICATES THAT
THIS RACE IS NOT A SPRINT. IT'S A MARATHON. IT REQUIRES PATIENCE,
RESILIENCE, AND LONG-TERM COMMITMENT. FURTHERMORE, THE RACE IS
"MARKED OUT FOR US," INDICATING THAT GOD HAS A UNIQUE PATH FOR EACH
BELIEVER. IT'S NOT ABOUT COMPETITION, BUT ABOUT FULFILLING GOD'S
UNIQUE PURPOSE FOR OUR LIVES.
REACH THE GOAL
• WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING A RACE YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYES FORWARD. IF
YOU TURN TO LOOK BEHIND, YOU WILL SLOW DOWN, OR WORSE TRIP AND FALL.
YOU CANNOT RUN FULL SPEED WHILE LOOKING BEHIND YOU. 

• JUST AS A RUNNER FIXES THEIR EYES ON THEIR GOAL, 

CHRISTIANS MUST FIX THEIR EYES ON JESUS. IF WE FOCUS ON ANYTHING ELSE
WE WILL NOT BE RUNNING AT FULL STRENGTH, AND WE WILL PUT OURSELVES IN
DANGER OF FALLING. 
CONCLUSION: